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Eric Toney: “Chapter 51, Mental Health Commitment. The law is on the…”

Featuring: Eric Toney, Republican | Candidate for Attorney General of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Attorney General Debate

Published | Video Starts at 49:03

What we need to do is enforce the laws that we have on the books. You talk about someone that's a danger to themselves or others with a major mental illness that's treatable. Chapter 51, Mental Health Commitment. The law is on the books. Where somebody can get in front of a judge within 72 hours, a jury trial within two weeks and have their firearm rights taken from them. We need to enforce the law we have on the books. There's a slow moving mass shooting going on through Milwaukee right now. Over 20 children murdered this year. (49:03–49:13)

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Asserts that Chapter 51 allows for firearm rights to be removed within a specific legal timeframe.

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