Michigan enacts gun safety measures with universal background checks and safe storage laws.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed two gun safety bills into law requiring universal background checks for all gun sales and safe storage of firearms and ammunition in homes. The legislation comes after a gunman opened fire at two locations on Michigan State University's main campus in East Lansing in February, shooting eight students, three fatally. The first law requires anyone who does not have a gun license to undergo a federal national instant criminal background check before purchasing a gun, while the second law introduces new safe storage requirements to ensure children do not have access to guns and ammunition being stored at home.