Wisconsin Gov. Evers asking for guns to be banned near RNC convention after Trump shooting

Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) is asking the Secret Service to reconsider its decision to allow firearms within the “soft perimeter” of the Republican National Committee’s convention in Milwaukee following the shooting of former President Donald Trump on Saturday.

The Democratic governor believes it is “exceedingly important that additional steps be taken to keep convention participants and attendees, law enforcement and the local community safe,” a source with knowledge of the discussion told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

The convention will begin on Monday and last until Thursday at Fiserv Forum in Wisconsin’s largest city. Security measures have...