Caroline Nosal's parents say gun-purchase waiting period could have saved her life
SUN PRAIRIE — Jim and Jane Brady Nosal believe their daughter Caroline could still be alive if the state last year hadn’t ended a 39-year practice of requiring a 48-hour waiting period before purchasing a handgun.
They haven’t been shy about saying so, which has prompted some backlash, including suggestions that Caroline Nosal — a quirky, independent 24-year-old — might still be alive if she had been carrying a weapon.
“If you say the only way she could have prevented the shooting was if she was carrying a gun, forget that because she would never carry a gun. She didn’t ever want to kill anybody,” Jim Nosal said. “And if you say there should be no waiting period, then you’re saying my daughter should be dead.”
Christopher O’Kroley, 26, of Madison, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide after police say he shot Nosal twice, including a point-blank shot to the temple, in the parking lot of the Metro Market, 6010 Cottage Grove Road, on Feb. 2 because he blamed her for getting fired from the grocery store one day earlier.
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