LANSING, MI - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has rules for foster parents that are so stringent they effectively ban gun ownership, according to a lawsuit foster parents have filed against the department's director, Nick Lyon.
William Johnson and his wife, Jill Johnson, of Ontonagon, were asked to be foster parents to their grandchild, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. But William Johnson was surprised when caseworkers asked for the serial numbers for all of his guns and allegedly told him, "if you want to care for your grandson you will have to give up some of your constitutional rights."
The Johnsons and one other Michigan family, arguing their second amendment rights were being infringed on, sued. The case, Johnson et al v. Lyon, was filed on July 17 in the United States District Court Western District of Michigan. http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/michigan_foster_parents_sue_to.html#incart_river_homeFor the most part Michigan is pretty good with gun owners rights aside from these dark little corners.
