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MI Senate Democrats Pass 11 Gun Control Bills in Thursday Vote

March 16, 2023 By Dave Workman

Michigan state senators passed an 11-bill package of gun control measures.

The Democrat-controlled Michigan State Senate Thursday passed, along party lines, an 11-bill gun control package that now goes to the state House, which last week adopted its own set of gun restrictions.

The vote was 20-17, according to the Detroit News. The package includes measures to expand background check, set so-called “safe storage” requirements, and a “red flag” bill.

The newspaper portrayed the vote as a response to “last month’s deadly shooting at Michigan State University,” but that may not be entirely accurate.

Bridge Michigan noted in its coverage, “The bills are years in the making, however. Democrats proposed similar policies in previous sessions but were unable to advance legislation until winning narrow majorities in the Legislature last fall.”

So, the question arises whether Democrats were waiting for an election in which they captured the majority in Lansing, and having a tragedy to use as a launchpad.

But Republican Sen. Joseph Bellino of Monroe offered the perspective of his caucus when he observed,

“After recent tragedies at MSU and Oxford High School, I understand the desire to do something, but passing more laws just to say you did something is terrible policy.”

He added further perspective, noting, “They will give people a sense of false security, all while infringing on everyone’s right to own a firearm, to hunt or even defend themselves and their family.”

Democrats, meanwhile, touted the “history making” aspect of passing the legislative package. Sen. Rosemary Bayer of West Bloomfield was quoted by the Detroit News stating, “We are finally taking action to begin the process of making our state safer, making our kids, our families, all the people of Michigan safer today…Today, we are finally going to do what the people of Michigan are overwhelmingly demanding that we do.”

Michigan is one of a handful of states where Democrat legislative control this year has led to a swirl of gun control activity. The situation is the same in Minnesota and Washington. For Michigan, its’ the first time in several years since Democrats were in complete control of the Legislature and the governor’s office. Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had called for new gun controls.

Bridge Michigan noted Sen. Bellino warned his colleagues that the legislation amounts to a “serious infringement on the Second Amendment,” and that passage of the bills will “not prevent future violence because criminals and mentally incompetent people intent on doing harm don’t care about the law.”

It is not clear whether any organization will challenge any of the measures in court if they become law.

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About Dave Workman

Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist with an expertise in firearms and the outdoors. He is the author of several books dealing with firearms politics. He has a degree in editorial journalism from the University of Washington and is a lifelong Washington resident.

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