Foster parents would keep gun rights under new bill
LANSING, MI - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services could not take gun ownership into account when placing foster and adoptive children under a bill introduced by Rep. Holly Hughes, R-Montague.
The issue came to her attention, Hughes said in a press release, after Michigan foster parents sued to keep their gun rights.
According to their lawsuit, William Johnson and his wife, Jill Johnson, of Ontonagon, foster parents to their grandchild, were surprised when caseworkers asked for serial numbers of their guns. William Johnson alleges a casework told him, "if you want to care for your grandson you will have to give up some of your constitutional rights."
DHHS has rules around how guns are stored in foster homes, including locking up guns and ammunition in separate areas. The lawsuit against DHHS Director Nick Lyon alleges their second amendment rights are being infringed on.
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