Michigan gun laws

While House lawmakers calling it quits for the year, the Senate worked through the night in a record 29-hour meeting. Here’s what’s headed to the governor.

Government transparency, gun reforms, polluter pay proposals among more than 250 bills that died as the Michigan House abruptly adjourned for the year, ending Democratic control of the lower chamber.

Poised to lose control of the Michigan House, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and fellow Democrats are pushing economic development, firearm and criminal justice reforms in the final weeks of 2024.

Gun manufacturers could also face legal liability for deaths under bills Democrats are lining up for potential votes in the lame-duck session.

Democrats kick off lame-duck session with votes to ban open-carry guns at polling places, expand hate crime laws and ease access to birth control.

Now is not the time to decrease funding for mental health.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order Thursday establishing a Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. The announcement comes days after a man opened fire on a splash pad in Rochester Hills.

Authorities say splash pad shooter showed signs of mental illness, but no one reported him under Michigan’s new ‘red flag’ gun confiscation law.

After a shooting in Rochester Hills wounded nine on Saturday, some are wondering whether any of Michigan’s recently enacted gun laws could have quashed the problem before it occurred.

After court overturns ban the devices that modify semiautomatic rifles, some in Michigan seek to add state prohibitions. Gov. Whitmer is reviewing next steps.

While Michigan personal protection orders can prohibit a person from possessing guns, state law does not require them to relinquish their firearms. Advocates want to change that ‘loophole,’ but critics say it’s unnecessary.

Livingston County Sheriff Mike Murphy called Michigan’s new ‘red flag’ gun law unconstitutional and said he wouldn’t enforce it. Records show he already has.

Parents of Oxford school shooting victims are backing a proposal that would require Michigan schools to tell families about the state’s new safe storage law and how to keep guns away from kids.

Police have seized guns from fewer than 40 individuals since Michigan’s “red flag” law took effect in February. Critics feared the process would be abused. One month in, authorities say that’s not happening.

The Michigan Senate approves bills to ban openly carried firearms in or around voting locations. A partisan split in the House will likely delay final passage.

Of the 321 bills signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2023, 142 will take effect Tuesday — including changes to abortion rights, pension taxes, energy policy and gun regulations.

As Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prepares her 2024 State of the State address, did she accomplish her 2023 goals? Bridge Michigan analyzes the success of her priorities over the last year.

A judge will decide whether a now 17-year-old teen will spend life in prison for killing four classmates. The mass shooting prompted some gun reform in Michigan, but other proposals failed.

One of Michigan’s most politically conservative counties is weighing whether to spend taxpayer dollars on handgun training and concealed carry permits for its 1,200 employees.

‘You just can't come in and take our weapons away without giving us a fighting chance to stand up for ourselves,’ Holton Township Supervisor Alan Jager says.