Gov. Whitmer signs state’s new red flag gun law
Michigan will join Minnesota as the second state in under a week to implement a red flag law.
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (WILX) - Monday Governor Gretchen Whitmer was in Royal Oak alongside Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II, Attorney General Dana Nessel, and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords as she gave her final approval on a red flag gun law.
The law aims to keep firearms away from someone who is at risk of harming themselves or others.
The bill made it through the Democratic led state legislature just two months after February’s mass shooting on the campus of Michigan State University.
Michigan joins Minnesota as the second state in under a week to implement a red flag law.
Read more: Michigan governor set to sign state’s new red flag gun law
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