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Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a law today that will allow courts to issue “red flag” orders to seize guns from people deemed a risk to themselves or others.
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One of the bills given final approval Wednesday would also make it a crime for someone named in an extreme risk protection order to purchase another gun for the duration of the order
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The Michigan Senate has sent Governor Gretchen Whitmer the main bill in a package to create extreme risk protection orders. That would allow authorities to temporarily seize guns from people deemed by a court to pose a threat to themselves or others.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer told a police officers’ group today that Michigan’s new gun laws will make law enforcement safer.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bills today to require universal background checks for gun purchases and to require firearms to be safely stored when not in use
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The state House Judiciary Committee approved “red flag” legislation Wednesday that would allow authorities to seize firearms from someone deemed by a judge to pose an imminent risk
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The bills were adopted on party-line votes. Republicans say more restrictions aren’t the solution to gun violence
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The posts on Wednesday inaccurately claim that an 11-bill gun safety package proposed in the Democratic-led state Legislature would disarm all citizens. It includes a photo showing wedding rings removed by Germans from Holocaust victims
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The Michigan House voted to require safe gun storage and suspend sales-and-use taxes on safety devices Wednesday
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Democrats unsuccessfully tried to pass similar legislation after a mass shooting at Oxford High School in 2021