Loaded Guns in Public

Research, experience, common sense, and public opinion are all in agreement: Guns in public places – whether carried openly or concealed – create safety concerns for both the law enforcement officials and the citizens of Wisconsin.

WAVE stands opposed to allowing guns in public places.

Updates

The Huffington Post, By Nick Wing
Frank Luntz, a top Republican strategist and pollster, said Wednesday that the National Rifle Association's recent calls...

By Mark Follman, Mother Jones

In the fierce debate that always follows the latest mass shooting, it's an argument you hear frequently from gun rights...

Research

The Legal Community Against Violence’s new publication, Guns in Public Places, examines how dramatic changes in state laws have significantly expanded the number of people who may carry concealed...

June, 16th 2001
"Of the 395,366 firearms-related deaths reported in the United States between 1997...and 2009...about one-third are thought to have involved alcohol." Further, people who...

A Violence Policy Center study found that since May 2007, 300 people, including 11 law enforcement officers, have been killed by people legally allowed to carry loaded guns in public.

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