Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) chastised lawmakers for not taking action on gun-control after four students were killed at Oxford High School. Just 19 days later, Whitmer choked back tears during a news conference after the shooting at MSU.
in the state ended the lives of three Michigan State University students and wounded several more.
The dynamics have changed since then. Democrats flipped the state legislature in the November midterm elections, giving the party full control of state government for the first time in decades. Whitmer outlined in her State of the State three policy changes she wants passed: universal background checks, safe storage laws and extreme-risk protection orders, also known as “red-flag laws,” that prevent a person who is deemed a threat to themselves or others from possessing a gun.
Bayer has been working on gun-control laws for a decade, but she said her proposals never had a realistic chance of passing until now. Knowing this is their best opportunity, Democrats had been taking their time on precise language for the bills in an effort to shield them from lawsuits, but Bayer said the Michigan State shooting will accelerate the process.“We didn’t throw them at the wall this time because this time we’re going to pass them,” Bayer said.
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