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Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts) Thu Jun 25, 2015, 07:27 AM Jun 2015

'Just one week after a mass shooting'...Gov. Walker holds A-plus rating from the NRA for good reason

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Scott Walker signs two bills making access to firearms easier in Wisconsin

Scott Walker signed two bills into law on Wednesday that make access to firearms easier in Wisconsin, just one week after a mass shooting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, reopened the debate on gun violence in America.

The two bills were approved by a Republican majority in the state Senate in April and the Wisconsin State Assembly earlier this month, despite objections from most Democrats, who argued that getting rid of the waiting period could lead to increased rates of suicide, crimes of passion or violence against women. The intention of the state-imposed 48-hour waiting period, they said, was to allow for a cooling off period and prevent people from impulsively purchasing a firearm.

Addressing the NRA’s annual meeting in April, Walker said he wore his rating from the nation’s most powerful gun rights’ group as a “badge of honor” and went on to criticize Obama for going after the Second Amendment.

Walker, a Republican governor who is expected to run for president in 2016, signed two pieces of legislation: one that eliminates a 48-hour waiting period for individuals looking to purchase a gun, and another that allows retired or off-duty police officers to carry concealed firearms into public schools.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/24/scott-walker-signs-two-bills-making-access-to-firearms-easier-in-wisconsin

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All of the responsible Wisconsin hunters and gun hobbyists must be pleased. They won't even have to wait 48 hours to get that high-powered hunting rifle to bag their beast, or to buy a fancy handgun for fun down at the shootin' range. NRA recruitment in WI will probably benefit.

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'Just one week after a mass shooting'...Gov. Walker holds A-plus rating from the NRA for good reason (Original Post) Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 OP

One law applies only to handguns not hunting rifles. postulater Jun 2015 #1

Oh, sorry, did the now defunct 48-hour rule only apply to handguns? Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #4

Scott Walker only 9%, down 12%--new fox poll riversedge Jun 2015 #2

May he disappear soon into the backwater of GOP wannabees. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #3

and he made a nasty comment about Pres Obama... riversedge Jun 2015 #5

Thoroughly repugnant RW-nut. Nasty? Add nefarious and devious to that list as well as well. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #7

The names I have in mind are not for DU publication! riversedge Jun 2015 #8

... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #9

Tail gunner Scotty is polling at 9% GusBob Jun 2015 #6

postulater

(5,075 posts)

1. One law applies only to handguns not hunting rifles.

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 07:40 AM

Jun 2015

The other applies only to police.

I dont see a link. Do you know something different?

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

4. Oh, sorry, did the now defunct 48-hour rule only apply to handguns?

Reply to postulater (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 07:48 AM

Jun 2015

Well, then, I guess it's just the handgun hobbyists who must be really pleased today.

riversedge

(70,476 posts)

2. Scott Walker only 9%, down 12%--new fox poll

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 07:40 AM

Jun 2015

Perhaps all this running to the extreme right is not doing him so much good after all!!

Fox News Poll: Bush, Trump score post-announcement bumps http://fxn.ws/1SL5oBB Scott Walker only 9%, down 12% #p2 #uniteblue

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

3. May he disappear soon into the backwater of GOP wannabees.

Reply to riversedge (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 07:44 AM

Jun 2015

And, may the WI voters wake the hell up and send him packing.

riversedge

(70,476 posts)

5. and he made a nasty comment about Pres Obama...

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 08:21 AM

Jun 2015

Walker perpetuated the lie-they will take your guns away!!

I think the comment is particularly nasty!

Governor WalkerVerified account
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Due to Nat'l Instant Criminal Background Check System, waiting period is no longer needed. WI joins 40 states with no 48 hour wait. #Act22

Walker, who holds an A-plus rating from the National Rifle Association, showed no hesitation in signing the two bills and has often held up his support for gun rights while rallying support for his presidential campaign-in-waiting. He was also endorsed by the NRA’s political arm during his re-election battle last year.

Addressing the NRA’s annual meeting in April, Walker said he wore his rating from the nation’s most powerful gun rights’ group as a “badge of honor” and went on to criticize Obama for going after the Second Amendment.

“I see an occupant in the White House right now who seems to forget that when the president is sworn in he takes an oath of office to preserve, to protect and to defend the Constitution of the United States,” Walker said. “Well, Mr. President, the last time I checked, the 2nd Amendment was part of the Constitution.”......