But Ryan Bates, exec dir of #EndGunViolence #Michigan, said the bill supports a trend of “#extremist” politicians militarizing [fetishizing] #gun culture in the state.
“We have to understand this as part & parcel of threats to our #democracy by extremists,” Bates said. “…This sort of symbol is an attempt to make our political discourse & debate not about how we’re going to make people’s lives better or improve our state but about #threats & #violence.”
The goal of the new designation is to destigmatize the #AR15, & the people who own them, acc/to a release from BeGole. [??]
“Millions of people across the country & thousands in #Michigan own an AR-15. This distinction recognizes these law-abiding gun owners who are often vilified just for having a firearm as a hobbyist or to keep their homes & families safe,” BeGole stated in the release. [AYFKM?]
#AmericanGunEpidemic #GunFetishism #GunViolence #extremism #Republicans #MIpol #USpol #law
I hadn’t seen this & holy hell is this disturbing.
A coalition of #Republican *lawmakers* want to make the #AR15, a #SemiAutomatic #firearm, #Michigan’s state #rifle, a move that concerned #GunControl advocates.
HB 5792, introduced by Rep Brian #BeGole (R-Antrim Twp), the fmr #sheriff of Shiawassee County, would make the #MilitaryGradeWeapon the state’s ofcl rifle.
#AmericanGunEpidemic #GunFetishism #GunViolence #Republicans #MIpol #USpol #law
https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/gop-legislators-seek-to-make-ar-15-michigans-official-state-rifle/
#UNC campus on #lockdown as police search for #armed and #dangerous person
Authorities at the #UniversityOfNorthCarolina in #ChapelHill have also released a picture of a person of interest Monday afternoon.
#MassShooting #NC #NorthCarolina #GunSense #GunControl #AmericanDisease #AmericanFetish #GunFetishism #UnitedStates #America #Guns
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/unc-campus-lockdown-police-search-armed-dangerous-person-rcna102216
A year has passed since the #massacre at #RobbElementary School in #Uvalde, #Texas — and still, the public doesn’t know the whole story.
#GunControl #UniversalBackgroundChecks #RedFlagLaws #AR15bans #BanAR15s #MassShootings #SchoolShooting #GunFetishism #AmericanGunFetish
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/uvalde-shooting-anniversary-investigations/
