MINOCQUA, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – A push for gun control measures marched through the Northwoods.
On Saturday the national ‘March For Our Lives’ protest saw hundreds of protests across the county. Despite the rain, dozens of people took to the streets in Minocqua to share their message.
The Northwoods Progressives hosted the march as a way for community members to have their feelings heard. Calling on lawmakers to tighten policies around gun access in America.
On Wednesday the House voted to pass the Protecting Our Kids Act (H.R. 7910), a wide-sweeping gun control package but experts report it is not likely to pass the senate.
Wisconsin Congressmen Tom Tiffany voted against the bill saying it was a press release the proposal was “rushed” and “partisan”. “Chipping away at the constitutional rights of hard-working, law-abiding Americans will not make our communities safer. There is a better way,” Tiffany said in a press release.
Organizers said they hope this display on Saturday carries their message to the polls in November.
