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Thursday, February 18th, 2010

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: […]

Ready, set, fire! Pols take on NRA

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

By JESSICA VanEGEREN | The Capital Times
Earlier this fall, while scanning the merchandise at a state gun show for an antique handgun, longtime gun enthusiast Guy Gorsky took notice of more than the array of potential investment pieces.
Based on the attire worn, questions asked and weapons eyed by a group of young men, […]

Using the Second Amendment to Attack Democracy A Q&A with Joshua Horwitz, author of ‘Guns, Democracy and the Insurrectionist Idea’

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

By Lisa Kaiser
Those armed protesters at anti-tax and health care reform rallies aren’t an anomaly, argues Joshua Horwitz, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. They’re part of a fringe element of the gun rights movement that supports armed rebellion against what they see as tyrannical government control. But Horwitz, author […]

New National Study Says Background Checks On All Gun Sales Will Prevent Gun Violence

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Press Release
Contact: Jeri Bonavia, 414-351-9283
Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort: The State Legislature’s Failure to Close the Existing, Gaping Loopholes Amounts to a State-Sanctioned “Guns For Criminals Program”
(Milwaukee, WI) – A landmark study released today by the UC Davis, […]

Watch Video: WAVE Responds to “Open Carry” Gun Picnic In Green Bay

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

FOX 11 WLUK-TV interviewed WAVE’s Executive Director, Jeri Bonavia on Aug. 8th about an “open carry” picnic in Green Bay, as gun proponents continue to preach the wrong message that our communities need more easy access to lethal guns.
The opposite is true: Wisconsin, and our nation, needs stronger and effective gun laws, such […]

Video: After Arming VA Tech & Northern Illinois University Killers, Green Bay Gun Dealer Eric Thompson Sold 30-Round Ammunition Magazine To George Sodini Who Gunned Down 3 Women At LA Fitness Gym In Pittsburgh

Monday, August 10th, 2009

On Aug. 7th, Fox Channel 11 interviewed Jeri Bonavia, Executive Director of Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, in response to the disturbing revelations that a Green Bay gun dealer, Eric Thompson, enabled and armed yet another rampage killer for the third time since April 2007. Eric Thompson’s company, TGSCOM Inc., sold a 30 round high-capacity ammunition […]

Milwaukee Anti-Violence Effort Pushing Gun Purchasing Legislation

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

WAVE Executive Director Jeri Bonavia interviewed on WISN.
Watch the video here.
Milwaukee Officials Ask Public To Help Curb Domestic Violence
May 26, 2009
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police are investigating a round of shootings that happened over the holiday weekend. Four of those shootings were fatal. Police said these are not random crimes.
Police made arrests quickly in several of […]

WAVE on Wisconsin Public Radio

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Executive Director Jeri Bonavia comments on a movement to repeal a law prohibiting guns in school zones.
Listen to WPR interview with Jeri Bonavia using Real Player

Shoot First Introduced in Wisconsin

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Proposed law changes the “use of deadly force” guidelines.
AT ISSUE: Should the use of deadly force in the home get more protection?
Jeri Bonavia, executive director of the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, said the bills are “a solution in search of a problem.”
Read the article here.
AT ISSUE: Should the use of deadly force in the […]

WAVE’s Statewide Tour Displays 450 Shirts, the Number of Wisconsin Residents Killed By Gun Violence Annually

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Credit Benny Sier, April 22nd, 2009. Onlookers contemplate some of the 450 shirts on display Wednesday and Milwaukee City Hall, part of an attempt by the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort to raise awareness of gun violence. The 450 shirts represent the average number of gun violence victims in Wisconsin each year. The […]