GET ME REWRITE: Scott Fitzgerald is gunning for a very conservative House seat

Wisconsin politicians remain divided on gun control after killings at brewery.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 2/27/2020)

AP reporter Scott Bauer compiles a partial list

1. Between 2011 and 2019, under then-Gov. Scott Walker, he and fellow Republicans greatly loosened Wisconsin's gun laws. 
2. They legalized concealed carry — Wisconsin was the second-to-last state to allow it — 
3. removed a 48-hour waiting period for gun purchases, 
4. passed a "castle doctrine" law giving homeowners more legal protections if they shoot an intruder, and 
5. allowed off-duty, retired and out-of-state police officers to carry firearms on school grounds. 
6. In 2018, in reaction to a shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Walker signed a $100 million plan to increase safety at schools that made grants available for better locks, security cameras and other upgrades.

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10/23/2019 update, "Meet Scott Fitzgerald, happy to have his caucus take NRA money and screw the will of the people", starts here.

A very small sample.

Source:  For Evers Special Sessions on Gun Control, Here's the NRA in Wisconsin. 

(Wisconsin Democracy Campaign)

Wouldn't be surprised if there are some checks in the mail, payable to Scott Fitzgerald.

Reported in Senate leader says vote on gun control legislation is 'not going to happen' despite special session.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 10/22/2019)


8/8/2019 update, "GET ME REWRITE:  The will of the people?  "Fuggedaboudit", bark fearless leaders of Wisconsin legislature", starts here.

Reported in Wisconsin Republicans show no signs of tackling gun violence after massacres in Texas and Ohio.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/6/2019)

Source:  Marquette Law School poll (February 25-March 1, 2018) 

Related reading:
Nearly everyone supports universal background checks for gun buyers. Here's why Wisconsin is unlikely to make it law.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/7/2019)

His Vosness has tweeted.  Republican leaders of the state Legislature are opposed to the idea, worried the red-flag process would unfairly remove firearms from people who have a constitutional right to them. 

"I will not entertain proposals to take away second amendment rights or due process," Vos said Tuesday on Twitter.