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.@GovEvers and @TheOtherMandela announce plans for universal background checks, just after Republicans who control the Legislature ruled out the idea.
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes to Republicans: "You have a chance to get it right."
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela Their plan would require background checks for private sales, but would provide an exception for transferring guns among family members.
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela Evers: "This is an issue that should transcend political parties."
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela Evers: "'No' is simply not good enough."
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela .@GovEvers: "No matter where you buy your gun, the process should be the same."
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela Evers: "It's time to stop waiting for permission from the NRA. ... This is a moderate proposal, folks."
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela The universal background check is being introduced by @rep_melissa (D-Madison).
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela @rep_melissa The bill they are unveiling comes just hours after @GovEvers met with @SpeakerVos, who are at odds over gun legislation.
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela @rep_melissa @SpeakerVos Sargent: "Doing nothing is clearly not working."
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela @rep_melissa @SpeakerVos Now speaking is the Middleton Police chief, who is discussing the shooting at Paradigm. That incident involved an employee who was barred from owning a gun.
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela @rep_melissa @SpeakerVos Middleton Police Chief Charles Foulke says he also wants lawmakers to reinstate the 48-hour waiting period to purchase handguns.
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela @rep_melissa @SpeakerVos .@StateSenLaTonya is discussing Sierra Guyton being shot to death on a playground when she was 10 years old.
"I will never forget the sounds her family made when that casket closed," Johnson says.
"I will never forget the sounds her family made when that casket closed," Johnson says.
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela @rep_melissa @SpeakerVos @StateSenLaTonya Sierra was killed in 2014: bit.ly/2MiEFm4
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela @rep_melissa @SpeakerVos @StateSenLaTonya Sen. LaTonya Johnson discusses a long list of children gunned down in Milwaukee, including one who had a Mickey Mouse-themed children.
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela @rep_melissa @SpeakerVos @StateSenLaTonya AG @JoshKaulWI: "Instead of addressing this problem headon ... we have seen inaction."
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela @rep_melissa @SpeakerVos @StateSenLaTonya @JoshKaulWI Kaul says his DOJ conducts more than 100,000 gun background checks a year.
"Their Second Amendment rights were not infringed on."
He notes others can buy guns without going through the checks that the majority of gun buyers do.
"That makes no sense whatsoever."
"Their Second Amendment rights were not infringed on."
He notes others can buy guns without going through the checks that the majority of gun buyers do.
"That makes no sense whatsoever."
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela @rep_melissa @SpeakerVos @StateSenLaTonya @JoshKaulWI As soon as @GovEvers started taking questions on his gun legislation, he ended the livestream of his news conference on Facebook.
@GovEvers @TheOtherMandela @rep_melissa @SpeakerVos @StateSenLaTonya @JoshKaulWI Fortunately, you can catch the full news conference with questions from reporters on @WisconsinEye. That's still going and can be viewed here: wiseye.org/2019/08/15/new…
