WISCONSIN GUN LOBBY FAILS IN EFFORT TO OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO
For Immediate Release:
02-01-2006 Contact Communications:
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Madison, WI - The Wisconsin gun lobby today failed to secure enough votes to override Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle’s second veto of legislation that would ludicrously weaken gun laws in Wisconsin.
Under the proposal, loaded, hidden handguns could have been legally sneaked into rock concerts, shopping malls and the Wisconsin State Fair.
“Today, sensible state legislators stood up to the gun lobby and said this proposal was preposterous,” said Jim Brady, Chair of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. “They’re right. You don’t make a rock concert safer by letting everyone pack heat.”
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