Universal background check gun bills clear Michigan House
LANSING — Anyone seeking to buy a rifle or shotgun would be subject to a criminal background check that could prevent the sale under bills approved late Wednesday by the Democratic-led state House.
The legislation would close what backers called a “dangerous loophole” in state law, which requires background checks for pistol sales but not for long guns purchased from private sellers.
Democrats, who took control of the Legislature in January, called universal background checks the first step in a larger push to tighten gun laws — an effort given new urgency by last month’s fatal mass shooting at Michigan State University, which left three students dead and five others injured.
The bills would not have stopped the MSU shooter, who police say passed background checks to legally purchase two pistols after striking a plea deal with a local prosecutor to reduce a felony gun charge to a misdemeanor. A felony conviction would have prevented him from legally owning guns.
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