OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) – A group of more than a dozen people gathered outside Senator Ron Johnson’s Oshkosh office Tuesday to call on the Senator to push for new gun laws.
Organizer Lisa Hansen cites investigators finding more than 20 weapons in Stephen Paddock’s Las Vegas hotel room following Sunday’s mass shooting, including semiautomatic rifles.
“I don’t think the Second Amendment was designed to include weapons of mass destruction for everyday citizens, you know things like silencers and high capacity magazines, that amendment was written when guns had one bullet.”
Hansen wants to see change, at least to some degree.
“I think background checks are important and I can’t see anybody arguing against tougher background checks.”
The NRA has argued against tougher background checks, and Senator Johnson says its too soon after Sunday’s tragedy for people to push gun law reform.
The shooting killed 59 people and left more than 500 others injured.
