gun control

A catch-up on automotive no-fault insurance reform bills and other legislative news, a speculative fiction novel imagining a world where the French never ceded Detroit, and a conversation with the Detroit-based painter, educator, activist who has recently won the 2024 Kresge Eminent Artist Award.

Extreme risk protection orders, background checks for all firearm purchases, and a requirement that Michigan gun owners securely lock away their firearms all take effect this week.

This week, the mother of the shooter in the Oxford High School mass shooting was convicted on four counts of involuntary manslaughter. This verdict is another step in the Oxford community’s years-long pursuit of justice.

Getting the referendum on Michigan’s Extreme Risk Protection Order Act on the ballot would allow voters to nullify the law, which is scheduled to go into effect February 13.

A recent article from the New York Times reveals the little known afterlife of guns in gun buyback programs.

Where do guns go after being "bought back?," twins brothers on decades of performing together for children, and the on-going abuse of migrant laborers.

The Michigan legislature adjourned early this year. We talked about why the legislature made this decision, what they accomplished this year, and what we can expect when the session resumes.

A state House committee has approved legislation that would prohibit people convicted of many misdemeanor domestic violence crimes from possessing guns.

Bills introduced in the Michigan Senate Thursday would bar people convicted of a misdemeanor involving domestic violence from possessing guns for at least eight years.

Tlaib unveiled the Safe Storage Saves Lives Act at the Children’s Hospital of Detroit on Friday. It would require firearm sellers to provide gun locks with every purchase.