Michigan Governor Signs Law Banning Gun Ownership for Certain People

Michigan’s governor on Nov. 20 signed bills that bars people convicted of certain misdemeanors from owning guns for nearly a decade. The bills prohibit people convicted of a misdemeanor involving domestic violence from owning, possessing, and selling firearms until eight years after they complete a prison sentence and probation and all fines. “They will keep firearms out of the hands of people likely to be a danger to others, individuals convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence,” state Sen. Stephanie Chang, a Democrat who sponsored one of the bills, said before Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed them. Ms. Whitmer, another Democrat and a former prosecutor, said that the bills would “protect survivors of domestic violence, their families, and … make our communities safer.”...