Is it time to allow guns in Michigan churches? Bars? Stadiums?
A Michigan state senator wants to allow people with concealed carry permits to take their weapons into churches, bars and other ‘gun-free zones’.A decade ago state lawmakers banned gun owners from...
View ArticleChanges coming to Michigan's concealed handgun law?
John Barnes at MLive.com reports today on potential new changes coming for Michigan's concealed handgun law.The details of the proposal are expected to be taken up tomorrow morning in the Michigan...
View ArticleMayors urge lawmakers to reject new handgun legislation
Eight Michigan mayors are urging the state Legislature to reject a measure that would make it easier for people to buy handguns.The coalition of mayors sent a letter this week to Senate and House...
View ArticleThe bills we're not talking about: Right-to-work overshadows abortion, guns,...
These are some wild days in Michigan.With thousands of protestors at the capitol, Right to Work has become the 1200 lb gorilla in Lansing: it makes the 600 lb gorillas look small.In other words, with...
View ArticleSnyder faces choice on gun bills
Governor Rick Snyder must decide whether to approve or veto legislation that would allow concealed pistols in churches, day care centers, and public schools.The governor said the Sandy Hook Elementary...
View ArticleCommentary: Gun control and the governor
By now, you’ve probably heard that Governor Rick Snyder yesterday vetoed the bill that would have allowed anybody to carry a concealed weapon into elementary schools, or other places, like churches and...
View ArticleStateside: Gifts For 20 recognizes those lost in Sandy Hook tragedy
11-year-old Noah Hudson-Peralta wants to remember the young boys and girls who lost their lives in the Sandy Hook tragedy. He came up with the idea of Gifts For 20 in honor of the twenty children who...
View ArticleSorting out Michigan's gun laws
“No guns” is a pretty simple and common policy in Michigan schools.Students are expelled for bringing firearms. But Michigan law is less clear on what schools can do when adults show up with a...
View ArticleSome changes to Michigan's gun laws quietly going into effect
In their “lame duck” session, state lawmakers passed a number of measures that would change state gun laws. Governor Rick Snyder vetoed one of those bills last week.But others are set to become...
View ArticleSome Michigan state lawmakers see gun control debate as a states' rights issue
Some Michigan lawmakers say they want to exempt guns and ammunition made, sold and kept in the state from new federal gun control laws.State Senator Phil Pavlov says his bill, Senate Bill 63, is needed...
View ArticleIn this morning's Michigan news headlines. .
Blue Cross Blue Shield overhaul reintroduced without abortion languageLawmakers have reintroduced a proposed overhaul of Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Lansing State Journal reports."This time it is...
View ArticleGun rights supporters rally at Michigan's state capitol
Gun rights supporters rallied on the state capitol steps today. They’re upset about calls to tighten the nation’s gun laws.Many people at the rally believe the new push for a ban on "military style"...
View ArticleMichigan gun law trifecta
This week, host Jenn White takes a look at Michigan politics with Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and senior policy fellow at Public Sector Consultants, and Susan Demas, political analyst...
View ArticleLansing will hold a gun buyback event this week
This week, Lansing will conduct its second gun buyback program in six months.Violent crime declined in Lansing in 2012, according to the FBI. But still the capital city recorded a dozen homicides...
View ArticleMichigan women lobbying Congress on gun legislation
Several Michigan women are on their way to Washington D.C. to lobby members of Congress for stricter national gun laws. They’ll be part of a major lobbying effort tomorrow. This week marks the three...
View ArticleDiving into Michigan's gun culture
All this week, Bridge Magazine has run a series of in-depth stories delving into Michigan's gun culture.Guns in Michiganexplores a wide range of questions including what happens at the point where gun...
View ArticleRally at Michigan Capitol for gun control
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - About 200 people have turned out at the Michigan Capitol for a rally in favor of putting more restrictions on gun ownership.They shared the grounds Saturday with dozens of other...
View ArticleSandy Hook's former superintendent and a Newtown police lieutenant will speak...
A former Sandy Hook superintendent and a Newtown police lieutenant will share their experiences at the Schools, Educators, Police, Liaison Association (SEPLA) conference in Mount Pleasant, June...
View ArticleIs it time to allow guns in Michigan churches? Bars? Stadiums?
A Michigan state senator wants to allow people with concealed carry permits to take their weapons into churches, bars and other ‘gun-free zones’.A decade ago state lawmakers banned gun owners from...
View ArticleChanges coming to Michigan's concealed handgun law?
John Barnes at MLive.com reports today on potential new changes coming for Michigan's concealed handgun law.The details of the proposal are expected to be taken up tomorrow morning in the Michigan...
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