Michigan’s new law resulted in requests without weapons for almost 300 people

Detroit – almost 300 people in Michigan were forbidden to possess weapons in 2024 under a new law that allows courts to intervene if there is evidence that they could damage themselves or others, according to a report published on Wednesday.

Michigan joined at least 20 states to approve a so -called red flag law, which allows the police, health professionals, family relatives or rooms to ask local judges to prohibit someone from possessing weapons for a year .

Governor Gretchen Whitmer and supporters said the law could help prevent massive shootings or domestic violence. It entered into force on February 13, 2024, the first anniversary of a shooting that killed three students and wounded five more at Michigan State University, and was part of a broader arms security package approved by the controlled legislature By Democrat.

There were 391 complaints filed in 2024, said the administrative office of the State Court, which resulted in 287 orders without weapons. The orders were denied in 84 cases. In 14, complaints were dismissed or orders were terminated after an audience, according to the report.

Someone forbidden to have weapons can ask a judge to reconsider during the period of one year.

At least 31 people covered by an order without weapons were subsequently accused of crimes, although the charges were not related to complying with the order, according to the report.

An analysis of Associated Press in 2022 found that firearms were eliminated from people 15,049 times from 2020 in states with red flag laws, less than 10 percent of adult residents.

The 43 -year -old Michigan state gunman, who committed suicide away from the campus, was described as a lonely. The writings that were left behind suggested that he had mental health problems.

Fifteen months before, in 2021, four students were killed by another student at Oxford High School in Michigan.