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Whitmer Signs Gun Control Bills Into Law
Townhall ^ | 4/15/23 | Madeline Leesman

Posted on 04/15/2023 2:22:59 PM PDT by CFW

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (MI) signed two gun control bills into law this week in the aftermath of a shooting at Michigan State University.

According to The Detroit News, the bills are the “most significant firearm restrictions Michigan has enacted in almost 30 years.” The laws will expand background checks and impose storage standards for guns and ammunition that are kept in homes with children.

Whitmer signed the bills into law at Michigan State University, where three students were killed after a gunman opened fire on the campus in February. The suspect, Anthony McRae, 43, was found by police dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound (ABC News):

"The first of the two new laws would require anyone who does not have a gun license to undergo a federal national instant criminal background check before purchasing a gun, according to the legislation."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: banglist; communist; communistic; donatenra; guncontrol; illegalregime; michigan; whitmer
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Whitmer has been such a disaster for Michigan. But, I guess the voters love having a dictator in the governor's mansion for they re-elected her last year.
1 posted on 04/15/2023 2:22:59 PM PDT by CFW
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We stopped investment plans in Michigan and now we can simply stop visiting too.


2 posted on 04/15/2023 2:25:30 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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Yup, those new laws will fix things. /s


3 posted on 04/15/2023 2:26:14 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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Polished faced witch


4 posted on 04/15/2023 2:27:18 PM PDT by madison10
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Don’t you already have to undergo a background check before buying a gun? What am I missing?


5 posted on 04/15/2023 2:27:37 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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Knock it off. The cities voted for her.


6 posted on 04/15/2023 2:28:16 PM PDT by madison10
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Soooooo, we already do background checks... Who the heck is going to inspect homes for proper locking? Oh yeah, those homes will be inspected AFTER something else was done to bring the cops to the home. Neither of these laws will do a damn thing to keep guns out of criminal hands. They’re just more of a hassle for legal gun owners.


7 posted on 04/15/2023 2:29:23 PM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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From the article:

“Reportedly, the first legal challenge against the legislation was made on Thursday by pro-Second Amendment groups. The groups sued the state legislature for failing to provide the groups with enough time to testify in front of the committees who drafted the laws.”

I assume it is the Second Amendment Foundation that is suing. I’ll have to see if I can find out that information.


8 posted on 04/15/2023 2:30:01 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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GOA and NRA, sue immedetly, to stop this abomination! Bitchimer is violating both the 2st and 4th Ammendments with the Storage law!


9 posted on 04/15/2023 2:30:22 PM PDT by cowboyusa (IT'S TIME TO PLAY COWBOYS AND MARXISTS!)
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Read before posting, but great.


10 posted on 04/15/2023 2:30:55 PM PDT by cowboyusa (IT'S TIME TO PLAY COWBOYS AND MARXISTS!)
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They need to sue over that Redcoat likesaf3 storage law.😡😡


11 posted on 04/15/2023 2:32:30 PM PDT by cowboyusa (IT'S TIME TO PLAY COWBOYS AND MARXISTS!)
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Whew! Finally some commonsense. No more shootings in Michigan now. Fidiots!


12 posted on 04/15/2023 2:33:22 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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She is having her King George the 3rd Moment.😡


13 posted on 04/15/2023 2:36:43 PM PDT by cowboyusa (IT'S TIME TO PLAY COWBOYS AND MARXISTS!)
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https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/michigan/2023/04/13/gun-groups-sue-house-senate-over-ability-to-testify-on-firearms-bills-open-carry-gun-control/70111084007/

“Two Michigan gun rights groups are suing the Democratic-led Michigan Legislature for failing to provide the groups’ representatives enough time to testify in front of the committees that pushed through gun regulations in recent weeks.

The suit, filed Thursday in the Court of Claims by Great Lakes Gun Rights and Michigan Open Carry, alleges the chambers are suppressing speech and discriminating based on viewpoint in violation of the First and 14th amendments and the Michigan Open Meetings Act.”


14 posted on 04/15/2023 2:37:57 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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Sooo glad I ditched Michigan for Ohio when I retired.


15 posted on 04/15/2023 2:39:14 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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Knock it off. The cities voted for her.

Yeah, but, who counted the votes?

16 posted on 04/15/2023 2:39:24 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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And here is another article from Tom Knighton at Bearingarms.com

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2023/04/14/michigans-new-law-n69473


17 posted on 04/15/2023 2:42:01 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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The democrat party and all its voters are the enemy. Treat them as such.


18 posted on 04/15/2023 2:42:08 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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There was a Republican who would have beat her. The rats sabotaged his petitions to get on the Primary ballot. Craig was polling way ahead of her. The rat SOS tossed thousand of ballots with any flaws no matter how small. The rats also put bogus names on the ballots and the SOS knew about it so it allowed her to toss his petitions and kept him out of the primary. Craig was the black Police Chief from Detroit.


19 posted on 04/15/2023 2:43:01 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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Ok, but the suit needs to be over the “ safe storage” law. This is exactly what the Redcoats were doing, telling people what and where the could have Guns in thier House.😡😡


20 posted on 04/15/2023 2:43:08 PM PDT by cowboyusa (IT'S TIME TO PLAY COWBOYS AND MARXISTS!)
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