Latest news with #MichiganGunViolencePreventionTaskForce
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Yahoo
State task force releases gun violence recommendations
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A new list of recommendations from the Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force suggests ways to reduce gun violence and gun-related deaths and injuries statewide. The task force was created last year to find the root causes of gun violence, study the data, figure out how to efficiently use resources that already exist and recommend new policies to help combat gun violence. On Tuesday, it so far. 'Gun violence is the leading cause of death in children across the country and, as such, we must address it as a public health issue,' wrote Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive and chair of the task force, in a news release. Violent crime in Kalamazoo dropped from 2023 to 2024, police say in new report The task force looked at all kinds of issues relating to firearms, including suicide, domestic and community violence, school safety, safe storage and background checks. It made recommendations for addressing each one. Recommendations included developing funding and a workgroup to implement the strategies, improving access to safe storage options outside the home for families with someone in crisis and building a group to share ideas to support gun violence prevention leaders. The task force also set out to standardize the definition of a school resource officer with training and education, as well as to standardize the court processes, law enforcement and protocols surrounding Extreme Risk Protection Orders. Many of the recommendations explored how to implement existing legislation, especially related to the domestic violence firearm possession ban, safe firearm storage and background checks. You can view the released by the Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task force online. Over the next six months, the task force along with its subcommittees and expert stakeholders will use the recommendations to make a plan of how to best put them into action, according to the state. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Advocates push for more funding and laws to prevent gun violence
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– It's Gun Violence Advocacy Day, and community members and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are lobbying at the Capitol to end gun violence. Republicans hold control of the State House, and gun control advocates hope for more opportunities to pass bipartisan legislation and secure more funding for crime intervention programs. 'Every Michigander deserves to feel safe when they are at work, school or just walking down the street,' said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in a news release sent to 6 News. 'As a former prosecutor, I'm committed to public safety and proud of the $1.6 billion we've invested to keep people safe across six balanced, bipartisan state budgets. These recommendations by the task force will build on our record investments and efforts to enact commonsense gun violence prevention laws like background checks, safe storage, extreme risk protection orders and stronger penalties for convicted domestic abusers. Together, we will ensure Michiganders can feel safe from gun violence no matter where they live.' GVPTF-Report-1-DRAFT-1Download 'Too many Michigan families have lost loved ones to the tragedy of gun violence,' said Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II. 'That's why Governor Whitmer and I have worked hard to keep Michiganders safe and save lives, investing more than $1.6 billion in public safety across bipartisan budgets and signing commonsense reforms that prevent gun violence. Last year, we established the Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force to carry this work forward, and these initial recommendations will make a difference for Michiganders. We will keep working with the Task Force to refine and implement the recommendations and Stand Tall so every Michigander can thrive.' This year, lawmakers want to focus on a new state violence prevention toolkit that would include policies that will hold the gun industry accountable for their part in the gun violence surge and give more power to gun violence victims. Lawmakers also want to crack down on untraceable firearms known as 'ghost guns' and continue to fund community groups. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
