According to Firearm Chronicles
When armed protestors took to the Michigan State Capitol to protest the lockdown, I doubt many of them thought their actions would be used to justify gun control. After all, they were there about the lockdown, right?
Unfortunately, whether them being armed or not was the right call, some in the state have latched onto their actions as an excuse to limit where guns can be carried in the state.
Luckily, for now, that’s mostly confined to whether or not they can carry in the capitol or not.
So far, there hasn’t been a decision about changing the rules for the capitol, but the subject has come up once again.
There are developments today on how much it would cost to ban all weapons in the state Capitol building.
The State Capitol Commission is considering the issue of should guns continue to be allowed in the Capitol.
There are currently three options on the table:
Guns in Capitol?
(1) Do Nothing, which would continue to allow weapons in the building
(2) Ban Long Guns
(3) Total Ban All Guns
If the Commission votes to ban all weapons, and there is no indication that that will happen, there is a cost for metal detectors and x-ray machines much like you see at your airport.
And much like the TSA, the state would have to hire five employees to operate these checkpoints in the Capitol.
The total cost runs from $500,000 and $1.3 million.