Democrats roll out gun safety bills
Gun safety bills have started working their way through the Michigan Legislature.
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Gun safety bills have started working their way through the Michigan Legislature.
A package of gun safety bills was rolled out Wednesday by the Legislature’s Democratic leaders, who promised to get bills to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s desk this year.
Hearings on the legislation are underway. Republican leaders have not yet commented on the bills.
Two weeks after a mass shooting at Michigan State University, state lawmakers began mulling gun safety measures including universal background checks, safe storage and ‘red flag’ laws
The state’s House Judiciary Committee heard extensive testimony for a package of 11 bills that would implement safe storage laws, require universal background checks for the purchase of all firearms and establish red flag laws.