Michigan’s New Firearm Laws: What You Should Know

This month, new laws took effect across Michigan, to try to reduce the toll of injury and death from firearms. Three U-M experts, all members of the U-M Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, discuss the new laws and what they mean for families, firearm owners, law enforcement, healthcare workers, educators and others.

The panel:
Patrick Carter, M.D., Michigan Medicine Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Justin Heinze, Ph.D., School of Public Health
April Zeoli, Ph.D., School of Public Health

Resources and links:

U-M Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention: https://firearminjury.umich.edu

ERPO ("red flag law") information and toolkit: https://firearminjury.umich.edu/erpo-...
Resources for community members and organizations including free training, explanatory briefs about laws and policies, and tools: https://firearminjury.umich.edu/resou...

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Firearm Safety page - https://michmed.org/KkZ2e

State of Michigan resources:

Health & Human Services Firearm Safety landing page: https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety...
Secure Storage law: https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety...

Court-approved ERPO ("red flag law") forms - https://www.courts.michigan.gov/SCAO-...

Update firearm sales form from Michigan State Police https://www.michigan.gov/msp/forms-st...

Michigan's OK to Say program for anonymous school-related threat reporting - https://www.michigan.gov/ok2say