Michigan has made modest improvements to its gun safety laws in recent years, but can do much more to save lives and prevent shootings.
In 2022, Michigan had the twenty-fourth lowest gun death rate among the states. In an average year, 1,406 people die from gun violence in the state. That means someone dies from gun violence every 6 hours. Fifty-six percent of those deaths are gun suicides, and 42% are gun homicides. In Michigan, the rate of gun deaths increased 25% from 2013 to 2022, compared to a 36% increase nationwide.
What Michigan Does Well
- Gun owner licensing
- Lost & stolen firearm reporting
- State database background checks for handguns
- Partial state firearm sale records retention
- Child access prevention law
- Extreme risk protection orders
- Prohibits open carry at polling places
What Michigan Is Missing
- Most domestic violence gun laws
- Assault weapon restrictions
- Large capacity magazine ban
- Strong concealed carry law
- Open carry regulations
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