Seven states had restricted bump stocks as of mid-2018, according to Stateline, but the implementation had been met with mixed results.
Michigan state government, which is controlled by Democrats for the first time in decades, passed a trio of gun reforms last year in the wake of the mass shooting on Michigan State University’s campus that killed three students.
It included “red flag” laws, that allow guns to be confiscated from individuals under court order, universal background checks and requirements for the safe storage of firearms in the home.
The laws went into effect earlier this year and have already been utilized.
“If we can’t do it at the federal level, we’ll do it in the state, we’ll do it at the state level,” Polehanki said.
Asked by Bridge about addressing bump stocks, s spokesperson for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said they were “reviewing” the Supreme Court’s ruling, while House Speaker Joe Tate, D-Detroit, was noncommittal and said it hadn’t been discussed by his caucus.
President Joe Biden, reacting to the ruling, has called on Congress to act to ban bump stocks.
