Democrats are expected to bring a sweeping 11-bill gun safety package before the Michigan Legislature this week, emboldened by their sweeping victories in statewide elections in November that gave them legislative control.
The mass shooting has pushed Michigan Democrats, who had already planned to prioritize changes to gun laws, into action. Responding to two mass school shootings in 15 months, the party’s leaders say it is only the beginning of gun reform in the state.
The bills were introduced in the days following the shooting at Michigan State University. Students across the vast campus were ordered to shelter in place for four hours while police hunted for McRae who — when confronted by police — killed himself near his Lansing home. But now, with Democrats in full control of state government for the first time in decades, the bills quickly came before House and Senate committees earlier this month. Gun violence survivors and the families of victims packed committee meeting rooms and gave tearful testimony to lawmakers.
“We are victim of a failed system that can’t keep guns from those who aim to inflict devastating harm,” Grettenberger said. Police said they found dozens of rounds of ammunition on McRae, the MSU shooter, in addition to two handguns that were legally purchased but never registered. Legislation passed in the House Wednesday would address that loophole, shifting the responsibility to perform the background check and register the firearm with police onto the seller.“The whole story of Oxford was this kid just grabbed his parents’ gun and took it to school and it wasn’t locked up.
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