Guns

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.

Michigan legislation to ban the open and unlicensed carry of guns from polling locations passed the state Senate Thursday.

The statewide crackdown program known as Operation Safe Neighborhoods consisted of compliance checks of those who are prohibited from possessing a firearm.