Gun buyback program – Michigan

There’s another bounty to be claimed besides turning in your neighbor.

Defined here in HB6144 can mean so many things…

“firearm” means any weapon that will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive

Entrepreneurs get your fishing magnets out and hit the canals and waterways of greater Detroit. The government is buying guns “back”. Don’t sell them your legally purchased, registered and licensed gun. You may need it.

By all means turn in an illegal gun, keep it out of the hands of a person with criminal intent and collect that cash.

House Bills 6144, 6145 and 6146 requiring the complete destruction of firearms turned over to the Michigan State Police through gun buyback programs that aim to curb gun violence by allowing gun owners to relinquish their weapons.

Lawmakers introduced the legislation after an “investigation” by “The New York Times” found that the Michigan State Police was the biggest client of a company that destroyed only some parts of firearms through buyback programs and sold the rest, enabling a secondary firearms market.

Maybe they may have recycled the parts saving a manufacture time, energy, environmental impact and waste products probably made in a sweat shop somewhere for after market parts. Or maybe they melt it down to make wind turbine parts. I don’t know I didn’t read the article cause I use the paper to put under my kid’s car to catch the oil leak drips in the driveway.

House Bill 6144

“The People of the State of Michigan enact:”

Sec. 5a. (1) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall dispose of all firearms that are purchased by a municipality under a gun buyback program and turned over to the department.

(2) The department shall dispose of all firearms described under subsection (1) by destroying the firearms. The department shall ensure that all parts of the firearms disposed under subsection (1) are destroyed. The department shall not resell any firearm described under subsection (1).

(3) As used in this section, “firearm” means any weapon that will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive.

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House Bill 6145

“The People of the State of Michigan enact:”

Sec. 14. (1) Subject to sections 5g and 14a, all pistols, weapons, or devices carried or possessed contrary to this act are declared forfeited to this state, and must be turned over to the director of the department of state police or the director’s designated representative, for disposal under this section.

(2) The director of the department of state police shall dispose of firearms under this section by

destroying them. The director shall ensure that all parts of a firearm disposed of under this section are destroyed.

(3) Before disposing of a firearm under this section, the director of the department of state police shall do both of the following:

(a) Determine through the law enforcement information network whether the firearm has been reported lost or stolen. If the firearm has been reported lost or stolen and the name and address of the owner can be determined, the director of the department of state police shall provide 30 days’ written notice of the director’s intent to dispose of the firearm under this section to the owner, and allow the owner to claim the firearm within that 30-day period if the owner is authorized to possess the firearm.

(b) Provide 30 days’ notice to the public on the department of state police website of the director’s intent to dispose of the firearm under this section. The notice must include a description of the firearm and state the firearm’s serial number, if the serial number can be determined. The department of state police shall allow the owner of the firearm to claim the firearm within that 30-day period if the owner is authorized to possess the firearm. The 30-day period required under this subdivision is in addition to the 30-day period required under subdivision (a).

(4) The department of state police is immune from civil liability for disposing of a firearm in compliance with this section.

5g?? 

House Bill 6146

“The People of the State of Michigan enact:”

Sec. 239. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and subject to section 239a, all pistols, weapons, or devices carried, possessed, or used contrary to this chapter are forfeited to this state and must be turned over to the department of state police for disposition as determined appropriate by the director of the department of state police or the director’s designated representative.

(2) The director of the department of state police shall dispose of firearms under this section by destroying them. The director shall ensure that all parts of a firearm disposed of under this section are destroyed.

(3) Before disposing of a firearm under this section, the director of the department of state police shall do both of the following:

(a) Determine through the law enforcement information network whether the firearm has been reported lost or stolen. If the firearm has been reported lost or stolen and the name and address of the owner can be determined, the director of the department of state police shall provide 30 days’ written notice of the director’s intent to dispose of the firearm under this section to the owner, and allow the owner to claim the firearm within that 30-day period if the owner is authorized to possess the firearm.

(b) Provide 30 days’ notice to the public on the department of state police website of the director’s intent to dispose of the firearm under this section. The notice must include a description of the firearm and state the firearm’s serial number, if the serial number can be determined. The department of state police shall allow the owner of the firearm to claim the firearm within that 30-day period if the owner is authorized to possess the firearm. The 30-day period required under this subdivision is in addition to the 30-day period required under subdivision (a).

(4) The department of state police is immune from civil liability for disposing of a firearm in compliance with this section.

Read the laws here: Michigan House Bills 6144, 6145 and 6146

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