All five Wisconsin Republican members of the U.S. House voted against legislation last year to strengthen criminal background checks for gun purchases.
The Bipartisan Background Checks bill — written to address the so-called “gun show loophole — passed in March 2021 on a vote of 227 to 203.
A second bill that passed last year, preventing gun sales from going forward if a background check is not completed within three days, was also opposed by Wisconsin’s five Republican House members, as well as by Democrat Ron Kind.
Neither bill is likely to get an immediate vote in the U.S. Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he wants to give Democrats and Republicans time to negotiate.
