By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“Officers are using this as a tool to resolve crises, and we are even seeing certain law enforcement officers who have said they’d like to see this law repealed initially, they are now using this law to save lives.”
- State Rep. Kelly Breen (D-Novi), in defense of Michigan’s “red flag” firearms laws.
Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Mike Rogers, left, and Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed. (Photos by Katherine Dailey and Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance)
By Ben Solis
U.S. Senate nominees Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers, during a forum hosted Tuesday by the Detroit Economic Club, both agreed that international tariffs could be sound economic tools — if used correctly — and that AI could be dangerous without federal guardrails.
The candidates, the ballot measures, and the tools you need to cast your vote, brought to you by the reporting of Michigan Advance.
An unloaded Glock 19X handgun sits next to a magazine and 9 mm ammunition at a gun range. (Photo by Amanda Watford/Stateline)
By Kyle Davidson
Lawmakers and gun violence prevention advocates defended Michigan’s red flag laws on Tuesday, joining the Democratic nominee for attorney general, Eli Savit, in advocating for additional education and other measures to prevent gun violence in the state.
Checkout lane at Meijer store in Howell, Michigan. (Photo by Jon King/Michigan Advance)
COMMENTARY
By Karen Holcomb-Merrill
In Michigan, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) shows up at every kind of table: rural and urban, young families and veterans, working parents and grandparents. Right now, those tables are at risk of looking bare.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
What Michigan-based band featured the bodies of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franco Columbu, and Frank Zane on an album cover?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Tuesday's answer: On Oct. 20, 2003, Kirk Jones of Canton Township became the first known person to survive a plunge over Niagara Falls without a flotation device or other protective equipment. Sadly, he died in 2017 trying it again.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/
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