Wisconsin Supreme Court justice blasts 'nonsensical' law allowing abusers to get gun permits

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Nothing will get done! WI is gerrymandered to the hilt with Repugs!!




Wisconsin Supreme Court justice blasts ‘nonsensical’ law allowing abusers to get gun permits


https://www.rawstory.com/wisconsin-supreme-court-justice-criticizes-nonsensical-law-allowing-abusers-to-get-gun-permits/
Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner
May 20, 2022
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Despite the unanimous ruling, Justice Jill Karofsky wrote a scathing concurrence in which she said that on technical legal grounds the ruling is correct but that the law is “as nonsensical as it is dangerous.” She cited statistics showing victims of domestic violence are frequently murdered when their abusers own guns.
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In 2016, Doubek applied for and received a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Three years later, the Wisconsin Department of Justice reversed its decision to grant the permit, citing his history of domestic violence. Doubek appealed to a circuit court, which agreed with the state. Friday’s Supreme Court decision is a reversal of the circuit court.

Doubek’s attorneys argued that disorderly conduct is not a domestic violence related crime so he should be able to possess a gun. In his majority opinion, Justice Brian Hagedorn wrote that the court must base its decision “solely on whether the elements of the crime of conviction sufficiently match the elements” of the relevant federal statute, “while ignoring the particular facts of the case.”

Karofsky wrote that ignoring the facts of the case is dangerous.

“A domestic abuse victim is five times more likely to be killed by her abuser when the abuser has access to a gun,” she wrote. “Every month in this country an average of 70 women lose their lives to a domestic abuse perpetrator using a gun. Over half of all male-perpetrated femicides related to domestic abuse are the result of a firearm. What’s more, an abuser’s access to a gun increases the risk that a domestic homicide will claim the lives of multiple victims. And even where no homicide occurs, a gun provides an abuser additional means to coerce, threaten, or terrorize a domestic abuse victim.” ...........................................................

[patphil]

1. Almost all of those domestic abuse victims who are killed with guns are women.

It's as if the legislature didn't care about those women's lives...and their actions make it pretty clear that they don't.

The right to a gun is more important than the life.

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2. "The right to a gun is more important than the life." yes. this is the major thought of Repugs.