Universal background checks, safe storage and red flag laws are introduced, following Monday’s mass shooting in East Lansing.
2021 Oxford school shooting
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Michigan State students from Oxford hope to ‘survive long enough to graduate’
Some MSU students have now survived multiple mass shootings. All have been changed by constant fear of active shooters
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After Oxford, Michigan Democrats see gun safety as part of school agenda
A bipartisan House panel created after the deadly shootings at Oxford High School did not address gun safety in its recommendations because it could not reach consensus. Now, with a Democratic led House and Senate, advocates see an opening.
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Gun control a priority for Michigan Democrats. What studies say about reforms.
Democrats want to pass red flag, safe storage and universal background check laws when they take charge in January. Most research say the measures can reduce gun deaths, but much is inconclusive.
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Michigan schools race to increase safety through high tech, mental health
Michigan superintendents are trying to balance physical technology to secure schools, with building stronger mental health supports for students. They say school safety continues to be something they want to improve.
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Ethan Crumbley pleads guilty to Oxford High School shooting. What to know.
What happens now? Sentencing, an ongoing criminal case against the teen’s parents, lawsuits against Oxford and more debate about whether anything can be done policywise to prevent such shootings.
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Opinion | What is Michigan’s Legislature doing to prevent another Oxford?
Schools should be safe places in which children learn, socialize, and grow. It is time for the Michigan legislature to heed the call of Michiganders on the issue of common sense gun reform.
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Michigan’s student safety hotline saw 67 percent spike in tips last year
Tips about planned school attacks rolled in after the Oxford High School shooting. But the OK2SAY confidential tip line also allowed officials help students in distress, including those who were suicidal.
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‘They’re not prisons’ — Michigan schools try to balance safety, learning
Student safety is on the minds of school and community leaders throughout Michigan following last year’s shooting rampage at Oxford High School. Lansing-area officials met Monday to discuss the nuances of such policies
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Opinion | Catholic Conference: Michigan should oppose death by guns and abortion
The four children shot dead in their high school in Oxford last year are of equal worth as each of the more than 1.5 million children whose lives ended in abortion in Michigan since Roe v. Wade was decided.