Governor Gretchen Whitmer asked, and now she will receive the requested “red flag” bills.
“Under the bills, a spouse, a former spouse, someone who is dating the person, a roommate, a family member, a guardian, a law enforcement official or a health care provider can ask a circuit court judge to issue an extreme risk protection order,” the Detroit News said
“If an order were issued, the person would have 24 hours to surrender their firearms. After having the opportunity to surrender their weapons, the person’s guns could be seized by law enforcement, according to the language of the bill. After the order was issued, the person would eventually be able to request a hearing on whether the order should be rescinded.”
The bills—which is a set of four—is a response to the mass shooting at Michigan State University on February 13.
Whitmer already signed into law expanded background checks and stiffer penalties for not keeping guns’ out of childrens’ hand yesterday.
The Detroit Free Press reported that one of the new laws fortifies the state penal code in expanding background checks from only requiring a license to buy a pistol to needing a license to buy any firearm.
The other new law states that gun owners must store their firearms in a locked container or use a locking device if there’s a child living with them or otherwise make the gun inaccessible to the child.
