(WWJ) — On Feb. 13, the one-year anniversary of the Michigan State University campus shooting that claimed three students’ lives, a new set of gun reform laws will go into effect in Michigan.
After a legislative push for gun reform in the wake of the MSU shooting, the state will see new laws on safe storage, universal background checks, so-called “red flag” laws and restrictions for those convicted of domestic violence.
On this Daily J podcast , WWJ’s Brian Fisher takes a look at what exactly is in the safe storage law, what it means for gun owners and how Michiganders feel about it.
Starting next Tuesday, the safe storage law will require people to keep any firearms being stored or left unattended on a premises unloaded and either locked with a trigger-locking mechanism or stored in a locked storage container.
The law goes onto Michigan’s books after at least four children in the state were killed in 2023 by unsecured guns. It also comes amidst the backdrop of an involuntary manslaughter conviction for Jennifer Crumbley this week, two years after her son used a weapon bought by his parents and kept in their home to kill four students at Oxford High School.