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Democrats call Biden s limited gun restrictions a start , GOP opposition halts progress in WI
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There s a renewed push for gun-control measures in Wisconsin and at the federal level, with President Joe Biden s executive actions this week.
Advocates of the plans say longstanding opposition remains, but the focus on different aspects of the gun debate might receive greater support.
Biden s announcement follows several mass shootings in the U.S. His executive orders range from restrictions on homemade firearms known as ghost guns, to investments in community violence-intervention programs.
Jeri Bonavia, executive director of the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, noted that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has a similar funding proposal, which she believes can work.
With the only mandatory statewide measure against the coronavirus pandemic now history, a divided state Supreme Court has left battling the virus up to the voluntary choices of each Wisconsin resident and to the power of local health departments.
The 4-3 ruling on March 31 by the court’s conservative majority ended the most recent state of emergency declaration from Gov. Tony Evers to address the pandemic and blocked him from instituting a new one. With it, the court also ended the most recent statewide mask order.
Coupled with last May’s ruling that canceled state’s shelter-in-place order known as Safer at Home, the court’s action Wednesday appears to leave the administration powerless to act directly to curb the spread of the virus, beyond counseling the public.