Reply #22: Milwaukee District Attorney Calls for Strengthened Assault Weapons Ban [View All]

"In a counterpoint to National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre's author visit to Milwaukee, District Attorney E. Michael McCann and others today (Wednesday) announced support for renewal and strengthening of the federal ban on assault weapons.
"Congress must act to make permanent the national ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, and they must significantly strengthen current law," said McCann. "Despite what the NRA leadership might say, these military style guns were not designed for sporting purposes.
"The gun industry has cynically skirted the intent of the law and continues to make assault weapons for civilian sale," said McCann. "Far too often, we see assault guns on our streets and used to kill police officers at an alarming rate. Assault guns are favorites of cop-killers, drug dealers, militias and gangs, and there should be no place for them in the neighborhoods of civilian society".
Fr. Thomas Mueller, Chairperson of the Milwaukee Inner City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) Education Committee, said, "The existing ban cries out for strengthening. Most of the assault weapons banned in 1994 are back on the market in slightly modified form, which is perfectly legal under existing law."

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