Michigan State University closes gun ban loophole
Trustees voted 5-2 to completely ban firearms on campus Friday. It follows months after a mass shooting killed three and injured five others in East Lansing.
Capitol Commission avoids lawsuit, state lawmakers allowed to conceal carry inside state capitol
The Capitol Commission has averted a possible lawsuit after voting to allow state lawmakers to carry their concealed weapons into the state capitol.
Supreme Court will decide if some judges have gone too far in striking down gun restrictions
A year after its sweeping gun rights ruling, the Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether judges are going too far in striking down restrictions on firearms.
Tlaib pushes federal gun safety law to require firearm lock with new purchases
Rashida Tlaib is introducing a bill in Washington to make it a federal law to give all gun buyers a gun lock to prevent shooting deaths.
Questions remain on new red flag gun law as Livingston County vows to not enforce it
“If all the gun safety laws work so well, we wouldn’t have issues like Chicago," she said. "So, we are standing by our commissioners and our sheriff, we are very proud of them."
Whitmer signs 'Red flag' gun laws where judges can order firearms be removed from homes
Some Michigan sheriffs have already said they won't enforce the law after calling it unconstitutional.
Judge rules banning gun sales to young adults under 21 is unconstitutional
The judge's ruling, if not overturned, would allow firearms dealers to sell guns to 18- to 20-year-olds.
Livingston County considers breaking with state over new Michigan gun laws
The sheriff already said he would not be enforcing a newly-passed bill that allows police to remove firearms from someone's home.
Next batch of state gun bills could face hurdles including magazine size, ability to sue stores
Those pending issues included limiting the number of bullets you can put into a gun magazine, banning assault weapons and allowing the public to sue gun makers and gun shop owners that sell weapons that injure or kill victims somebody.
Michigan Senate sends 'Red Flag' bill to Whitmer after legislative approval
The bill enables a court to order that weapons to be seized from their owners if they are determined to be a threat to themselves or others.
Next round of gun safety bills pose bigger challenge for Michigan Democrats
The first round of legislating was relatively easy on gun control bills relating to safe storage and expanded background checks. The next round may be more difficult.
Gun store owner and attorney explains how new firearms legislation impacts customers
"A very small percentage of those guns are used in any type of gun violence," he said.
Whitmer signs safe storage and background check gun bills into law
Safe storage and universal background check bills breezed through the legislature this session. A third bill dealing with extreme risk protection orders hasn't passed the House.
Lawmakers get into hallway shouting match over gun violence as Democrat calls Republicans 'cowards'
Rep. Jamaal Bowman was shouting in front of a throng of reporters before Rep. Thomas Massie challenged him
State GOP leader Karamo doubles down on gun control tweet invoking Holocaust imagery
Any notion that the Michigan Republican Party drawing comparisons between historical events and the Democrats' push to disarm the people of Michigan is somehow offensive, or bigoted, is flat-out dishonest," she said.
Gun control bills in front of Michigan Senate as Democrats rally support
In the weeks since the shooting at East Lansing, just outside the Michigan state capitol in Lansing, lawmakers have a crafted a package of bills that are meant to help prevent gun violence like we saw at MSU and Oxford.
Gun bills coming in Michigan after 2nd school mass shooting
Democrats are expected to bring a sweeping 11-bill gun safety package before the Michigan Legislature this week.
Gun safety bills get long-awaited hearings in Michigan as momentum for reform builds
Current lawmakers, faith leaders, and even former Republican Congressmen have all come out in support of universal background checks, red flag laws, and safe storage rules.
Gun legislation enters the arena in Lansing with first hearing on firearm bans at polling places
There's also 12 other bills introduced in the senate that deal with red flag laws, background checks, and safe storage bills.
Most in Michigan favor stringent gun control, new survey shows
Across the entire state of Michigan, a resounding majority are in agreement that the state needs more gun control.