Texas, Ohio, California, Pennsylvania… Our nation keeps witnessing mass shootings and the loss of lives. This must end.

Seventeen other states and the District of Columbia have enacted common-sense gun reforms such as ‘red flag’ laws that temporarily prevent someone in crisis from buying or possessing a gun, while respecting our Constitutional rights. Likewise, more than 90% of the American public supports background checks for all gun sales — yet Michigan still does not have a universal background check law. We can and we must change that.

We can and we must come together to work across the aisle on solutions that begin to prevent gun violence. 

Legislation exists in both the Michigan House and Senate to make these reforms but has not been acted upon. Tell leadership to act now: 

Every Michigander deserves a safe community — from our schools to our places of worship, movie theaters, shopping malls, public events, and more. I urge Committee Chairs to give these bills a committee hearing now.

House Bill 4283 / Senate Bill 156: Create the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act enabling courts to temporarily prohibit a person from possessing guns if law enforcement or an immediate family member demonstrates the person poses a significant danger to themselves or others. 

House Bill 4284 / Senate Bill 157: Prohibit the purchase of a firearm if an individual has an Extreme Risk Protection Order.

House Bill 4285 / Senate Bill 158: Enact sentencing guidelines for making a false statement in support of an Extreme Risk Protection Order.

House Bill 5275 / Senate Bill 678: Require license or background check for purchase of firearms.

House Bill 5276 / Senate Bill 679: Update references to pistol in the penal code.

House Bill 5277 / Senate Bill 680: Update firearms references in sentencing guidelines.