MEDIA ADVISORY
6,000 Wisconsin Citizens - Representing Each and Every Legislative District - Sign Postcards Asking for Criminal Background Checks On All Gun Sales
Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort to Deliver Postcards to All Members of Assembly and Senate
When: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, 10am to 4pm
Where: State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin
Who: Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort (WAVE) Educational Fund
What: WAVE Educational Fund will deliver postcards to all members of the state legislature. WAVE collected these postcards from all across Wisconsin to demonstrate the depth and breadth of grassroots support for legislation requiring background checks on all gun sales.
Legislators will also receive a list of more that 80 organizations that support conducting a criminal background check prior to all gun sales.
“We were not surprised by the support we found in all areas of Wisconsin,” said Jeri Bonavia, Executive Director of WAVE Educational Fund. “Polling has shown that 84% of likely voters, including seven out of 10 of Wisconsin’s NRA members, believe that anyone buying a gun should have a background check. Wisconsin residents are saying loud and clear to members of the state legislature that it is time to pass commonsense legislation that will close the enormous loophole that has for too long allowed violent criminals easy, unfettered access to guns.”
WAVE staff will be available for comment during or after the postcard distribution.
Source: Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort
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