CRIME: Have We Gone Mad?

In Milwaukee, a rash of murders provokes a drive to ban handguns

Most anybody in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, can tell the story of how 10-year-old Monique Schweiger's childhood ended. The hard part is explaining why. It was just before 7 p.m. a month ago in the parking lot of Popeye's Famous Fried Chicken & Biscuits on the north side of town. That's where her mother Christine was ordered to her knees by two teenagers, 15 and 16 years old, who demanded her money. When Christine, an accountant and mother of three, said she didn't have any, the 16-year-old apparently took offense. As Monique watched, the youth allegedly let loose at point-blank range with a...

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