WI Incident Proves Difficulties Of Gun Control, Officials Want More Anyway

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Philip Kamrass, File

It seems there was an incident recently in Madison, Wisconsin. A 20-year-old man was shot at an event. Regardless of what the event was, guns were not allowed.

And yet, there was still a shooting.

Police have not arrested a shooter or identified a suspect after a 20-year-old man was shot at Shake the Lake following the fireworks display on Saturday.

Madison Police Chief Mike Koval and Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway held a news conference Monday to talk about the police response to the shooting, the ongoing investigation and how the shooting could affect the way events are run in Madison in the future.

“Let us be clear, weapons were not allowed at this event,” Rhodes-Conway said at the news conference. “But as the chief said, that’s very hard to control in an open environment like this.”

Officials are not identifying the victim, who was released from the hospital Monday. Koval said the shooting is not considered random and the victim and the shooter knew each other. Police have recovered the gun involved.

The event in question is an outdoor event that had a large police presence. It’s the kind of thing you were never going to be able to keep …Read the Rest

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