By Dave Workman
Editor-in-Chief
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, predicting her actions will help reduce violent crime, signed gun control legislation this week including a so-called “red flag” law which at least one county sheriff has promised to not enforce, according to USA Today.
Democrat state Sen. Mallory McMorrow reportedly added, “These laws, more than anything else, will buy time. Time to prevent the worst-case scenario. Time to save lives.”
But critics say otherwise, and Livingston County Sheriff Michael Murphy says he will not enforce the law. USA Today said more than half of Michigan’s counties have declared themselves “Second Amendment sanctuaries.”
The red flag law, Senate Bill 83, makes Michigan part of a minority of states with such statutes.
Michigan has offered one more example of Democrat-controlled legislatures pulling out all stops to pass big gun control agendas. Once Democrats knew they had the majority in Lansing following last year’s elections, they started working on restrictive gun laws.
The same thing happened in Virginia three years ago, and this year in Washington and Minnesota. In each case, supporters of new restrictions have declared they will “help” reduce so-called “gun violence.”
Whitmer, as noted by CNN, has signed other gun control laws including one requiring so-called “universal background checks” for all firearms transfers, and a “safe storage” requirement when children are present.
CNN reported that Whitmer signed House Bill 4146, which prevents people who are subject to a “red flag” protection order cannot bet a concealed carry license. There is no indication that any mass shooter ever bothered with first obtaining a carry license or permit as part of their murderous scheme.
Critics of “red flag” laws—also called extreme risk protection orders—have expressed concerns about due process.
But Whitmer, in a Twitter message, asserted, “We’ve heard too many times how those who knew a mass shooter expressed concern in advance. We have seen situations where local police flagged someone but had no further course of action. With extreme risk protection orders, we have a mechanism to step in and save lives.”
