{"id":1690597,"date":"2022-10-15T16:21:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T20:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1690597"},"modified":"2022-10-15T16:22:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T20:22:53","slug":"michels-slams-red-flag-laws-says-left-just-wants-to-take-away-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michels-slams-red-flag-laws-says-left-just-wants-to-take-away-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Michels Slams \u2018Red Flag\u2019 Laws, Says Left \u2018Just Wants To Take Away Guns\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichels-slams-red-flag-laws-says-left-just-wants-to-take-away-guns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1690597&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate and construction executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-backed-construction-executive-tim-michels-wins-wisconsin-governor-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Michels<\/a> slammed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/red-flag-laws-and-unintended-consequences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">red flag laws<\/a>\u201d on Friday, saying that they were \u201cunconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michels made the comments during a Friday evening televised debate in Madison against Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tony-evers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Evers<\/a> (D-WI), who expressed support for red flag laws and universal background checks at the debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to make sure that we uphold the Constitution and that law abiding gun owners are not having their guns confiscated. I will be there for responsible gun owners,\u201d Michels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CrJ1NhYlbjA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> after calling red flag laws a \u201cslippery slope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evers called red flag laws and universal background checks \u201creasonable\u201d proposals, before claiming that \u201cresponsible gun owners don\u2019t have to worry about red flag laws because it will never be an issue for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While answering a previous question on crime in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Badger State<\/a>, Michels said the Left\u2019s answer to violence was to just take away guns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Left always just wants to take away guns and thinks that\u2019s the problem. I am responsible gun owner; I will protect your Second Amendment rights,\u201d Michels said.<\/p>\n<p>The two candidates, who are in a tight race that could come down to the wire, also clashed over abortion and education during their first general election debate.<\/p>\n<p>Michels, who said he \u201cmake[s] no apologies\u201d for being pro-life, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-wisconsin-donald-trump-election-2020-28c4920973bb1858c46cc04a01ecd6ef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> he supported Wisconsin\u2019s 1849 abortion ban, but would back exceptions for rape and incest. Evers, who sought and failed to have the Republican-led state legislature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wisconsin-governor-calls-special-session-to-repeal-states-abortion-ban-ahead-of-scotus-decision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repeal the ban<\/a> over the summer, wants abortion protected by state law.<\/p>\n<p>On education, the Trump-backed Michels has supported universal school choice policies, while Evers wants more funding for public schools.<\/p>\n<p>In statements following the debate, Michels team said Evers had failed as governor, while Evers called his Republican challenger \u201cextreme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis election is a referendum on Tony Evers\u2019 tired, old leadership that has freed violent criminals, shut down our state economy, and failed our students,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/michelsforgovernor.com\/tim-michels-wins-2022-gubernatorial-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Patrick McNulty, Michels\u2019 campaign manager.<\/p>\n<p>Evers\u2019 campaign manager Cassi Fenili <a href=\"https:\/\/tonyevers.com\/2022\/10\/15\/evers-campaign-statement-on-gubernatorial-debate\/\">said<\/a> that Michels had \u201cstaked out the most extreme positions possible, with the goal of dividing our state and pitting neighbors against one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin\u2019s governor race has mirrored the state\u2019s Senate race, where Democrat candidates have doubled down on abortion while Republicans focus on crime and inflation. A <a href=\"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/poll\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MULaw73PressRelease.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> from Marquette Law School found Evers and Michels neck and neck with less than a month before the election.<\/p>\n<p>The poll found Evers with 47% of likely voters in Wisconsin while Michels had 46%. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate and construction executive Tim Michels slammed \u201cred flag laws\u201d on Friday, saying that they were \u201cunconstitutional.\u201d Michels made the comments during a Friday evening televised debate in Madison against Governor Tony Evers (D-WI), who expressed support for red flag laws and universal background checks at the debate. \u201cWe need to make &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1890344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1690597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michels-slams-red-flag-laws-says-left-just-wants-to-take-away-guns","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1690597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1690597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1690597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1690597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}