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Michigan seizes greater than 800 unlawful weapons in two years

By Editorial Board Published June 23, 2025 2 Min Read
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Michigan seizes greater than 800 unlawful weapons in two years

LANSING, Mich. — Practically 850 unlawful firearms have been faraway from the streets within the Operation Protected Neighborhoods program.

Operation Protected Neighborhoods is an initiative that started in March 2023, the place regulation enforcement officers conduct check-ins with individuals who can not legally possess a gun resulting from prior prison historical past.

“We’ve taken nearly 850 illegal guns off the street, making real progress to protect our communities and prevent violence before it happens,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer stated in a information launch.

The Operation Protected Neighborhoods initiative is a part of the Michigan Protected Communities program that launched in 2021, hoping to extend funding in native police and fund alternatives in jobs, training and the justice system.

Round 32,000 probationers and eight,600 parolees exist within the state and lots of have been convicted beforehand of a gun crime. Operation Protected Neighborhoods is aimed toward specializing in high-risk people who’ve weapons possession of their prison historical past that might be used to commit a criminal offense sooner or later.

Whitmer signed payments in 2023 that set up common background checks for firearm purchases, permit relations and healthcare professionals to hunt courtroom orders to confiscate the firearms of somebody who could hurt themselves or others, and disallow these convicted of home abuse to personal a firearm.

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