DETROIT — A group of elected officials including Michigan's lieutenant governor and the city's top cop held a Wednesday press conference at Detroit Public Safety Headquarters to discuss gun violence and their efforts to address it.
"We have a crisis on our hands and it's important for the public to see all hands on deck," said U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Southfield, who touted a bill she co-sponsored last year that would toughen gun background checks.
"We've watched the tears, we've watched the suffering and we are not sitting on the sidelines," said Lawrence, who last year-cosponsored the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021 that would, among other things, increase the waiting time for federal firearm purchases from three to 10 days.
