Michigan now requires universal background checks for all gun purchases, safe storage of firearms
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two gun safety bills into law requiring universal background checks for all purchases and safe gun and ammunition storage in homes. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two gun safety bills into law Thursday, requiring universal background checks for all gun sales and the safe storage of firearms and ammunition in homes. The legislation comes after a gunman opened fire at two locations on Michigan State University's main campus in East Lansing in February, shooting eight students, three fatally. After an hourslong manhunt, police found the suspect -- identified as 43-year-old Anthony McRae -- dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound off campus. The first of the two new laws would require anyone who does not have a gun license to undergo a federal national instant criminal background check before purchasing a gun, according to the legislation. "Universal background checks will help keep guns out of the hands of violent criminals, domest...