In less than 30 days, the Democrat controlled legislature definitely took advantage of their new found legislative power. They ramrodded two gun control packages of serious concern to sportsmen onto Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s desk.
Note: These packages of bills are tie-barred together, which is a process used in Michigan where each bill must be signed into law for the package to take effect.
House Bills 4138, 4142, and 4143 expands Michigan’s handgun permit-to-purchase system to all firearms. Gun control advocates argue that requiring a permit-to-purchase on all firearms will help reduce crimes with firearms. The truth is criminals do not legally purchase a firearm so how is this legislation supposed to reduce firearm crimes? It won’t. This legislation only adds red tape and paperwork for law-abiding sportsmen and gun owners to contend with.
Senate Bills 79 and 80 impose mandatory storage requirements on firearm owners who reasonably should have known that a firearm is accessible to a minor. If a minor obtains the firearm and inflicts harm with the firearm, and the firearm owner should have known the minor was likely to cause harm, then the firearm owner could face prison time up to 15 years and fines up to $7,500. Michigan already has laws on the books where individuals who recklessly endanger the life of a child can be brought up on charges, so these bills are meant to discriminate against firearm owners rather than solve a legitimate public safety problem.
Please use our take action button to email Governor Whitmer urging her to VETO these two gun control packages. Law-abiding sportsmen and gun owners should not be punished for the criminal activities of those who do not respect the law.
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