brew city shooters supply
brew city shooters supply in milwaukee, wi. “name change of walter john allan”
brew city shooter' s supply, formerly known as badger guns, in milwaukee in 2011 .
the store is now known as brew city shooter' s supply and is still the family business .
much has changed at badger guns, starting with its name. these days, the store is doing business as brew city shooters supply .
we do not know if brew city shooters supply also provided the names of customers who came in to purchase ammunition to west milwaukee police .
brew city shooter supply (formerly badger guns) keeping customer list to hand over to mpd - ar15. com
brew city shooter' s supply, formerly known as badger guns. (mike de sisti / milwaukee journal - sentinel via ap )
for nearly three years, the owners at brew city shooters supply - formerly known as badger guns - were turning over the names of everyone who used the shooting range to west milwaukee police .
badger guns, previously known as badger outdoors, has since closed and been replaced by a gun shop called brew city shooters supply. all three entities have been run by allan family members .
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so far in 2012 it was reported more than 8, 800 customer name records have been supplied to west milwaukee police by brew city shooters supply to have a criminal background check run on them .
badger guns has since closed, and a gun shop called brew city shooters supply operates in the same location. badger guns was previously known as badger outdoors. all three entities have been run by allan family members .
the atf revoked adam allan' s license for badger guns in 2011. adam allan' s brother, michael allan, then opened brew city shooters supply in 2012, promising to be more selective in his gun sales .
it was reported that the former badger guns (now brew city shooters supply) urltoken has, since 2009, been reporting the names of every customer that comes in to use their firing range to the west milwaukee police department .
brew city opened in january, running a shooting range and selling ammunition, neither of which requires a federal license .
brew city is not immune. nasci said police have recovered some guns sold by brew city during investigations of recent crimes. still, he said, the store has mostly stayed true to allan’s pledge to clean up his father’s business .
officials have described badger guns - which has since reopened under a new name, brew city shooters supply, but the same ownership - as the number one crime dealer in america after more than 500 firearms recovered from crime scenes were traced back to it .
having spoken with members of wci who frequent brew city shooters supply, though they were aware they signed a liability release to use the range, they were not aware in any way that their use of the range was being reported to west milwaukee police department .
while i applaud the efforts of brew city shooters supply owner mike allan, who has said, “we definitely want to get word out: if you are a criminal, don’t come here or you will be prosecuted”, giving the names of your customers to the local police department is not the answer. i attempted to contact brew city shooters supply over this issue but have yet to get a response as to why they do this and how do their customers feel who have done nothing wrong about having their names run for criminal checks .
brew city shooters supply beginning last weekend changed their policy to exclude any customers who have and show a valid concealed carry license from the list of customer names provided to local police. brew city also relayed that they posted signage that informs customers that west milwaukee police run the background check. (previous waivers just indicated that customers were subject to a background check, not who would conduct it )
brew city is a great shooting range. i joined the members - only club and am glad to know the other shooters passed a proficiency test and talked with a manager or the owner. i like the range; it is clean, well - lit, and safe. the shop is well - stocked and the staff is very knowledgeable about firearms and shooting. i had a one - hour marksmanship lesson and am a better shooter for what i learned. i recommend brew city shooters supply to my friends. i have taken friends and family there to learn to shoot safely. i highly recommend brew city shooters supply if you are a responsible adult. if you' re not a law - abiding, responsible adult, don' t go, i don' t want to be next to you when you' re holding a loaded weapon .
since 2009 under the last owner there have been roughly 25, 000 names submitted to the west milwaukee police department from brew city shooters supply and previously badger guns. these names were submitted voluntarily by brew city and as far as i can tell, without the knowledge of the users of the range. this year alone more than 8, 000 names have been run and 47 of those have been flagged as requiring further investigation according to west milwaukee police chief dennis nasci .
we do not know yet, how else west milwaukee police have been using these records they have been given by brew city shooters supply, nor if they are storing those customer names for future reference. we also do not know what other purposes west milwaukee police might choose to use these customer name lists for in the future .
effective immediately brew city shooters supply will refuse to provide customer names to the village of west milwaukee police or any other government entity. the owner has asked me to pass along that customer names / information will never leave his store. he will be preparing a formal press release which i will pass along as soon as i receive it .
wisconsin carry has made an open records request of the village of west milwaukee for any and all information and documents pertaining to this scheme of brew city shooters / badger guns providing lists of law - abiding customer names to village of west milwaukee police. we will send out updates as more information becomes available as to the extent of the use of that information, whether the rights of law - abiding customers were violated by brew city shooters supply or village of west milwaukee police, and any other details which we believe would be of interest to the law - abiding gun owners of southeast wisconsin .
reported by the milwaukee sentinel 27 july 2012; for the past four years, brew city [ previously “badger guns” ] has reported your personal info to the pd .
these selfish rabble rousers went to such lengths to tarnish me, that through hate mail and intimidation they were able to get the house of harley to back out of my charitable event for the wounded warrior project ,
allan wrote on the brew city shooters website .
surveillance footage inside wisconsin’s badger guns shop, now known as brew city shooter' s supply inc, shows burton choosing his new weapon, as a store clerk helped the pair fill out a two - page form to ensure that 21 - year - old jacob collins was listed as the owner .
first let’s get a little background on the gun range itself, brew city shooters supply, which was previously known as badger guns and before that badger outdoors. last year, these guys were considered top sellers of guns used in crimes by the west milwaukee police according to an article in the milwaukee journal sentinel. the original owner of the store, adam allan had his ffl revoked by the batfe and the store closed on dec. 31, 2011 .
i' m from chicago and i visited brew city yesterday with a friend who lives in milwaukee to use their range and ask a few questions regarding the sale and transfer of a firearm after reading ...
i would hope that mr. allan would have a change of heart because his intentions while honorable are certainly misguided. trying to please local law enforcement by giving them names of your customers to keep them off of your back is the wrong way to go. i do think that brew city shooters supply may be in for a drop in business and unfortunately it may take that to get the attention of the owners that there business model is bad for business .
mike allan said he plans to make the store, now called brew city shooter' s supply, more selective by requiring anyone who wants to buy a gun to become a store member. to become a member, customers must demonstrate knowledge of firearms and shooting proficiency, allan said. if they cannot, they must take a class to buy a gun, he said .
brew city is pretty much bare bones. the shop part has an ok selection, targets, ammo, etc. nothing overly exciting. the pistol range is light up fine in the target area but in the lane stalls ...
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badger guns owner adam allan, left, his father walter allan, right, and mick beatovic, center, listen to testimony in milwaukee on oct. 5, 2015, during the trial of a civil lawsuit. two police officers say badger guns has sold hundreds of weapons used in crimes. badger guns has since closed, and a gun shop called brew city shooters supply operates in the same location. badger guns was previously known as badger outdoors. all three entities have been run by allan family members and beatovic, another owner .
in an interview, clark said members were floored to learn they' d been subjected to the checks, and he reached out to allan to let him know just how people were reacting (though plenty of customers called brew city themselves to complain) .
when the store reopened under new management, adam’s brother mike allan, unveiled a new business model that enamored the shooting range and its owner to the local police department. to purchase a gun at brew city shooters supply, one must be a member of the store and display a proficiency in firearms. these things are not necessarily bad. what is bad that they have also been voluntarily submitting the names of every single person who uses the range to the local police to have a background check performed that has gotten the attention of some gun rights advocates .
so what should be done? i assume the owner of brew city shooters supply only thinks he is doing what is right, but to this shooter it is fundamentally wrong. the gun owners at that range are not criminals, they are everyday people. the fact that according to chief dennis nasci only a “few” of all of those names submitted were even prosecuted sounds to me like all of those hours of someone having to run those names was likely wasted. the person who has to sit at a computer and type those names costs a lot more than you’d think too .
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badger guns has been beleaguered by so many federal law violations that the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms recommended its license be revoked. as a result, it has changed its name and ownership numerous times in order to stay open legally. a gun shop by the name of brew city shooters supply now resides at its location, owned by the brother of badger guns. the shop was also called badger outdoors at one point; under that name, it was at times the no. 1 seller of guns used in crimes in the nation, moving 537 guns that were recovered from crimes in 2005 alone, according to the atf .
gun dealers across the country are on notice now that if they put profits over people and irresponsibly supply the criminal market, we' ll seek to hold them accountable .
as badger became brew city and tightened its standards, other stores, including chain outdoors retailers and smaller suburban gun shops, have seen a troubling increase in the number of guns they sold that wind up being used by criminals, nasci said. milwaukee is also struggling with a huge spike in homicides and other violent crimes .
well that sucks. i liked badger more than shooters, and badger is literally blocks from me. guess i' ll be doing only online purchasing, and no longer using their range .
gun dealers across the country are on notice now that if they put profits over people and irresponsibly supply the criminal market, we' ll seek to hold them accountable ,
lowy said .
the f. b. i. reported that most mass shooters had legal guns and were not diagnosed with mental illness. a gun’s only purpose for being made is to do violence to another .
they say,' it is an inner city thing.' no, it' s the way you run your business thing ,
he said .
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the store now has a smaller customer base made up of gun enthusiasts such as joe schwarz, 34, a clean - cut salesman who drives a kia hybrid. one day last week, schwarz showed up at the store with a case of 9mm pistols, intending to get in his weekly round of target practice at brew city’s indoor range .
mike allan, who worked for his brother as a sales clerk, said his brother and his father will not be involved in the operation of brew city. his father, walter allan, and mick beatovic were the original owners of the store, previously known as badger outdoors. walter allan and beatovic remain landlords of the building on s. 43rd st .
the law was introduced during an onslaught of litigation by city governments, which sought to hold gun companies responsible for creating a “public nuisance” by supplying the public with weapons .
frontier, southwest and united airlines refuse to transport immigrant children separated from parents by the government. the companies that supply the space, food, beds, etc. for cash are complicit with this violation of human rights .
i understand rr _ broccoli' s concerns about certain elements within the milwaukee police department. (though i do not know why he' s speaking to them in relation to this thread .) there are things going on with them that all shooters actually
there’s alot more in depth here that all of you don’t seem to know. there were numerous gun crimes in milwaukee in recent years in which the criminals were able to purchase their guns from badger…either themselves or through a 3rd party. was it badger’s fault? prolly not. but, the mpd was putting alot of heat / blame on badger. so, what you see now is the result of badger (brew city) adhering to the police department’s standards .
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although the reinvented badger guns is no longer a problem, nasci noted that all is hardly well in milwaukee. gun shops can’t operate within the city limits, but many, like badger guns, have cropped up in bordering towns .
went to brew city for our women' s retreat (8 women !), and it was so awesome! we had an instructor, adam, and he was very helpful and smart. all the staff at the range were friendly and gave us all a warm welcome. none of us had ever handled any firearms so it was really nice that they made the event really special for us. adam was so patient as each of needed a lot of coaching to get started. awesome place !
'' all our customers are either law enforcement or new york city permit holders,'' mr. imperato said,'' but there are guns that people lose, guns that are stolen from people' s houses.''
i too am a bit surprised at the less than stellar reviews... i was visiting milwaukee on business and had intended to do a bit of shooting. after stopping at two other places in the area that were clearly gouging customers, i came across brew city. their ammo prices were reasonable, and the folks here were knowledgeable and extremely courteous. for those looking to poke holes in paper, i' d encourage a visit to these guys. reasonable prices and a great staff that can' t be beat .
two nearby gun stores said they have seen an uptick in business since badger guns stopped selling guns. kevin nugent, owner of the shooters shop on s. 84th st. in west allis, said he noticed an increase in suspicious buyers, including some smelling of alcohol or marijuana. he said he kicked them out of his store .
not that great of a selection, restrictive in being able to handle the firearms. staff seems knowledgeable but at times bothered by questions from customers. the range isn' t really worth it - it' s better than the shooters shop on 84th but not by much and they are a bit pricey for the value of what they offer .
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supply, 43rd & lincoln, at noon. assault rifles were illegal in the u. s. from 1995 – 2004. and mass shootings dropped by 37% . if those who sell drugs are taken to court, why not those who sell guns? drugs don’t kill. those who take drugs kill. guns don’t kill. those who use guns kill .
only two now - defunct dealers in virginia sold more crime guns recovered in new york city, the analysis shows. the data ends in 2000, so more recent tightening in state gun laws - - particularly in virginia, where buyers are now limited to one gun a month - - is not reflected .
brew city is pretty much bare bones. the shop part has an ok selection, targets, ammo, etc. nothing overly exciting. the pistol range is light up fine in the target area but in the lane stalls and behind the lanes, it' s pretty dark. i now bring a mini mag light so i can see when needed. don' t expect anything high tech, it' s cinder block, wood paneling and plywood. i would also say that if you are looking for a place that has instruction or someone that will help you, this isn' t the place. basically i come in, buy ammo, shoot and go. so for that it is just fine .
dr. andrews found that of roughly 11, 700 new york city crime guns traced by the firearms bureau, 102 guns, or nearly 1 percent, were originally bought at john jovino, a 90 - year - old, family - owned store marked by a large wooden revolver, across from the old police headquarters on centre market place .
im interested in this comment. tugger, were you a patron at this establishment? was the owner having some issues with the pd or city or other municipal entity? i wonder if badger was in any way coerced into participating in this scheme? i think this should be looked into by the ila branch of our friends the nra. please illuminate .
clark said allan told him he' s worried that if he no longer provides the names of all gun range users to the police, the city will force him out of business, but allan said he hasn' t heard from nasci, and he still plans to alert police whenever he finds someone using his range who' s a felon or involved in domestic violence .
i’ve been to this range twice, even thought about becoming a member. never noticed that on the release form… pretty shady in my opinion to not tell customers that. but if they did disclose that info i’m sure many patrons would turn around and walk out the door. must be a condition they had to agree to in order to get the license back. either way i will not be returning, and will spread the word to all fellow law abiding shooters i know !
i would of never guessed the poor reviews that i have read on here. i had a great experience and really enjoyed the staff. i had some questions about some different guns and had very knowledgable staff member show me so many guns while educating me to make a good decisions on what i wanted to accomplish. again i am shocked by the poor reviews and i think people should give the place another try because i and the people that came with me were very pleased and we will be back. also i like the fact they have a membership because honestly these are weapons and i appreciate the fact the ownership gets the users of the facility to take some pride in the range they choose and also will hopefully keep some the fools out. purchased a new gun and i checked out the competition and brew city was not over priced at all. al in all this place is great .
according to nbc news, clinton said she would propose “ [ tightening ] rules governing gun show and internet sales, ” which is a reference to the expansion of background checks that has eluded democrats and democrat surrogates like gabby giffords and mark kelly since january 2013. of course, the problem with this approach is that the ucc gunman passed a background check for his guns, as did almost every mass shooter of note in the last eight years. breitbart new previously reported that the new york times admits the clear majority of mass shooters–including gabby giffords’ attacker–acquire their guns via background checks .
they did keep records, about their honesty concerning the program. hopefully more clarification will come from some foias that have been done. furthermore, hopefully west milwaukee' s cleo will discontinue his current refusal to answer questions and telling people to seek advice from their attorneys. with any luck, he' s only being directed to do so by an overly cautious city attorney. that said, other things lead me to wonder if wmpd didn' t do something very bad here .
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a new study by researchers at the johns hopkins center for gun policy and research finds that the number of guns that were subsequently linked to crime sold by badger guns & ammo, a milwaukee - area gun shop, increased dramatically after congress adopted measures likely to reduce the risks gun dealers face if they divert guns to criminals. the study is the first to examine the impact of these amendments on the diversion of guns to criminals and was recently published online in the peer - reviewed journal of urban health .
the tiahrt amendments are a series of amendments to appropriations bills and named for the sponsor, former u. s. rep. todd tiahrt, r - ks. they became law in 2003 and prohibit the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives (atf) from releasing data from crime gun traces. gun traces reveal when, where, and from whom a gun recovered from a crime was originally purchased. in 2004, the tiahrt amendments further restricted crime gun - trace data by limiting access to government officials and prohibiting the use of these data in firearm dealer license revocations and civil law suits. in addition, the law prohibits atf from requiring gun dealers to do a physical inventory of their firearms for compliance inspections and requires the fbi to destroy data from background checks of gun purchasers within 24 hours .
in 1999, atf data showed that badger guns & ammo led the nation’s gun dealers with the most gun sales later linked to crime gun traces. shortly after the announcement, the gun shop’s owner announced that the store would no longer sell small, poorly made handguns (sometimes referred to as “junk guns”) that are commonly linked to crime .
data from the new johns hopkins study indicate that the gun dealer apparently adhered to that policy for approximately 14 months, a period in which the number of guns sold by badger guns & ammo and diverted to criminals declined by 66 percent. reductions were observed for junk guns as well as other types of guns sold by badger. after the tiahrt amendments went into effect, guns diverted to criminals soon after being sold by badger increased by 203 percent. the increase in the flow of guns from badger to criminals following the adoption of the tiahrt amendments, however, was not limited to junk guns. the study found no tiahrt amendment - related increase in the number of guns sold by all other gun dealers that were diverted to criminals .
“our findings suggest that changes to federal gun policy prompted a dramatic increase in the flow of guns to criminals from a gun dealer whose practices have frequently been of concern to law enforcement and public safety advocates, ” said lead study author daniel webster, scd, mph, co - director of the johns hopkins center for gun policy and research and professor at the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health. webster added, “the fact that the atf took action which led the gun dealer to surrender his license in 2006 supports the idea that the large increase in badger’s guns diverted to criminals was related to gun dealer practices. ”
study co - author and center co - director jon vernick, jd, mph, said, “our findings are consistent with other research that has shown that greater oversight and regulation of gun sellers is linked with fewer guns diverted to criminals shortly after retail sales. ”
for the study, researchers examined data from firearms recovered by the milwaukee police department and traced by the atf from 1996 through 2006. data for guns traced during 2003 to 2006 when the tiahrt restrictions on atf were in place were obtained from the milwaukee police department. the number of firearms recovered by police less than a year following retail sale from someone other than the legal purchaser was used to track trends in illegal gun transfers .
congress recently passed another appropriations bill with an amendment that makes permanent most of the protections for gun sellers that in prior tiahrt amendments been limited to the fiscal year covered under appropriations bills .
the study “temporal association between federal gun laws and the diversion of guns to criminals in milwaukee” is by daniel w. webster, jon s. vernick, maria t. bulzacchelli, and katherine a. vittes in the journal of urban health. it was funded by a grant from the joyce foundation .
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walter allen (far right), the business partner to mick beatovic (middle) and adam allan, both former owners of the west milwaukee gun store, are seen in court during the badger guns trial in a milwaukee county court .
the journal sentinel for two years has investigated how congress has created special rules for gun stores that protect even the biggest sellers of guns to criminals. read the series
a jury late tuesday found badger guns and its owner liable in the wounding of two milwaukee police officers in a first - of - its - kind verdict that was being watched nationwide .
jurors found badger guns broke four laws when a clerk sold a gun that was used to shoot officer bryan norberg and former officer graham kunisch in the head in 2009 .
after nine hours of deliberation, the jury announced a verdict that included nearly $ 6 million in compensatory and punitive damages to the two officers. there will be an appeal .
this high - profile case was only the second of its kind nationwide to make it to a jury since congress passed a law a decade ago holding gun dealers and manufacturers immune from such lawsuits. in the first, a jury found in favor of a gun store in alaska .
the officers' attorney, patrick dunphy, said norberg was
overwhelmed with emotion
by the verdict, while kunisch, who suffered from brain damage in the shooting, was stoic — as he was for all of the trial. norberg and kunisch left the courthouse without commenting .
dunphy said he knew the case would be tough because of the strong opinions around guns, but it was important to hold this business accountable for making a gun sale so riddled with red flags .
i didn' t want to send a message, i wanted to represent my clients, these two police officers ,
dunphy said .
will it change the way things are done around the country? time will tell .
brett heaton juarez, the jury' s foreperson, said the jurors all agreed the business practices of badger guns were shoddy. he recounted testimony from the owners that they didn' t train workers, didn' t have policies and procedures they regularly followed, had not read federal regulations and didn' t even know everything that was required on federal gun - selling forms .
a responsible business owner would do more and everyone agreed on that from the start ,
he said .
gun dealers have to do more than what we saw in this instance .
heaton juarez, of milwaukee, who works in the financial sector, said the jury figured out damages by averaging jurors' opinions. they ranged from no money for the officers to much more than what was awarded. the jury awarded kunisch about $ 3. 5 million, norberg $ 1. 5 million and $ 730, 000 in punitive damages .
the owners of badger guns, and its predecessor, badger outdoors, were not in court for the verdict .
a statement from badger guns' attorney james vogts said ,
when this case was filed, we knew it was likely to end up in the appellate courts. significant legal issues were decided in the case that impacted the evidence the jury was permitted to consider and the legal standards they were told to apply. we will appeal .
norberg and kunisch were among six police officers wounded with guns sold by badger guns and badger outdoors. two other officers have their own lawsuit set to go to trial next year, also in milwaukee county courts. it' s unclear if that trial will go ahead, dunphy said .
the federal law passed in 2005 guarantees broad immunity to gun dealers. it allows for lawsuits when there are violations of the law by a gun shop, and that is what the milwaukee officers alleged in their 2010 lawsuit .
in addition, norberg and kunisch contended that badger guns, badger outdoors, and their owners conspired to keep the gun - dealing operation going when federal regulators recommended revoking the license .
the jury found that badger guns had broken four of the five laws proposed to them in selling the gun and that the store
negligently entrusted
the firearm used to shoot the officers .
the jury did not find the owners of badger guns and badger outdoors conspired to sell guns unlawfully. on several questions, there were dissenting jurors. it required 10 of 12 jurors to find for the plaintiffs .
the conspiracy allegation rose out of how the store went from being badger outdoors to badger guns in 2007 .
in 2006, regulators from the u. s. bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives recommended revoking badger outdoors' license. but there was no revocation .
the players then took on new roles and a new license was issued to adam allan, the son of former owner walter allan, creating what one federal official called a
clean slate ,
a milwaukee journal sentinel investigation found. the other owner of badger outdoors, mick beatovic, said he always planned to retire .
the jury did not hear evidence about that recommended revocation because the owners said they didn' t know about it until they read it in the journal sentinel .
heaton juarez said the jury of eight women and four men wondered if badger outdoors was in jeopardy of losing its license when the store changed hands. he said had they known revocation was recommended, they may have found in favor of the officers on that question, too .
badger guns and badger outdoors were top sellers of crime guns recovered in milwaukee for more than a decade. in 2005, badger outdoors was the top seller of crime guns in the nation with 537 such weapons recovered .
such gun trace data has not been released recently because of a secrecy measure passed by congress .
badger guns' license was revoked by atf in 2011 but the jacob collins transaction was not cited as a violation, so the jury did not hear that the store' s license was revoked .
michael allan, walter' s other son, now runs a gun store in the same location .
much of the nearly three - week trial focused on the events on a saturday in may 2009. collins came to badger guns on that day to buy a gun for julius burton, who was too young to buy a handgun from a store .
dunphy laid out what he called telltale signs of a straw buy: burton was in the store and pointed to the gun he wanted; collins initially marked that he was not the buyer of the gun on the form, but was allowed to change that — and also change his address; collins and burton left the store to get more cash to pay for the gun; collins didn' t present an id when he picked up the gun .
after the verdict, dunphy said he thought the most telling testimony came from badger outdoors co - owner beatovic, who said there were red flags in the sale of the gun to collins .
attorneys for the west milwaukee gun dealer countered at closing that the evidence in the trial failed to show the clerk who sold the gun or the store owners had reason to believe the person was buying the gun for someone else. they said the blame falls on the man who shot the officers .
norberg and kunisch were shot by burton during a routine stop on milwaukee' s near south side a month after the gun was sold. burton is serving 80 years while collins already finished his two years in federal prison .
at a news conference following the verdict, milwaukee mayor tom barrett predicted the verdict would have national implications and called the actions of the owners a
clear cut case of negligence .
they recognized way too late that what they were doing was wrong ,
barrett said .
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one of the nation' s biggest sellers of crime - linked guns was found liable for negligence tuesday in the case of two milwaukee officers wounded by one of the shop' s firearms .
jurors in milwaukee county have ordered badger guns to pay almost $ 6 million to officer bryan norberg and now - retired officer graham kunisch, who were both shot in the face while in the line of duty in 2009 .
the two officers sued for negligence, alleging that the west milwaukee gun shop should have known that the gun eventually used in the shooting was initially sold as part of a
straw
purchase. in those cases, someone buys the gun on behalf of someone else who is not legally permitted to purchase a gun .
badger guns was also previously called badger outdoors, and at times was the no. 1 seller of firearms used in crimes in the u. s. — moving 537 guns that were recovered from crime scenes in 2005 alone, according to the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives .
norberg and kunisch weren' t the only members of the police force injured by a gun bought at badger: between 2007 and 2009, six milwaukee cops were hurt by guns sold by badger guns or badger outdoors, according to the suit .
kunisch himself was shot several times by a gun - toting bicyclist in a 2009 attack, losing an eye and suffering a brain injury. he had to retire from the police department, he said .
jurors on tuesday ordered badger to pay him $ 3. 6 million, norberg $ 1. 5 million, plus another $ 730, 000 in punitive damages .
the case has been a rare trial pitting law enforcement against a gun seller, and has been in the public spotlight after democratic front - runner hillary clinton mentioned it on the campaign trail as part of her call for gun reform .
an attorney for the two officers said tuesday that he hopes the case can change the way guns are sold in straw purchases .
i would hope so. that might be asking for too much ,
attorney patrick dunphy said after the trial concluded .
one verdict in milwaukee is a good step. time will tell .
milwaukee police officer bryan norberg, right, and officer graham kunisch in a milwaukee courtroom testifying against badger gun store where a illegally purchased gun was used to shoot both officers during an arrest .
the new owner of a west milwaukee gun shop closely scrutinized because of its high number of crime gun sales, including weapons used to wound police officers, has received a fresh federal firearms license and plans to resume selling guns soon .
the owner, mike allan, is the brother of adam allan, the previous owner of badger guns, whose license was revoked in 2011 for breaking federal law .
mike allan, who used to work for his brother, said monday that he received approval to sell guns from the u. s. bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives in may and would start selling in a couple of weeks .
allan said he hopes that will keep away straw buyers, people who buy guns for people not legally allowed to have them. badger guns was a popular choice among straw buyers, according to cases filed in federal court .
i would like to be a shooting club that sells guns to its members ,
allan said .
we want gun enthusiasts in here .
badger guns and its predecessor, badger outdoors, were top sellers of crime guns recovered by milwaukee police for more than a decade, according to police data obtained by the journal sentinel. over two years, six milwaukee police officers were wounded with guns sold by badger guns or badger outdoors. four of those officers have sued the store and its owners in milwaukee county circuit court. the cases are pending .
badger guns closed dec. 31, under an agreement with atf. a spokesman from atf said he could not comment .
a journal sentinel investigation found that the atf rarely revokes gun dealer licenses and the process can drag on in the courts for years. the atf typically wins such cases, but stores can easily beat the agency' s harshest action by having a relative, friend or employee pull a fresh license, the newspaper found. the move wipes away the earlier violations .
the newspaper found more than 50 cases across the country, including in wisconsin, in which the person whose license was revoked remains close to the gun - selling operation. atf officials said they are aware of the loophole, coined
phoenix from the ashes ,
but they need firm proof to deny a license. congress has limited atf' s authority to gather such evidence .
after two milwaukee officers were shot with a gun sold by badger guns a month earlier, milwaukee police chief edward flynn publicly blasted the store' s owner, accusing him of doing little to prevent straw sales. a sting by milwaukee police revealed felons going to the store and using the range to practice shooting .
nugent does not buy the argument that badger guns had a high number of crime gun traces because it was close to milwaukee' s high crime areas. nugent noted that he is only a few miles from badger guns but has not had the same number of crime gun traces .
at shorty' s shooting sports on s. 60th st. in west allis, owner michael govas said he takes precautions to prevent straw sales and by not stocking cheap guns favored by gang members. in 18 months in business, govas said, he has had few gun trace requests from atf .
the public is not allowed to see gun atf trace information under special rules imposed on the agency by congress. those rules also sharply limit atf release of information about gun store operations .
the west milwaukee gun store once known as badger outdoors has a history of violations .
in 2006, atf investigators recommended the rare step of revoking badger outdoors' license, but there was no revocation. that license was surrendered, and co - owner mick beatovic retired .
the other owner, walter allan, went to work for his son, adam allan, who pulled a new license and changed the name to badger guns. beatovic moved to arizona but remains landlord of the store .
the changes made in 2006 created what one atf official called a
clean slate ,
erasing violations found by federal regulators over 17 years at badger outdoors, which had been the top seller of crime guns not just in milwaukee but also in the nation in 2005 with 537 such guns, according to atf records .
in 2007, the atf found multiple violations at badger guns and issued a warning letter. it said further violations could result in revocation - the most serious civil action the atf can take against a dealer. the atf found adam allan had failed to complete federally required sales records and at least 10 times had sold a gun to people who had said they were not legally able to buy one, according to atf records obtained by the journal sentinel .
in 2009, atf inspectors were back at badger guns and found several of the same violations, including failing to complete federally required paperwork on gun sales and failure to keep accurate inventory records - two areas considered crucial for tracking guns and allowing the agency to quickly trace guns used in crimes. there also were violations related to making prohibited sales, background checks, out - of - state gun sales and failure to report multiple sales of handguns, according to atf documents .
atf revoked badger guns' license, but under special rules passed by congress protecting revoked gun dealers, badger guns was allowed to sell firearms during the appeal, which lasted more than a year .
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several years ago, congress passed a series of laws called the
tiahrt amendments
to protect gun retailers from legal reprecussions if the weapons they sold were later used to commit crimes. a new study suggests that the laws have had an unintended consequence: with less government oversight, one major gun dealer has sold three times as many guns that were later used in a crime.
brew city shooter supply , previously known as badger guns and badger outdoors is a gun shop in west milwaukee , wisconsin , just outside milwaukee . the business has been investigated for alleged " straw purchase " sales of firearms and ammunition that brought it attention from the media and the u.s. batf . in 2015 , the firm was ordered to pay nearly $ 6 million to two police officers for having illegally sold a gun . 
brew city shooter supply, previously known as badger guns and badger outdoors is a gun shop in west milwaukee, wisconsin, just outside milwaukee. the business has been investigated for alleged " straw purchase " sales of firearms and ammunition that brought it attention from the media and the u.s. batf. in 2015, the firm was ordered to pay nearly $ 6 million to two police officers for having illegally sold a gun.
brew city shooter supply, previously known as badger guns and badger outdoors is a gun shop in west milwaukee, wisconsin, just outside milwaukee. the business has been investigated for alleged " straw purchase " sales of firearms and ammunition that brought it attention from the media and the u.s. batf. in 2015, the firm was ordered to pay nearly $ 6 million to two police officers for having illegally sold a gun.