Gun Crime

The Safe Summer 2023 initiative involves pursuing federal prosecution of people who possess guns linked to past shootings, rather than prosecuting them in state court.

Whitmer’s order concerns the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Passed in June, it sends federal dollars to fight gun crime to the states.

This partnership will focus on neighborhoods in the east and northwest of Detroit. Those neighborhoods had the highest rates of shootings, robberies and assaults with a gun this year.

“People are buying more guns, so there’s more opportunity for guns to be stolen, more opportunities for guns to fall in the wrong hands, more opportunities for people to use guns to resolve some disputes,” Detroit Police Chief James White said, attributing increased enforcement of gun violations to a series of issues.

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