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Michigan Lawmakers Want to Pass an 11-Bill Gun Safety Package. Here’s What Would Change
The package was introduced days after last month’s tragedy at Michigan State University
Read in TIME: https://apple.news/AKssoqGc8QFqeyQ2Tsh3Ojg
Hope the laws pass and Michigan shows how tougher gun control can save lives.
From the Time article :
Michigan lawmakers are aiming to pass an 11-bill gun safety package across the state this week, considering provisions that would require background checks on gun purchases, create safe storage laws, and establish extreme risk protection orders—also known as red flag laws.
Democrats, who have control of the state government for the first time in some 40 years, hope to deliver on the promise of advancing gun safety following a Michigan State University mass shooting last month that left three dead and five wounded.
The package, which includes Senate Bills 76-86, was introduced days after last month’s tragedy at Michigan State University (https://apple.news/AopX8BJ38TECVCEzoc1lTzw), but much of the legislation was written by lawmakers after a 2021 shooting at Oxford High School (https://apple.news/A3GOg3UwkSjeJ8a0ntnzDIQ) in Oxford Township, Mich. that left four students dead and seven more injured. Democrats previously sought to pass legislation after the Oxford High shooting, but bills were blocked by Republicans, who then-controlled the state legislature.
“Gun violence has touched the lives of countless Americans. I personally have family members who have been the victims of gun violence and the impact of that violence reverberates for a lifetime,” said House Speaker Joe Tate in a press statement (https://senatedems.com/blog/2023/02/21/michigan-dems-introduce-gun-violence-prevention-bills/)
. “As elected leaders, it is our responsibility to do what we can to help keep our kids and our communities safe, and that means taking action on common-sense gun reforms. This is not a political issue; it is a public health emergency.”
The package was introduced days after last month’s tragedy at Michigan State University
Read in TIME: https://apple.news/AKssoqGc8QFqeyQ2Tsh3Ojg
Hope the laws pass and Michigan shows how tougher gun control can save lives.
From the Time article :
Michigan lawmakers are aiming to pass an 11-bill gun safety package across the state this week, considering provisions that would require background checks on gun purchases, create safe storage laws, and establish extreme risk protection orders—also known as red flag laws.
Democrats, who have control of the state government for the first time in some 40 years, hope to deliver on the promise of advancing gun safety following a Michigan State University mass shooting last month that left three dead and five wounded.
The package, which includes Senate Bills 76-86, was introduced days after last month’s tragedy at Michigan State University (https://apple.news/AopX8BJ38TECVCEzoc1lTzw), but much of the legislation was written by lawmakers after a 2021 shooting at Oxford High School (https://apple.news/A3GOg3UwkSjeJ8a0ntnzDIQ) in Oxford Township, Mich. that left four students dead and seven more injured. Democrats previously sought to pass legislation after the Oxford High shooting, but bills were blocked by Republicans, who then-controlled the state legislature.
“Gun violence has touched the lives of countless Americans. I personally have family members who have been the victims of gun violence and the impact of that violence reverberates for a lifetime,” said House Speaker Joe Tate in a press statement (https://senatedems.com/blog/2023/02/21/michigan-dems-introduce-gun-violence-prevention-bills/)
. “As elected leaders, it is our responsibility to do what we can to help keep our kids and our communities safe, and that means taking action on common-sense gun reforms. This is not a political issue; it is a public health emergency.”
