LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan's other Democratic leaders promised supporters of measures aimed at combating gun violence they would take action "in short order" Wednesday during a rally outside the state Capitol.
Thirty days after a gunman killed three students and injured five others on the campus of Michigan State University, Whitmer and former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a survivor of a 2011 mass shooting, bumped fists on stage as Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, D-Grand Rapids, vowed to get reforms to the governor's desk.
"My pledge to you is that we are going to get these bills done," Brinks told the crowd.
