The legislation in question would amend rules around carrying a firearm in certain governmental buildings in Lansing. During a contentious hearing, one man giving testimony used a racial epithet while claiming the bill "targets white people.

Two Michigan Senate bills that would ban CPL holders from carrying weapons into the Michigan State Capitol building, as well as the House and Senate office buildings, passed out of committee on Thursday.

A man disrupted an already tense Michigan Senate committee hearing Thursday on whether guns should be permanently banned in the state Capitol.

In party-line votes Wednesday, Michigan House Democrats concurred with the Senate on the final versions of two bills banning firearms from polling places. The legislation will now head to Democratic Gov.