{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://gwenmoore.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=1181", "Lawmakers to DOJ: Stop Voter Confusion and Vigilantism", "2014-10-23", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "WI", "Gwen Moore", "M001160", "gwenmoore.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "By Mike Lowe\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tMILWAUKEE (WITI) \u2014 On Capitol Hill on Wednesday, October 30th, amid the uproar over health care, Milwaukee Congresswoman Gwen Moore wanted to return the focus to gun control \u2014 and the brother of one of the victims in the Azana Salon & Spa shooting was on hand.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\t\u201cKeep the heat on Congress to do something. I can tell you we\u2019ve got to do it at the federal level, because our patchwork of state laws fail to keep the country safe as a whole. If common sense were common, we\u2019d have passed this background check legislation. I have legislation that we have finalized and I am ready to drop, too,\u201d Rep. Moore said.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tRep. Moore is introducing a bill that would provide a way for law enforcement to take guns away from domestic violence threats once a restraining order is in place.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\t\u201cZina\u2019s perpetrator was prohibited from having a gun and he got a gun through a loophole. \u00a0There are other loopholes. What if you already own a gun? \u00a0There\u2019s no sheriff collecting that gun immediately, and temporarily until that domestic violence order is lifted \u2014 taking that gun from you,\u201d Rep. Moore said.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tIn the audience Wednesday was Elvin Daniel \u2014 the brother of Zina Daniel, one of three killed by Radcliffe Haughton in a shooting at the Azana Salon & Spa in Brookfield last October.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\t\u201c(Haughton) couldn\u2019t pass a background check. Couldn\u2019t get a gun. So, he went on Armslist.com with an urgent message: \u2018gotta have a gun, gotta have a gun right now.\u2019 People say that \u2018common sense legislation\u2019 is just to have a background check, so we close loopholes,\u201d Rep. Moore said.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\t\u201cWe need sensible gun laws in place,\u201d Daniel said.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tDaniel is a gun owner and NRA member pushing for background checks and supporting Rep. Moore\u2019s proposal.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s loopholes that allow people who shouldn\u2019t own guns to go on the internet and different web sites and gun shows and purchase guns without even showing an ID \u2014 much less going through a background check. \u00a0I think those loopholes need to be closed,\u201d Daniel said.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tGun control faces an uphill battle in Congress. U.S. Senator Ron Johnson spoke out against it in January.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\t\u201cThe fact is when you look at the history of gun control, it hasn\u2019t worked. From my standpoint freedom comes first,\u201d Sen. Johnson said.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\t\u201cI keep saying, Zina\u2019s not here to speak for herself, so we\u2019re going to speak for her for as long as I can until we pass sensible gun laws to save other lives \u2014 to prevent other families from going through what I\u2019m going through,\u201d Daniel said.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tAccording to top federal crime statistics, on average, 46 women are shot to death every month in acts of domestic violence.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tTo view this article online, please click here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://gwenmoore.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=1181"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9525497443974018, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}