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State leaders made clear hours before shooting there will be no new action on gun legislation

By Molly Beck & Patrick Marley @ Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Feb. 26 7:27 pm

Just hours before one of the worst mass shootings in state history, Wisconsin leaders reminded voters of a longstanding divide between them that all but ensures deadly incidents like Wednesday's aren't going to spur new gun policies anytime soon. 

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, early Wednesday afternoon made clear that the state's gun laws would not change under a Republican-controlled Legislature despite a call for a review from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. 

"We’re going to have that discussion about the Second Amendment forever," Fitzgerald told reporters in Franklin, about an hour before the shooting at the Molson Coors brewery. "A lot of the provisions that are in place already, people are satisfied with."

His comments came just after Evers again called on lawmakers to take up legislation aimed at keeping guns away from people who are dangerous, underscoring the deep divide between Evers, Democrats and Republicans on the issue of gun restrictions [....]