Wisconsin's top legislative Republican said Thursday that he is open to the idea of arming teachers following the latest school shooting in Texas, while he dismissed as "disingenuous" an offer from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to find common ground.
Read More »Tag Archives: gun control
States divided on gun controls, even as mass shootings rise
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee was quick to react to this week's carnage at a Texas elementary school, sending a tweet listing the gun control measures the Democratic-controlled state has taken. He finished with: "Your turn Congress."
Read More »Wisconsin Democrats renew call for votes on gun safety bills
Wisconsin Democrats renewed calls Wednesday for the Republican-controlled Legislature to take up a pair of gun safety bills that were rejected without any debate just over two years ago.
Read More »Supreme Court hears arguments in gun-rights case
Several Supreme Court justices appear concerned that a broad ruling in favor of gun rights could threaten restrictions on firearms in subways, bars, stadiums and other places where people gather.
Read More »Wisconsin AG to push for gun control, $115 million in grants
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Monday announced a $115 million legislative package to strengthen gun control and provide grants for community policing and programs for mental-health treatment.
Read More »Wisconsin GOP to dodge governor’s call for gun control bills
Wisconsin Republicans who control the state Legislature were expected to dodge the Democratic governor's call to pass a pair of gun-control bills during a special session Thursday, even as advocates planned to place additional pressure on them by holding a rally and flooding the galleries.
Read More »Wisconsin governor calls special session on gun control
Gov. Tony Evers on Monday called the Legislature into a special session next month to take up a pair of gun-control proposals that Republican leaders have been unwilling to debate, accusing them of telling those who support the legislatin to "go to hell."
Read More »Evers, Wisconsin Democrats introduce red-flag law (UPDATE)
Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic lawmakers are introducing a "red flag" bill that would allow judges to seize guns from someone determined to be a threat.
Read More »View from around the state: Trump should listen to swing state voters on guns
The latest Marquette Law School poll should serve as a warning to President Donald Trump and encourage more Republicans to support reasonable limits on guns.
Read More »States, politicians back gun-maker in Sandy Hook appeal
Ten states and nearly two dozen members of Congress are joining the National Rifle Association in supporting gun-maker Remington Arms as it fights a Connecticut court ruling involving liability for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Read More »Evers, Democrats propose bill calling for background checks
Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic lawmakers on Thursday proposed requiring more background checks for gun sales in the state and called on Republicans who control the Legislature to pass their legislation, even though GOP leaders have said they have no support for such a change.
Read More »GOP, Evers take different approaches after shootings
Wisconsin Republicans who continue to largely dismiss Gov. Tony Evers' call to pass gun-safety legislation introduced a series of bills on Tuesday designed to bolster mental-health services in the state, a step they said was not in response to recent mass shootings.
Read More »Wisconsin Senate GOP leader cool to gun control measures
The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate isn't saying whether he will consider gun control measures that Gov. Tony Evers is calling on the Legislature to take up in the wake of recent mass shootings.
Read More »Evers calls on Republicans to act on gun safety bills
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday called on the Republican-controlled Legislature to take action on bills that would limit access to guns, which he said would make the state safer following a pair of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio that left 31 people dead.
Read More »Gunmaker asks US Supreme Court to hear Sandy Hook appeal
The maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a state ruling against the company.
Read More »The rise of gun deaths (CHART)
Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s gun views are clear
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he recognizes that gun, drug and gang violence "has plagued all of us." Still, he believes the Constitution limits how far government can go to restrict gun use to prevent crime.
Read More »Walker toughens penalties for ‘straw’ gun purchases
Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill strengthening the penalties for legally buying a firearm with the intent to provide the weapon to someone barred from having a gun.
Read More »Walker proposes $100 million for school-safety improvements
Gov. Scott Walker waded into the fierce debate over school shootings on Thursday, proposing legislation that would commit $100 million for building-security improvements and similar work but not impose any new gun restrictions or require teachers to arm themselves.
Read More »Senate makes ‘straw’ gun purchases a felony
The Wisconsin Senate has voted unanimously to pass a bill strengthening the penalties for legally buying a firearm with the intent to provide the weapon to someone barred from having a gun.
Read More »Madison gun shop owners join effort to prevent suicide
A sheriff's detective walked into Chuck Lovelace's gun shop in Mount Horeb this spring and delivered unsettling news: A man who had bought a handgun at the shop a few days earlier used it to kill himself.
Read More »Public support fails to move state on gun background checks
On a Sunday afternoon nearly four years ago, Elvin Daniel was in his garden when he got a call from police: His sister, Zina Haughton, had been shot at work.
Read More »AG weighs challenge of Obama’s gun-control order
The Wisconsin Attorney General says he plans have his staff review President Barack Obama’s recent executive order concerning gun control to see if it should be challenged legally.
Read More »Obama announces plan to cut gun violence
President Barack Obama unveiled an array of measures on Tuesday tightening control and enforcement of firearms in the U.S., using his presidential powers in the absence of legal changes he implored Congress to pass.
Read More »Obama starts 2016 with a fight over gun control
President Barack Obama is scheduled Monday to finalize a set of new executive actions tightening the nation's gun laws, making his first order of business in 2016 a clear signal the president in his final year doesn't intend to go quietly.
Read More »Federal judge: Ban on gun sales unconstitutional
A federal judge has potentially opened a new market to gun dealers after ruling that Chicago ordinances banning the sale of guns within the city's limits in an effort to reduce gun violence are unconstitutional.
Read More »Bill proposes tighter gun rules for abusers (UPDATE)
A bipartisan bill expected to get a speedy hearing at the state Capitol would better verify whether domestic and child abusers covered by restraining orders have guns in their possession.
Read More »ON THE DEFENSIVE: Mental health reform key to gun control
Sometimes lost in the debate over gun control is the fact that this country needs meaningful change to the way in which mental health treatment is ordered, offered and executed.
Milwaukee sheriff: Judges, DAs need to enforce gun control
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke says President Obama's proposals for curbing gun violence are meaningless and called them an emotional reaction to the Connecticut shootings.
Could shooting be a gun-control tipping point?
The question surfaces each time a mass murder unfolds: Will this one change the political calculus in Washington against tougher gun control?
Read More »