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The bill provides criminal immunity (WI statute 939.48(1m) [17]) and protection from civil suits (WI statute 895.62 [18]) for homeowners or business owners who use a gun in self-defense while on their property, with the presumption that any action is justified. The law is a "stand your ground" law, which does not contain a duty to retreat.
Wisconsin has a number of firearm-related laws in effect that limit access for children and individuals with a history of violence, even restricting individuals under 18 from possessing guns ...
Natalie Lynn "Samantha" Rupnow (November 7, 2009 – December 16, 2024), [22] a 15-year-old female student at the school, was identified by a law enforcement official as the perpetrator. Rupnow lived in the Madison metropolitan area for the entirety of her life, with family ties in both Friesland and Randolph, Wisconsin.
January 20, 2009: Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. February 17, 2009: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law by President Obama. March 6, 2009: The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 6,443.27, its lowest level of the financial crisis of 2007–2008. It was 54% from its peak ...
The Giffords Law Center, which reviews gun laws, gave Wisconsin a C on its annual scorecard. According to the center, "the state still lacks a number of key policies that would go a long way ...
Of 544 school shooting incidents over an 11-year period, less than 5% of the shooters were female, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit group that advocates for stronger gun laws ...
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
In collaboration with Marquette University, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel conducted the most in-depth survey of Wisconsin gun owners to date. We asked Wisconsin gun owners about storage, training ...