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Michigan legislation would ban gun rights for non violent offenders
Legislation aimed at domestic abusers would also cover dozens of non related crimes
November 21, 2023
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LANSING, Mich-   Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation that would expand the law that bans people convicted of domestic violence from owning a gun for a set period.

"These bills are based on a simple idea," Whitmer said during a bill signing ceremony in Kalamazoo. "If you have been found guilty in court for violently assaulting your partner, you should not be able to access a deadly weapon that you could use to further threaten, harm or kill them."

What many people don't know is that buried in the legislation are new laws that would limit others convicted of certain crimes from owning a gun.

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People convicted of Movie bootlegging, joyriding, vending machine thieves, polluters illegal campaign donors, embezzlers, and many more unrelated crimes to domestic violence would cause you to lose your right to own a gun in Michigan.

The legislation would also cover many nonviolent felonies and misdemeanors, including breaking into vending machines and parking meters; tampering with electronic tethers; property squatting; polluting; recording in a movie theater; and joyriding.

Click here to read all of the crimes that will now cause you to lose your right to own a gun in Michigan.

The Midwesterner reports, in addition to the items listed above, willfully making false statements while applying for veteran benefits; illegal campaign contributions; violating the Motor Fuels Quality Act; violating the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act by knowingly discharging water and air pollutants or tampering with monitoring devices; possession of non-native animal and plant species may warrant suspension of firearm and ammunition rights; knowingly allowing professional mixed martial arts fighters to compete against amateurs; and embezzlement over $25,000.

You may remember, in May of 1996 a “Seinfeld” episode where Kramer and Newman crafted a plan to return empty bottles and cans bought in New York to Michigan to receive our state's 10-cent deposit. Targeted because Michigan has the highest bottle deposit rate in the county, their plan was ultimately foiled. Doing this would now be a crime in Michigan that would allow the courts to ban you from owning a weapon in Michigan.

Rep. Josh Schriver, R-Oxford, opposed the bills. Prior to the House of Representatives vote on the bill package, he noted several specific misdemeanor infractions that would result in individuals losing their right to defend themselves with a firearm for more than eight years, including:

  • A girl pushing or shoving her former roommate at a college reunion.
  • An ex-girlfriend using her key to get into her boyfriend’s house to get her things without his permission.
  • An ex-girlfriend smashing her boyfriend’s pumpkins on his front porch.
  • An ex-girlfriend egging her boyfriend’s house and accidentally breaking a window.
  • An ex-girlfriend repeatedly calling her ex-boyfriend

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