Attention Michigan Handgun Owners
You know the annoying "safety inspection" you have to do whenever you purchase a handgun? You know, where you take the gun in to the police department and have them harass you and look at the gun to make sure the serial number is on it? Then you go and file the paperwork for the pistol in another part of the station?
Gun purchases are already highly scrutinized by state and federal authorities. This "safety inspection" isn't about safety at all. The cops conducting the inspection aren't trained gunsmiths, and the cops conducting the inspection have better things to do. Neither side - the gun owner or the cop - like these inspections, or see a need for them.
All this might stop, soon.
From NRA-ILA:
State Representative Paul Opsommer (R-93) has introduced legislation that seeks to repeal the required "safety inspection" for newly obtained handguns. House Bill 4490 would also require law enforcement agencies to destroy safety inspection records on file. Current Michigan law requires anyone who comes into possession of a pistol to take it to the police or sheriff’s department for a safety inspection. The requirement of a safety inspection is a burdensome waste of time for law-abiding gun owners and HB4490 will end that inconvenience.
HB4490 is expected to receive a hearing in the House Committee on Tourism, Outdoor Recreation, and Natural Resources soon. Please contact the members of the Committee and respectfully urge them to support passage of HB4490.
State Representative Joel Sheltrown (D-103), Committee Chair
(517) 373-3817
joelsheltrown@house.mi.gov
State Representative Kate Ebli (D-56), Majority Vice-Chair
(517) 373-2617
KateEbli@house.mi.gov
State Representative Tom Casperson (R-10, Minority Vice-Chair
(517) 373-0156
tomcasperson@house.mi.gov
State Representative Terry Brown (D-84)
(517) 373-0476
terrybrown@house.mi.gov
State Representative Ted Hammon (D-50)
(517) 373-3906
tedhammon@house.mi.gov
State Representative Kenneth Horn (R-94)
(517) 373-0837
kennethhorn@house.mi.gov
State Representative Kathleen Law (D-23)
(517) 373-0855
kathleenlaw@house.mi.gov
State Representative Steven Lindberg (D-109)
(517) 373-0498
stevenlindberg@house.mi.gov
State Representative Mike Simpson (D-65)
(517) 373-1775
mikesimpson@house.mi.gov
State Representative John Stakoe (R-44)
(517) 373-2616
johnstakoe@house.mi.gov
State Representative Howard Walker (R-104)
(517) 373-1766
howardwalker@house.mi.gov
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