- The class held Tuesday in Marshall, Michigan was planned months before the February school shooting in Parkland
- It’s the third year the Michigan program has been held at a veterans post
- Participants must undergo a background check
A Michigan class that teaches residents how to build their own semi-automatic AR-15 rifles drew protests from gun control advocates following recent mass shootings involving the weapon.
Organizers say the class held Tuesday in Marshall was planned months before the February school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people.
The shooter used an AR-15.
In this Monday photo, Chris Walden, a Battle Creek gunsmith and firearms instructor, prepares to host the first of several three-hour sessions on gun safety and how to build a semi-automatic AR-15 held at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
It’s the third year the Michigan program has been held at a veterans post, but the event received negative attention this year from protesters who said the timing and the idea of creating more guns is unwelcome
It’s the third year the Michigan program has been held at a veterans post, but the event received negative attention this year from protesters who said the timing and the idea of creating more guns is unwelcome.
Resident Pam Daume says it’s ‘a slap in the face to the kids who have died.’
Chris Walden teaches the class. He says participants must undergo a background check and that the guns are registered and sold only to people who can legally own them.
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