As the threat of violence around inauguration day looms, the Michigan State Capitol Commission voted to end open carry of guns in the state’s Capitol building while still allowing those with a permit to bring concealed guns on the property. The Monday vote was originally scheduled for late next month but was moved up because of security concerns after the mob attack on the nation’s Capitol building last week.
The move also comes after federal law enforcement officials issued a December 29th, 2020, warning to state and local officials...
The move also comes after federal law enforcement officials issued a December 29th, 2020, warning to state and local officials...
- 1/11/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
In Michigan alone, as of Thursday, there were 41,379 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and it had killed 3,789 people. The state reports that cases are doubling in Western and Northern Michigan every six days, or faster. Yet as stay-at-home orders issued by Governor Gretchen Whitmer were set to expire Thursday night, hundreds of people demonstrated inside and outside the Lansing statehouse, many with firearms in tow. Whitmer, who had ignored an earlier April protest (and President Trump’s “Liberate Michigan!” tweet) to stay steadfast on her strict orders, was not in sight,...
- 5/1/2020
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
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