Husband Of Victim In Wausau-Area Shooting Spree Wants Stricter Gun Control

With many in the country reeling once again from another incident of deadly gun violence, the husband of one of the victims of a shooting spree in the Wausau area is speaking out, calling for stricter gun control laws.

Bob Look’s wife, Dianne Look, was one of four people killed March 22 by a lone gunman.

Look said he wants to make it harder for people to get the kinds of weapons used in last spring’s shooting or Sunday’s deadly shooting rampage in Las Vegas.

“I’d like to make it a heck of a lot harder for people to have access to things the whole purpose (of which) is to murder and injure people,” Look said. “The ease with which an individual is able to have access to those instruments of death, which is what they are, to me just seems barbaric.”

Look said he believes the National Rifle Association is partly to blame for the country’s problems with gun violence.

“I tend to want to change the name of the organization from the NRA to the ‘NMWA,’ that would be the ‘National Murder Weapons Association,’” he said.

Look pointed to Australia as an example of a country that has successfully implemented strict gun control laws.

“After they had a mass shooting … the country as a whole just said, ‘OK, that’s it,’ and decided to put tough restrictions in place and make it virtually impossible for people to be able to pick up weaponry where you could do that type of damage,” he said.

Dianne Look was shot in a Village of Rothschild bank by Nengmy Vang, who was said to be upset about a pending divorce. Vang also shot and killed Look’s co-worker, Karen Barclay, his wife’s attorney, Sara Quirt Sann and Everest Metro Police Det. Jason Weiland. Vang was shot and killed after a standoff.

Look said he still thinks about his wife every day.

“Just hearing reports of shootings, any gun violence, still bothers me,” he said.

Look stepped down from a 43-year career in radio broadcasting after his wife was killed.

“I just wanted to get away for a while and spend a little time with myself, and just reflect a little bit on where I go now,” Look said.