Gun Crime

The first charges filed under Michigan's new safe firearm storage laws, how cultural changes can reduce deaths by guns, and remembering Battle Creek's civil rights era.

The Michigan Supreme Court has upheld two convictions of a man violated two separate but similar state firearm laws. But two justices suggested it may be time to look at some changes. The defendant’s argued his convictions of violating the state’s felony firearm law and being a felon in possession of a firearm amounted to being charged twice for the same crime. That, he said, violates the double jeopardy clause of the US and Michigan constitutions.

The Safe Summer 2023 initiative involves pursuing federal prosecution of people who possess guns linked to past shootings, rather than prosecuting them in state court.

Whitmer’s order concerns the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Passed in June, it sends federal dollars to fight gun crime to the states.

This partnership will focus on neighborhoods in the east and northwest of Detroit. Those neighborhoods had the highest rates of shootings, robberies and assaults with a gun this year.

“People are buying more guns, so there’s more opportunity for guns to be stolen, more opportunities for guns to fall in the wrong hands, more opportunities for people to use guns to resolve some disputes,” Detroit Police Chief James White said, attributing increased enforcement of gun violations to a series of issues.

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