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MI: Opinion: Michigan must do more to curb gun violence
Submitted by: Corey Salo

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As Michiganians, we generally want the same things. We work hard for our families, want our kids to go to good schools -- and want to get there on safe roads. At the end of the day, we want our communities to be safe places where our kids can grow up, regardless of where we live in this state.

Senseless gun violence makes that impossible.

There are a lot of responsible gun owners in Michigan. Like many people in our state, I have my CPL and I support the Second Amendment. But supporting the Second Amendment and implementing sensible, life-saving gun laws are not mutually exclusive. Gun violence claims the lives of 1,163 Michiganians every year. That means that someone is killed with a gun in Michigan every eight hours.

Comment by: RichardJCoon (10/18/2019)

Ridiculous. Safe storage laws mean I lose time getting to my weapon when I need it and red flag laws wouldn't have made a difference in the Parkland shooter case. Law enforcement, school admins, etc knew he was an issue and did nothing. Laws already on the book would have allowed him to put on 3 day hold and prevented from acquiring weapons.....

Comment by: PHORTO (10/18/2019)

Why, in the face of these widespread efforts, is NO ONE citing the fact that the Heller Court has already held such laws unconstitutional?

�Held:

�3) �the requirement that any lawful firearm in the home be disassembled or bound by a trigger lock makes it impossible for citizens to use arms for the core lawful purpose of self-defense and is hence unconstitutional.� � D.C. v. Heller (2008)

Dicta:

�[A] statute which, under the pretense of regulating, amounts to a destruction of the right, or which requires arms to be so borne as to render them wholly useless for the purpose of defense [is] clearly unconstitutional.�