{"id":5959,"date":"2020-09-29T18:22:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/bayer\/?p=5959"},"modified":"2020-09-29T18:22:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:22:32","slug":"senators-bayer-polehanki-introduce-bills-to-prohibit-guns-in-state-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/bayer\/2020\/09\/29\/senators-bayer-polehanki-introduce-bills-to-prohibit-guns-in-state-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators Bayer, Polehanki Introduce Bills to Prohibit Guns in State Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LANSING, Mich. \u2014 Today, Sens.&nbsp;<strong>Rosemary Bayer<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Beverly Hills) and&nbsp;<strong>Dayna Polehanki<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Livonia) introduced legislation to prohibit both open and concealed carry of firearms inside the Michigan State Capitol Building, except for Michigan State Police officers and Sergeants-at-Arms.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThe only reason most people bring firearms into the Capitol is to intimidate and that is not how the state\u2019s Capitol \u2014 the people\u2019s house \u2014 is designed to work, nor should it continue to be permissible,\u201d Sen. Bayer said. \u201cThese bills do not impede on responsible gun owners from exercising their rights outside on the Capitol lawn, but rather would ensure the Capitol building remains a safe and respectful working environment inside for all legislators, staff, and visitors.\u201d<br \/><br \/>The legislation comes on the heels of the Michigan Capitol Commission\u2019s continued&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansingstatejournal.com\/story\/news\/2020\/09\/14\/michigan-capitol-commission-reviewing-weapons-ban-guns-armed-protest\/5791190002\/\">refusal to prohibit guns on Capitol grounds<\/a>after months of meetings, powerful testimony, and gathering expert, legal opinions on the matter.<br \/><br \/>\u201cEarlier this year, I took a photo of armed men in the gallery above us that made international news, and people from all over the world wrote to me expressing their concern,\u201d Sen. Polehanki said. \u201cWe should not normalize what happened that day. I, and many others, feared for our lives and our voices. In the absence of any action at all from the Capitol Commission, we are offering this legislation to do what they continue to drag their feet on: Protect the people who come and go from the Capitol Building before something truly terrible, and tragic, happens.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Firearms have long been allowed in Michigan\u2019s State Capitol but are not allowed in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and many other state Capitol buildings around the country.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANSING, Mich. \u2014 Today, Sens.&nbsp;Rosemary Bayer&nbsp;(D-Beverly Hills) and&nbsp;Dayna Polehanki&nbsp;(D-Livonia) introduced legislation to prohibit both open and concealed carry of firearms inside the Michigan State Capitol Building, except for Michigan State [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - 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