{"id":3693,"date":"2014-08-14T12:54:51","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T16:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=3693"},"modified":"2014-08-14T12:54:51","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T16:54:51","slug":"pneumatic-gun-legislation-passes-senate-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/08\/14\/pneumatic-gun-legislation-passes-senate-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Pneumatic Gun Legislation Passes Senate Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary committee met and passed out <a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/(S(psjlat2qwysudq55jbqfog55))\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&amp;objectName=2014-SB-0979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SB 979<\/a> (Sen. Hildenbrand), a bill to include pneumatic guns (i.e. paint ball guns) in the list of pistols or other firearms that local units of government currently cannot tax, regulate ownership of, registration of, sale\/transfer\/possession and transportation of (PA 319 of 1990).<\/p>\n<p>The legislation\u00a0does allow a local unit to regulate the possession of a pneumatic gun in someone under the age of 16 unless it is their private property as well as allow a local unit to prohibit discharging of a pneumatic gun in heavily populated areas.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nikki Brown is a legislative associate for the League handling economic development and land use issues.\u00a0 She can be reached at nbrown@mml.org or 517-908-0305.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary committee met and passed out SB 979 (Sen. 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