Guns

A task force created in 2024 has released its final report, recommending that Michigan raise the firearm purchase age, ban assault weapons and serial numberless home-built “ghost guns,” and outlaw bump stocks.

Michael Brewer can be awake only for four hours until his brain shuts down. When the sun is shining too bright, he has to put the special glasses on. But these are only a few of the symptoms of lead poisoning. There are also migraines, memory loss and seizures that Brewer has been experiencing for the past 20 years.⁠

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Michigan State Police are encouraging people to pick up free gun locks as part of an effort to raise awareness about safe gun storage.

KDPS started the program to anonymously collect unwanted guns in the fall.

Following a Supreme Court ruling that overturned a federal bump stock ban, state Sen. Dayna Polehanki introduced a bill to make it a felony to manufacture or sell the devices in Michigan.

A special month-long campaign will feature marches and other events.

A bill package that would require Michigan schools to provide parents with safe firearm storage information made it out of a state House committee Tuesday.

The challenge claims Michigan’s gun law is not consistent with the nation's historic traditions of gun regulation when the Second and 14th amendments were adopted.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s concealed weapons law in an opinion made public Friday.

A rule issued Thursday by the White House expands required background checks for many gun purchases. It largely mirrors a Michigan law already in place.