WAUSAU — A state appeals court Tuesday upheld a state law that makes it a crime to carry a concealed weapon for everybody but police officers.

A Green Bay man had argued the law was unconstitutional because voters in 1998 had amended the state constitution to say people have the right to keep and bear arms for security, defense, hunting, recreation or any other lawful purpose.

The 3rd District Court of Appeals said nothing in the amendment grants the right to carry concealed weapons.

The state law making it a crime to carry concealed weapons does not “impinge” on the right to keep and bear arms, Judge Michael Hoover said. “It simply limits the manner in which they are carried.”

According to court records, Harold Grimes III was involved in a one-car rollover in Green Bay on Aug. 25, 2000.

Police found an uncased, loaded [red]pellet gun[/red] in the passenger compartment of Grimes’ pickup and charged him with carrying a concealed weapon, court records said.