Walker not taking stance on UW System & guns

Milwaukee doesn’t need more dead bodies or guns on the street. “Yeah, I have no problem with that, especially if they would limit it to people who’ve already been trained to do concealed carry”, he said.

UW-Madison Police spokesman Marc Lovicott issued a statement Tuesday coming out against the bill circulated Monday by Republican lawmakers.

“Classrooms and buildings on college campuses are places where students and faculty sometimes engage in emotionally charged discourse and debates”.

UW-Madison police, in contrast, challenged the supposed rationale of the bills, saying evidence of “does not support the idea that our campus would be safer if concealed firearms are allowed in our buildings”.

“Certainly, we’ll look at that legislation”.

Under current Wisconsin law, people can carry guns on the grounds of public colleges and universities, however schools can ban weapons inside campus buildings. “That same year, there were 8,342 criminal firearm homicides, based on data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Program’s Supplementary Homicide Report”.

Be sure your WGO membership is active. He says he’s been working on it for several months, after violent incidents near the UW-Milwaukee campus.

With recent shootings on campuses, it’s a discussion, Gow said, worth having. “We’re disarming them and allowing these thugs free reign over the neighborhood”. “The Campus Carry Act will ensure that our students are no longer denied the right to defend themselves”.

“Please do not have our school campus compromised”, said Dr Jeanice Smith, superintendent of the Ann Arbor school district.

Larson called the proposal “absolutely ridiculous”. “The only person who’s safe in a gun-free zone is the mass murderer”.

“I don’t necessarily believe that guns in the buildings are going to be a positive for campus”, Tarmann said. “Let’s do something about the guy who breaks in and steals the gun”.

“What other constitutional rights do we ask people to check at the schoolhouse gate?” She also says it’s not wise to allow guns where alcohol usage is common among college students. Rep. Chris Taylor (D-Madison) questioned rhetorically.

Have them contact Rep. Jesse Kremer’s office at (608) 266-9175 -or- Sen.

She instead called for gun control measures like universal background checks and reinstituting Wisconsin’s 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases.