July 8th, 20230MELVINDALE — An Arab American man is facing federal charges that could land him in up to 15 years in prison when an arsenal of firearms was confiscated from his home in Melvindale after he intimidated his wife by shooting at her in a Detroit alley.
The house of Sallah Algahmi, 37, was raided — on June 8 — based on a police...
January 13th, 20220DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) made a large find during a raid in Dearborn Heights.
According to court reports, agents made their way into the home of 25-year-old Demarious Cockream on Jan. 7, where he was detained while they conducted a search of the property.
During...
May 8th, 20200LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has sent a letter to the Michigan State Capitol Commission confirming that the Commission has the legal authority to prohibit the presence of firearms in the state Capitol, if it chooses to do so. The AG says that authority is consistent with the current state of the law regarding...
March 16th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives approved spending more money on metal detectors, locks and other school security measures on Wednesday, but took no steps to tighten gun control laws a month after a Florida high school shooting that killed 17 people.
While students marched nationwide for change on one of America’s...
March 9th, 20180TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers, spurred by last month's deadly high school shooting, gave final passage on Wednesday to a bill to raise the legal age for buying rifles, impose a three-day waiting period on all gun sales and allow the arming of some school employees.
Swift action in the Republican-controlled State House, where the...
March 2nd, 20180This week, Kroger, Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods said they will stop selling firearms and ammunition to buyers under the age of 21, becoming the first of three major U.S. retailer to set restrictions that are tougher than government regulations.
The restrictions come two weeks after social media-savvy students ignited an intense...
February 23rd, 20180WASHINGTON / TALLAHASSEE, FL — Students galvanized by the deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school confronted lawmakers on Wednesday with demands to restrict sales of assault rifles, while President Trump suggested arming teachers as a way to stop more rampages.
The unprecedented lobbying effort by groups of teenagers and...
August 28th, 20170YPSILANTI ― An Ypsilanti man is facing federal charges after weapons without serial numbers were found in a storage unit in Ann Arbor. He was detained before he was due to fly to the Middle East with his family.
Yousef Mohammad Ramadan, 28, is charged with possession of a firearm with an wiped out serial number, which had moved in...
