LANSING, Mich. — More than 100 Michigan State University students sat in lines Wednesday in front of the state Capitol, mimicking the positions they’ve adopted in lockdown drills throughout their education two days after a shooting on the university’s campus.
The shooting claimed the lives of three students and injured five others who are being cared for at Sparrow Hospital, a facility visible one mile down on Michigan Avenue from where the students held their sit-in.
The protest comes as Michigan Democratic lawmakers now in the majority have promised immediate action on gun regulation legislation. Lawmakers are crafting bills that would require stricter universal background checks for handgun purchases, a safe gun storage law and a red flag law that would allow police to petition a judge to temporarily take away weapons from individuals deemed a threat to themselves or others. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last month called for those gun regulations in her State of the State address.
