Word: banning
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...after Christine Schweiger's murder, more than a dozen local groups held a previously scheduled press conference to launch a petition drive to ban almost all handguns in the city. "Up until the past couple of months we've been doing what the N.R.A. wanted, and look where it's got us," says Dan Ullrich, spokesman for the Campaign for a Better Milwaukee. "Halfway measures haven't worked in other cities." The group hopes to collect the necessary . 20,300 signatures by mid-January, forcing the city council either to pass the ban or place it on the ballot...
...will require a fierce battle with opponents. A similar measure was defeated in more liberal Madison, Wisconsin, last spring, 51% to 49%, after an advertising blitz by the N.R.A. "Everyone is looking for a magic solution," says James Fendry, head of the Wisconsin Pro-Gun Movement. "We see the ban as broadcasting to gang bangers and druggies that their victims are less likely to be armed." Noting that Wisconsin has nearly 1 million licensed hunters, Fendry doesn't give the petition a chance. Nor does alderman Fredrick Gordon, who represents some of the most dangerous streets in the city...
...Milwaukee Journal poll last April, 65% of city residents favored a ban on handguns and assault weapons. "In this climate it's actually possible that a handgun ban might pass in Milwaukee," says Mayor John Norquist, a Democrat. "I'll vote for it, even though it won't do much." Norquist prefers strict liability laws for manufacturers, more gun controls and tougher sentences for gun violations. "The Brady bill is an important first step," he says. "I'm encouraged because guns are becoming unfashionable, even creepy...
Councillor William H. Walsh, who abstained from voting on the locking devices, said a ban in Cambridge alone would be ineffective in preventing minors from obtaining cigarettes...
Mansfield testified in favor of Colorado'sAmendment 2, which would ban state and localgovernments from prohibiting discrimination basedon sexual orientation...