Posted on 06/11/2015 10:40:21 AM PDT by marktwain
After being diverted to the rules committee, the Wisconsin legislature passed SB 35 in the Assembly, obtained concurrence with the Senate (which had passed it previously) and sent it to Governor Walker for signature. From cbslocal.com:
Wisconsin Republicans moved within a step Tuesday of eliminating the states decades-old 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases, pushing a bill that would wipe out the statutes through the state Assembly to Gov. Scott Walkers desk.I have not been able to find a record of the final vote, but I believe that at least some Democrats voted for the bill. At least one Democrat, Kathleen Vinehout, voted for the bill in the senate.
Current law provides that a federally licensed firearms dealer must request the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct a background check of a prospective purchaser before the dealer may transfer a handgun after a sale. Current law also requires the firearms dealer to wait 48 hours after receiving notice that DOJ received the request for a background check, without receiving notice that state or federal law prohibits the purchaser from possessing a firearm, before transferring the handgun to the purchaser. This bill eliminates the 48-hour waiting period. Under this bill, the dealer may transfer the handgun immediately after receiving notice from DOJ that the background check indicates that the purchaser is not prohibited from possessing a firearm.
It’s about time. NICS was supposed to have been put in place to make all waiting periods unnecessary. Now all they do is get people who need a gun to protect themselves against a specific threat killed.
Liberals will continue pushing for other gun restrictions and perhaps for waiting periods on other God-given constitutional rights. I have no doubt that Obama voters would support a 48 hour waiting period on speech that those delicate snowflakes find traumatic.
This is not a war we can win; it’s a battle we have to fight daily on whatever front they attack. We can never compromise with the left, since compromise just moves the goalposts and invites another effort to undermine freedom, just defend our rights from each successive attack.
Good news.
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