Wis. DA says he won’t prosecute some of the state’s gun laws after Supreme Court gun decision

Wis. DA says he won’t prosecute some gun laws

MADISON, Wis. — A northwestern Wisconsin prosecutor says he won’t prosecute a range of state weapon violations after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that Americans have a right to own a gun for self-defense.

Jackson County District Attorney Gerald R. Fox says in a statement he will no longer prosecute people for carrying uncased or loaded guns in vehicles, carrying concealed weapons, carrying firearms in public buildings or taverns or carrying switchblades and butterfly knives.

Fox says the Supreme Court ruling invalidated Wisconsin’s laws against those practices.

Peter Hamm is a spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. He says Fox is inviting crime into Jackson County and if he won’t enforce the state’s laws he should be removed from office.