Vote to scrap wait period for handgun purchases comes after surge in Wisconsin gun violence

Madison.com ^ | 21 apr 2015 | Jesse Opoien

[rellimpank]

State senators will take up on Tuesday a proposal to eliminate Wisconsin's 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases. But in the wake of a recent surge of gun violence in Milwaukee, Rep. Mandela Barnes, D-Milwaukee, says the timing "couldn't be worse."

A Senate vote is the last step between the bill and Gov. Scott Walker's desk. The governor has signaled his intentions to sign it into law.

Under current law, adopted in 1976, anyone attempting to purchase a handgun cannot acquire it until 48 hours after a background check has been started. If the Department of Justice needs more time to complete the background check, it can extend the wait by up to three days.

[rellimpank]

--the ususal blather from the Captimes---

[dp0622]

I hear the gun shops are flooded with Bloods and Crips and Latin Kings and MS13

[Does so]

It’s their girlfriends who get the background check!

[KingLudd]

If they get rid of the waiting period, Wisconsin will be like the wild west, or something.

[AppyPappy]

“But I’m mad now”...Homer Simpson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIpLd0WQKCY

[rellimpank]

—yep—just as has occurred after those 200,000 concealed carriers have been stalking the streets, bodies everywhere—piled up at stoplights, schools full of them , decent citizens can’t step out the door due to bullets flying , etc.,-—(sarc)

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: But in the wake of a recent surge of gun violence in Milwaukee, Rep. Mandela Barnes, D-Milwaukee, says the timing... ::

...will [necessarily] offset any increase in violence for 48 hours. Ms. Barnes believes that weekend shootings will, henceforth, only occur on Sunday and Monday evenings, missing the “first of the week” news-cycle, thereby giving legitimacy to her ^phoney-boloney^ job.

Hey, M’waukee. Don’t sleep in on Saturday!

[WKUHilltopper]

If a baseball bat were used, would they have a waiting period for that?

[Sooth2222]

"I hear the gun shops are flooded with Bloods and Crips and Latin Kings and MS13"

Won't 15 year olds still need to wait a lot longer than 48 hours to legally purchase a pistol?

[KeyLargo]

Pew first: Gun rights top gun control in major public opinion shift
By Paul Bedard | April 20, 2015 | 10:10 am

Video: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pew-first-gun-rights-top-gun-control-in-major-public-opinion-shift/article/2563304?utm_campaign=Fox%20News&utm_source=foxnews.com&utm_medium=feed