Under House Bill 5972, which Meltzer is sponsoring, the licensing procedure for handguns is eliminated and replaced with a simple registration process with few requirements. Eliminated are provisions in the law outlining who is qualified to obtain a handgun license, including one which says you must be a “citizen of the United States and…a legal resident of this state.”
Meltzer also proposes taking away from local police the ability to deny a handgun license if there’s probable cause the applicant is a threat to himself or others or will violate the law. Insanity is also out the door as a reason for denial. Which given the bill’s sponsor probably makes sense.
This is the second bit of crazy to come out of the Meltzer camp in recent weeks, the first being the aforementioned Arizona-esque law. Progress Michigan investigated the proposal a little further in our Far Right TV feature:
