MadCrime101

One of the inspirations for this blog was the tragic shooting on State Street nearly a month ago. We hoped to keep that discussion alive and running as we explored what went wrong and how Madison should address it. More details emerged this morning through the Wisconsin State Journal’s investigation into the shooting death of Austin Bodahl. The trigger was pulled by Daniel Kelly, a man who is reported to have a history of schizophrenia and has been in and out of mental institutions. The WSJ reports that Kelly was able to obtain his gun legally:

He could buy the gun because under state gun law those with mental illness can be barred from buying a gun only if a judge has ordered them involuntarily committed to a mental institution and barred them from possessing a gun. Though Kelly has spent time in mental institutions, he has never been involuntarily committed.