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Widow wants hollow-point bullet ban
RACINE — The widow of a Racine delivery driver James Norris, who was gunned down on Racine’s north side in March 2016, is calling for a ban on hollow-point bullets that reportedly contributed to his death.
“The guy bought the ammunition from Walmart that killed him,” Stacy Blevins said. “You don’t buy hollow-point bullets unless you meant to kill him.”
According to Racine Police, Norris was shot to death March 25, 2016, in the 3900 block of Green Street. He was found in the street next to his car door at an apartment complex where he had just delivered food from his employer Super Steaks and Lemonade.
Wisconsin Democrats brought up the issue in 2013 following the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut captured the nation’s attention. Authorities said the shooter, Adam Lanza, wanted to use bullets designed to inflict the maximum amount of damage.
The 2013 Assembly Bill 221 sponsored by Milwaukee Democratic representatives Frederick Kessler and Christine Sinicki would have made possessing the bullets a Class H felony with up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
According to the Legislative Reference Bureau, the bill prohibited “a person, with certain exceptions such as for law enforcement, from selling, transporting, manufacturing, or possessing any hollow-point bullet, any bullet that expands or flattens easily in the human body, or any bullet with a hard envelope that does not entirely cover the core of the bullet.”
“There was much more opposition to the proposal than I anticipated,
"The ammunition we carry is legal and in demand for self-defense and sport shooting among our customers. At this time, we don’t plan to remove the items."
—Charles Crowson, Spokesman for Walmart
Widow wants hollow-point bullet ban
RACINE — The widow of a Racine delivery driver James Norris, who was gunned down on Racine’s north side in March 2016, is calling for a ban on hollow-point bullets that reportedly contributed to his death.
“The guy bought the ammunition from Walmart that killed him,” Stacy Blevins said. “You don’t buy hollow-point bullets unless you meant to kill him.”
According to Racine Police, Norris was shot to death March 25, 2016, in the 3900 block of Green Street. He was found in the street next to his car door at an apartment complex where he had just delivered food from his employer Super Steaks and Lemonade.
Wisconsin Democrats brought up the issue in 2013 following the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut captured the nation’s attention. Authorities said the shooter, Adam Lanza, wanted to use bullets designed to inflict the maximum amount of damage.
The 2013 Assembly Bill 221 sponsored by Milwaukee Democratic representatives Frederick Kessler and Christine Sinicki would have made possessing the bullets a Class H felony with up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
According to the Legislative Reference Bureau, the bill prohibited “a person, with certain exceptions such as for law enforcement, from selling, transporting, manufacturing, or possessing any hollow-point bullet, any bullet that expands or flattens easily in the human body, or any bullet with a hard envelope that does not entirely cover the core of the bullet.”
“There was much more opposition to the proposal than I anticipated,
"The ammunition we carry is legal and in demand for self-defense and sport shooting among our customers. At this time, we don’t plan to remove the items."
—Charles Crowson, Spokesman for Walmart
Widow wants hollow-point bullet ban
