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The shooting occurred Monday in Newaygo County. Police say the gun fired while in the hands of the 6-year-old boy
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The man faces charges including first-degree child abuse and a felony violation of Michigan’s gun storage law. His two-year-old daughter is hospitalized in critical condition
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The laws require background checks for all gun purchases and safe storage requirements. Red flag laws, also known as extreme risk protection orders, make it possible for guns to be removed from people threatening themselves or others
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Some opponents of the new laws have criticized them as being too reactive and difficult to enforce
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The laws require guns to be secured where unsupervised children can’t access them and require universal background checks. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the new laws last week
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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 Michigan House voted to require safe gun storage and suspend sales-and-use taxes on safety devices Wednesday
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Buds not bullets.Boxes that could be used to store ammunition instead are being given away to store marijuana in three Michigan counties.The…