Tammy Baldwin says Middleton office shooting shows need for gun control measures

MADISON – Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says the shooting at a Middleton software company shows the need for gun control measures that are “consistent with the Second Amendment.”

Baldwin said at a news conference Thursday that she supports universal background checks and banning rapid-fire “bump stock” devices. The push in Congress to ban bump stocks came after one was used in the Las Vegas shooting last year that was the deadliest in modern U.S. history, killing 58.

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Authorities have not indicated that such a device was used in the Middleton shooting.

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Baldwin says she is a gun owner and the Second Amendment is consistent with stronger safety regulations. She also praised first responders in Wednesday’s shooting that left three seriously injured and the shooter dead.

Jess Ward, the campaign manager for Baldwin’s Republican opponent Leah Vukmir, says Baldwin is “spewing do-nothing nonsense” to a serious issue.