Public Safety Policy

"The test of this age is whether or not the moral courage can be mustered to do what is right and just, without falling into the trap of what is easy."
​-Mark Bignell

Restoring Local Control 

• Allow local governments to regulate the carry of guns on municipal property owned or leased by local governments. 
  • Senate Bill 352 introduced last year would have ensured this. 

Protecting Survivors of Domestic Violence

• Align Michigan Law with existing federal law, which would prohibit abusers convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence offenses from possessing guns for 8 years.
  • Existing House Bills 5371 and 5372 / Senate Bills 678 and 679 submitted last year would have accomplished this. 

Gun Violence Prevention and Research 

• Establish a gun shot wound data accumulation research program, in order to develop an accurate report of the state of gun violence as it exists within Michigan. 
• Establish funding for a gun violence prevention program.
  • ​​House Bill 5174 introduced last year would have created a GVP in Ingham County. 

Crisis Intervention Law

• Enact ‘CI’ laws to prevent individuals in crisis from resorting to misuse and/or abuse of a firearm.
  • Existing Senate Bills 856, 857, and 858 introduced in the previous year would have accomplished this.   

Magazine Capacity Limits 

• Restriction of selling and/or possessing a magazine capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. 
  • ​House Bills 5627 and 5628 / Senate Bills 785 and 786 introduced last year would have accomplished this. 

Safe Storage

• Require firearms to be properly secured to prevent accidental injury/death when the firearms could be accessible to minors. 
  • Creation of a state tax credit for purchase of and/or inspection of an existing gun safe. 
  • Exempt firearm safety devices (including locks and safes) from the sales tax. 
  • Exempt firearm safety devices (including locks and safes) from the use tax. 
    • ​House Bill 5066/ Senate Bill 550,   House Bill 5067 / Senate Bill 551,  House Bill 5068 / Senate Bill 552 introduced over last year would have established much of this, with the exception of a tax credit. 

Universal Background Checks 

• Require expanded universal background checks on all guns sales.  
  • House Bills 4869, 4870, and 4871 / Senate Bills 454, 455, and 456 introduced last year would have accomplished this. 

Prohibit Guns in MI Capitol Building

• Bans guns in legislative office buildings and the MI State Capitol Building. 
  • ​House Bills 4023 and 4024 / Senate Bills 34 and 35 introduced over last year would have enacted this.