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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Early versions of Michigan's first school safety reforms since the Parkland, Florida, mass shooting steer toward campus security and away from gun laws, but the size and application of the new funds remains uncertain. Lawmakers agree school security funding has been a long-neglected priority, especially in Michigan's most cash-strapped districts. The Senate last week unanimously approved an extra $18.6 million for school safety initiatives this fiscal year, to be spent on grants for physical building enhancements and s...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Before her brother took his own life, Mary Miller-Strobel said she and her father begged every store in town that sold firearms to turn him away. "'If he comes, call me,'" Miller-Strobel said her dad pleaded while waving her brother's picture at store managers in Charlotte, Michigan, in 2006. "'Just call me. I will come.'" She said the responses were the same: "'Second amendment, sorry.'" Two months later, her brother, Ben, shot himself with a revolver. Today, Miller-Strobel is 36 and a social worker in Wayne County. S...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan legislators and the governor's office are roiling over two gun-control measures: arming trained teachers and removing guns from individuals with mental health symptoms. State capitols across America are revisiting gun legislation after the deadliest U.S. school shooting in the last five years ripped through Parkland, Florida. In Lansing, one bill under development would permit teachers and staff to carry firearms inside schools, an idea seeing national resurgence since President Donald Trump floated support in t...
