Growing Coalition Endorses Statement Supporting Background Checks
Anyone who buys a gun should be required to undergo a criminal background check. That’s the opinion of 84% of likely voters in Wisconsin, but it’s not yet the law in our state.
Nearly half of all guns purchased in Wisconsin are sold at gun shows, on the street, in homes, through classified ads or over the Internet by unlicensed, private sellers who are not required to conduct background checks.
WAVE Educational Fund is working to change that deadly reality, in partnership with a growing number of organizations that are showing support for a simple commonsense statement:
We believe that the dangerous and unfair “secondary sales” loophole should be closed. Just like when buying a gun from a licensed gun dealer, a person buying a gun from an unlicensed dealer or private seller should be required to show identification and undergo a criminal background check.
This Growing Coalition of Organizations and Individuals have Already Endorsed the Statement of Support:
National
American Hunters and Shooters Association
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence
League of Young Voters
The National Association of School Safety & Law Enforcement Officers
State
American Academy of Pediatrics – Wisconsin Chapter
American College of Emergency Physicians - Wisconsin Chapter
Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Mental Health America of Wisconsin
Million Mom March - Wisconsin Chapter
National Association of Social Workers - Wisconsin Chapter
One Wisconsin Now
Police Executive Group (PEG)
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin
WAVE Educational Fund
WI Chiefs of Police Association
WI Coalition Against Domestic Violence
WI Coalition Against Sexual Assault
WI Council of Churches
WI Council on Children and Families
WI County Police Association
WI Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals, AFT, AFL-CIO
WI Green Party
WI Jewish Conference
WI League of Women Voters
WI Medical Society
WI Network for Peace and Justice
WI Professional Police Association
WI Public Health Association
WISDOM
9 to 5 National Assoc. of Working Women - Wisconsin Chapter
Local
ACLU Milwaukee Chapter Board
Bay View Neighborhood Association
Barbara Notestein
Benedict Center, Inc.
Campaign Against Violence
Candlelight Coalition - Wauwatosa
Chief Edward A. Flynn – MPD
Code Pink – Boscobel
Democratic Party of Milwaukee County
District Attorney Brian Blanchard - Dane County
District Attorney John Chisholm - Milwaukee County
Good Jobs & Livable Neighborhoods Coalition
Green Party of Kenosha and Racine
Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs - Appleton
Hill Connections
Hope House of Milwaukee, Inc.
Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee
Kickapoo Peace Circle - Viroqua
Lutheran Human Relations Association
Madison Area Peace Coalition
Madison Area Safe Kids Coalition
Madison Urban Ministries
Mayor Tom Barrett – Milwaukee
Mental Health America in Sheboygan County
MICAH – Milw. Inner City Congregations Allied for Hope
Milwaukee Jewish Council for Community Relations
Milwaukee Public Schools
MTEA - Milwaukee Teachers Education Association
Mount Horeb Baptist Church
NAMI Greater Milwaukee
New Horizons Shelter & Women’s Center - LaCrosse
NukeWatch
Peace Action Wisconsin
Peace Learning Center of Milwaukee, Inc.
Peaceful Solutions Counseling – Wausau
People Against Domestic Abuse (PADA) - Jefferson County
Physicians for Social Responsibility – Madison Chapter
Plain Talk Milwaukee Initiative - City of Milwaukee Health Department
PROFS, Inc (UW Madison Faculty)
Project Excel, WI Community Services
The Progressive Foundation
Riverwest Neighborhood Association
Sojourner Family Peace Center
Sixteenth Street Community Health Center
True Skool, Inc.
Urban Underground
Veterans for Peace - Milwaukee Chapter
Women In Black - Sauk City Bridge
YWCA of Greater Milwaukee
YWCA Rock County