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

Waukesha Republican Bill Kramer says he brings a gun to work, and that he is not the only lawmaker packing heat in the State Capitol.

Watch the interview on abc wisn.com

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How the tea party leader accidentally became a gun rights poster boy
Mother Jones

As a leader of the Tea Party Patriots, Mark Meckler has settled into...

Excerpt from The New York Times
By MICHAEL LUO
December 26, 2011

In state after state, guns are being allowed in places once off-limits, like bars, college campuses and houses of worship. And gun rights advocates are seeking...

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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