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RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS
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Action Alert: Anti-Gun NRC Appointment
In 2013, then Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell founded the Coalition for Gun
Control in an attempt to keep legal gun owners from carrying at city meetings and
in voting places despite being told that such a move would be illegal. Heartwell
passed a city ordinance to that effect but it was blocked by the state. Members
of MCRGO, Michigan Open Carry, and other gun owners attended a city council meeting
and offered to work with Heartwell to discuss his concerns. He responded that he
wasn't interested in compromise. Heartwell said. "We keep looking (for ways to
ban guns)."
In a shock to Michigan's hunters and without consulting the Michigan Senate, this
month Governor Whitmer appointed Heartwell to chair the Natural Resources Commission,
the body that oversees the Michigan DNR and determines hunting & fishing rules and
other policies regarding state land. Heartwell now claims [[link removed]]
he supports the Second Amendment but says "I think that people have taken my stand
on guns in public meetings and conflated that to assume that I'm opposed to all
guns, or that I'm opposed to hunting. I'm not."
As chair of the Natural Resources Commission, Heartwell could prevent the use of
modern sporting rifles and pistols for hunting. He would also be in a leading role
to push for a ban on licensed concealed carry on state land overseen by the MDNR
including state game areas, state forests, state parks, harbors, & recreation areas.
Heartwell has responded [[link removed]]
"I do not come to this with an anti-gun agenda or an anti-hunting agenda," he said.
"I think that's a label that's been unfairly placed on me."
Under state law, the Michigan Senate has 60 days to turn down Whitmer's appointment
of Heartwell by a majority vote. The Michigan Senate offered Whitmer a chance to
pull Heartwell's appointment in exchange for approving another Whitmer appointment
to the commission. Whitmer rejected the Senate's attempt at compromise. If you believe
that the Michigan Senate should dismiss Heartwell from serving on the Natural Resources
Commission, you can contact your state senator HERE [[link removed]].
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