Guns
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Democratic proposal would prohibit firearms on Wisconsin college campuses
A proposed bill would prohibit firearms on university campuses across Wisconsin.
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Lawmakers hear testimony on Republican bills expanding rights to carry guns, other weapons in Wisconsin
Currently, Wisconsin does not have laws that specifically prohibit guns in places of worship, but state law generally prohibits having guns within 1,000 feet of school grounds.
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How a poll of Wisconsin gun owners sought to gain their trust and provide new insights
Nearly 1 in every 5 gun owners in Wisconsin knows another gun owner who has experienced suicidal thoughts, according to estimates by a recent poll aiming to provide the most extensive view of firearm ownership in the state. The poll by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Marquette University Law School surveyed 354 Wisconsin gun…
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Milwaukee sees decline in homicides in 2023, but numbers still not back to pre-pandemic levels
Milwaukee saw a dip in homicides for the first time in four years last year, but local leaders say the number of murders the city is experiencing is still far too high. Homicides declined by 21 percent from 2022 to 2023, according to preliminary crime data from the Milwaukee Police Department. In 2023, there were…
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Suburban Milwaukee sheriff’s deputy fatally shoots armed suspect, authorities say
A suburban Milwaukee sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an armed suspect officers were trying to arrest for outstanding felony warrants Thursday, authorities said. After Ozaukee County deputies tried to pull the suspect over, the person fled in their vehicle. Officers used a tire deflation device and the suspect’s vehicle came to a stop in the…
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DOJ: The man Germantown Police killed at middle school had no ‘known relationship’ to community
The man police shot and killed at a Germantown middle school Monday night had no “known relationship” to the community or school and was driving a vehicle with out-of-state plates, according to a statement from the Wisconsin Department of Justice. The statement said before the shooting, the man’s vehicle had broken down and he was…
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Madison is exploring legal action against Grandview Commons apartment owners after shootings
Madison officials are pursuing legal action to compel the owners of an apartment complex to make safety improvements among other changes after two young people died in two separate shootings at the complex within a three-month span. Madison police are searching for suspects after a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed Tuesday evening at the…
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Wisconsin’s Driftless region is the setting for Rebecca Gilman’s off-Broadway play, ‘Swing State’
In a lower Manhattan off-Broadway theater, tucked away from the traffic and bright lights, an old farm house nestled on 40 acres of remnant prairie introduces theatergoers to a Wisconsin woman making zucchini bread, and Rebecca Gilman’s play “Swing State” begins. The play, set “somewhere in the Driftless area of Wisconsin” in the late summer…
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Officers in Rice Lake shot and killed a man who allegedly charged at them with ‘bladed weapon’
Officers shot and killed a man in Rice Lake Sunday after he allegedly stabbed a woman and charged at officers with a “bladed weapon.” The Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation and Wisconsin State Patrol are investigating the officer-involved shooting that happened after 5:30 p.m. Sunday. According to a press release from the Wisconsin Department of…
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Man with Wisconsin ties sentenced to life in prison for NYC subway shooting
A man with Milwaukee ties who shot 10 people on a Brooklyn subway car last year was sentenced to life in prison Thursday. Frank James disguised himself as a transportation employee, wearing an orange reflective jacket and yellow hard hat on April 12, 2022. He then set off a smoke bomb on a subway car…