Blog categorized as Firearms

The new Capitol building security policy and weapons ban now includes an exemption for currently serving state lawmakers with a concealed carry permit, the Michigan State Capitol Commission (MSCC) voted 4-2 Wednesday.

The finalized language for a Capitol weapons prohibition does not include exemptions for lawmakers, Rob Blackshaw, executive director of the State Capitol Commission, told the media during the Commission's July meeting.

“I’m going to be the next school shooter,” Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley said in a self-made video the night before he fatally shot four students in November 2021.

The Michigan State Capitol Commission is poised to soon begin a new era of protecting lawmakers, staff, lobbyists, reporters, and thousands of visitors to the state Capitol when technology designed to detect guns is installed.

A Court of Claims judge denied two gun groups’ request for a temporary restraining order against the state Legislature for allegedly violating the Open Meetings Act.