>> THE NATION IS REELING AFTER
THE SCHOOL SHOOTING THIS WEEK IN
TEXAS THAT KILLED 19 FOURTH
GRADERS AND TWO TEACHERS.
WISCONSIN U.S. SENATOR, DEMOCRAT
TAMMY BALDWIN SAID, HER HEART
BREAKS AGAIN, AND, QUOTE, WE
CANNOT ACCEPT DOING NOTHING
EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS.
I SUPPORT PASSING LEGISLATION IN
THE SENATE THAT PUTS IN PLACE
UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR
ALL GUN SALES.
REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATOR RON
JOHNSON CALLED ON THE SENATE TO
ENACT A DATA CLEARINGHOUSE ON
SCHOOL SAFETY AFTER HIS INITIAL
RESPONSE WHERE HE SAID, QUOTE,
THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE WORDS TO
EXPRESS THE HORROR AT ROBB
ELEMENTARY.
MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THESE
FAMILIES.
SOMETHING THIS HORRIFIC,
CHILDREN BEING SLAUGHTERED IN
THEIR SCHOOL, IT DOES NOT GET
WORSE THAN THIS.
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS THIS WEEK
RESPONDED TO THE MURDERS OF THE
CHILDREN AND THEIR TEACHERS IN
TEXAS, ASKING THAT WISCONSIN
WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT AGAINST
GUN VIOLENCE.
>> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH FOR TOO DAMN
LONG.
WE CANNOT ACCEPT THAT GUN
VIOLENCE JUST HAPPENS.
WE CANNOT ACCEPT THAT KIDS MIGHT
GO TO SCHOOL AND NEVER COME
HOME.
OUR FAMILIES ARE LIVING IN FEAR,
OUR KIDS ARE LEARNING IN FEAR.
IN THIS STATE, WE CANNOT ACCEPT
POLICIES AND RHETORIC THAT WILL
MAKE THIS PROBLEM WORSE WHILE
COMMON SENSE MEASURES SUPPORTED
BY AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY GO
NOWHERE.
JUST LAST MONTH, THE LEGISLATURE
SENT ME A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE
ALLOWED CERTAIN PEOPLE TO
POSSESS LOADED GUNS ON SCHOOL
GROUNDS, A BILL THAT WOULD BE
LAW TODAY IF I HADN'T VETOED IT.
WE'VE CALLED THE LEGISLATURE
INTO SPECIAL SESSION ON
UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND
WE'VE CALLED FOR EXTREME RISK
PROTECTION ORDERS TO ALLOW LOVED
ONES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ASK
FOR FIREARMS BE REMOVED FROM
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE A DANGER TO
THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, TWO IDEAS
FRANKLY THAT 80% OF
WISCONSINITES INCLUDING A
MAJORITY OF GUN OWNERS
SUPPORTED.
I STILL REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT
WHEN OUR KIDS ARE MURDERED IN
THEIR DESKS AT SCHOOL, THAT
THERE IS ANY PARTING LINE THAT'S
NOT WORTH CROSSING.
>> EVERS LAMENTED INACTION ON
THE SPECIAL SESSION HE CALLED ON