Executive Director Jeri Bonavia comments on a movement to repeal a law prohibiting guns in school zones.
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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.”
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AT ISSUE: Should the use of deadly force in the […]

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 […]

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Anniversaries of Horrific Virginia Tech and Columbine Shootings Provide Grim Reminder of Need for Gun Violence Prevention Efforts
Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Announces a 3-Day, Statewide Tour, Calling for […]

The court threw out a plea agreement made by a man who thought he was protecting his right to buy a gun by pleading no contest to a disorderly conduct charge. Gil Halsted explains…
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4/13/09

NRA Endorsements and Money Are, Once Again, Meaningless in Election
(November 5, 2008, Milwaukee, WI) – The citizens of Wisconsin won another overwhelming victory against the extremism of the gun lobby this election.
“Commonsense, democracy, and Wisconsin citizens who want to live in safe communities won,” said Jeri Bonavia, Executive Director of Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort. […]

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Contradicting longstanding legal precedent, the High Court has now crafted a new definition of the 2nd Amendment to our Constitution. The 5-4 majority decision, issued by Justice Scalia, […]

An article from the Shepherd Express on June 11th, 2008 reported on the appalling loophole that allow private gun transactions, and firearm sales at gun shows, to be conducted without common sense background checks.
Gun purchases at federally licensed dealers must first pass a background check, but secondary gun transfers do not have the […]

A Wisconsin Public Radio report by Gil Halsted interviewed Jeri Bonavia on Friday, June 6, 2008:

A Wisconsin gun control group is reacting to Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen’s decision Wednesday to issue a concealed weapons permit to a retired state justice department employee. A spokeswoman for the Wisconsin Anti - Violence Effort […]

See WAVE’s Lie-In on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel front page.

It’s been one year since the tragedy at Virginia Tech, where 32 innocent people were shot to death. Over this past year, 30,000 other Americans lost their lives to gun violence in shootings at malls, in offices, in city halls, on the streets, and in […]