If you had a protective order filed against someone, would you want them to have the right to carry a firearm? Well, a piece of controversial legislation in line to be signed into law aims to do just that – put guns in the hands of people who have a personal protection orders against them.

Senate Bill 789 would allow any resident of Michigan who is legally permitted to carry a gun to obtain a permit for conceal carry. And since a personal protection order is not a conviction, anyone with a history of domestic violence would be allowed to obtain this permission – that is unless it is written in the order that the person is not allowed to carry a gun.

The possibly of this happening has some concerned. “Putting firearms in the hands of domestic violence perpetrators is dangerous; removing commonsense protections is dangerous,” said Kathy Hagenian, executive policy director for the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence. She is part of a growing organization of opposing forces asking Governor Snyder to veto the bill.

Yet, Senator Mike Green, who sponsored the bill, recently told The Detroit Free Press that he was not aware of any provision written in the legislation pertaining to personal protection orders. He says the opposition is “making a mountain out of a molehill.”

There is speculation that Governor Snyder has already signed this bill into law, but it has not yet been updated on the legislative website.

To learn more about this potential new law watch the video above.

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