DETROIT, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The Detroit City Council wants to mandate that residents pass a training course regarding safe storage of firearms before they are able to purchase a gun.

The resolution says state law for individuals who obtain a Concealed Pistol License (CPL) in Michigan are already required to complete training, which has been updated to include the safe storage law, but “other firearm owners and purchasers are not required to receive such training.”

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The City Council introduced a resolution at its March 25 meeting that states it “hereby strongly encourages the Michigan legislature to create a legal requirement that, prior to purchasing a firearm, an individual must pass a training course regarding the safe storage of firearms to prevent children and minors from accessing them.”

A new secure storage of firearms law took effect in February of 2024. That law requires “individuals to keep unattended weapons unloaded and locked with a locking device or stored in a locked box or container if it is reasonably known that a minor is likely to be present on the premises.”

The state Constitution says, “Every person has a right to keep and bear arms for the defense of himself and the state.”