"As far as defending herself, I met this kid. He was a big kid. He was over 6 feet tall ... and you want my daughter who weighed 140 pounds to confront this guy with a gun and get into a battle with her?" Jane Brady Nosal said. "No. We taught our kids to call the police. That’s what you should do, not confront people."

The Nosals pledged to continue fighting to have the waiting period reinstated, despite the fact that it was just repealed in June.

Under Sen. Van Wanggaard's bill, gun buyers are able to take possession of handguns as soon as they clear a background check with the Department of Justice — in many cases, in a matter of hours.

That law applies only to handgun purchases. Rifle purchases in Wisconsin were already not subject to a waiting period.

When the repeal was passed, Wanggaard argued the handgun wait requirement was effectively a "time tax." He also noted that 42 other states have no such waiting period.