FOND DU LAC, Wis. — A Wisconsin man was convicted for terrorist threats to shoot state lawmakers if they passed a bill for teachers to carry firearms. James Stearns, 75, was sentenced to seven days in jail and fined $500. Judge Anthony Nehls issued the sentence. The threats were in 2022 after the massacre of 19 school kids and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. The GOP bill never made it through the Wisconsin Legislature, more as a bad idea than as a result of Stearns’ threats. He had emailed two legislators and a talk radio host. One message: “I will purchase a gun, the most powerful I can purchase, and go to Madison and shoot as many of the people who vote for this law as I can before someone shoots me.” Also: “People will hunt you down and your family like animals.”
