Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a package of six expansive gun violence prevention bills into law Thursday that will create universal background checks for all firearms and mandate safe storage requirements around children
. Michigan has felt the impact of deadly school shootings in recent years. In February, a gunman killed three Michigan State University students and critically wounded five others. In 2021, a shooting at Oxford High School near Detroit left four students dead and six others injured.
The sale of firearm safety devices will be exempted from sales tax and the law specifies that the state’s “use tax” will not apply to the storage or use of firearm safety devices. “The tragic mass shooting at Michigan State University was a call to action, and Governor Whitmer and Michigan legislators answered it by championing common-sense laws to keep all Michiganders safe from gun violence,” John Feinblatt, the president of Everytown for Gun Safety, said in a statement.
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