Tag Archives: gun control

• News

  Second grader gets handwritten letter from Vice President Biden

  MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Downtown Montessori Academy second grader Myles Nelson thinks he knows how to stop gun violence.  It is a…
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  Call for universal background checks spills onto streets

  MILWAUKEE (WITI) — More than a dozen people were on the streets Saturday, May 4th collecting signatures in favor of universal…
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  Gun reform fails, now gun prices plummet

  WAUKESHA (WITI) –  Efforts to ban certain weapons, limit magazine sizes, and implement universal background checks all failed to pass…
• Politics

  Senate rejects expanded gun background checks

  WASHINGTON (CNN) — In a major defeat for supporters of tougher gun laws, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday defeated a…
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  Another big test for new gun laws in the Senate

  WASHINGTON (CNN) — It was hard enough getting one Democrat and one Republican to work out a compromise on expanding…
• Politics

  Compromise gun control measure could come up for vote this week

  (CNN) — A bipartisan deal to expand background checks on gun sales got a key conservative endorsement on Sunday, but…
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  Cable gun locks given out for free in Racine

  RACINE (WITI) — You don’t need to give your name or your address, they’ll just give you one. If you…
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  Senate overcomes filibuster, clears the way for debate on gun bill

  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to overcome a Republican-led filibuster against tougher gun laws, clearing the way…
• Politics

  Compromise sets up likely Senate debate on gun laws

  WASHINGTON (CNN) — In a breakthrough on gun legislation, two U.S. senators — a Democrat and a Republican — announced…
• Politics

  Obama scolds lawmakers for reticence in passing gun control

  (CNN) — President Barack Obama angrily chided lawmakers reluctant to back gun control legislation on Monday, saying the overwhelming support…
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  Sandy Hook families to ride AF-1 to DC, lobby Senate

  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Eleven family members of children killed at Sandy Hook elementary school will fly to Washington with President…
• Politics

  Obama to make case for gun control in speech near Newtown

  (CNN) — President Barack Obama is poised to make another impassioned pitch for gun control Monday as he travels to…