Sunday, July 30, 2023

GET ME REWRITE: Milwaukee officials let legislators who oppose gun control off the hook

 
Top headlineMilwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/28/2023
Bottom headlineMilwaukee Independent, 7/7/2022


From the Milwaukee Independent:
Lawmakers — mostly Republican — systematically refuse to enact effective legislation to control arms sales. This is frustrating to most Americans, who support stricter gun controls. In the meantime, kids go to school in constant fear that they will be the next victims of a mass shooting spree. According to Education Week, which has been tracking school shootings since 2018, there have been 27 school shootings from the beginning of this year until May 25.  
About 40,000 Americans die each year of gun homicides, suicides or accidental shootings. In contrast, in Japan, a country of 127 million people, authorities report approximately 10 gun-deaths a year. One reason is that Japan has more effective gun control laws. While buying guns in the US is as easy as buying chewing gum, in Japan applicants must pass a long list of tests. They comprise a background check that includes interviews with friends and family and a thorough mental health evaluation which takes place at a hospital.  [emphasis added]

Related posts: 
2023
More guns, more carnage (Kansas City edition).  (1/3)

2022
GUN CRAZY collage: More guns, more gun violence.  (series)
GUN CRAZY collage: More gun sales = more gun deaths.  (8/13)
Gun crazy in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin: Library board votes to allow guns inside the building.  (7/17)
Look in the mirror, Janel; you're the problem.  (4/5)

2021
Sunday doubleheader: (Gun Nonsense League)  (6/6)
USA!!! USA!!! USA!!! We're boogying our way to doomsday.  (5/30)

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