Money & Politics Column
Lawmakers and others present 16,500 petition signatures at a press conference at the state Capitol Feb. 27, 2014.

Gun background check bills languish

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Jeri Bonavia, executive director of Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, likens the status quo to an airport security system with two lines: One with full screening for passengers, the other where anyone can board without scrutiny. “You get to decide” which line to use.

Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort

A GOP-backed anti-gun bill

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A bill now being drafted for state Sen. Alberta Darling would mandate a three-year prison term for illegal firearm possession. Darling said she acted after talking with law enforcement officials in Milwaukee, where 23 people were shot, seven fatally, during a single week in early August.