And, according to a 2024 editorial Snooks wrote that published with the Wisconsin Medical Journal, Wisconsin lost 130 children aged 0 to 17 to gun violence from 2020 to 2022, and 96 young adults ...

The proposed legislation includes four bills aimed at addressing gun violence in the state. One bill proposes a 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases from a federally-licensed firearms dealer.

The May 19 shootings that killed two University of Wisconsin-Platteville students put campus gun policies back in the spotlight about a decade after lawmakers considered a bill loosening restrictions.

The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence has also found that states with stronger gun laws have lower gun-death rates. As Ohio's bill sits on the governor's desk, McGuffey continues to push ...