5 metal detectors to be installed at Michigan Capitol to prep for gun ban

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan State Capitol Commission will begin soliciting bids for metal detectors at each of the Capitol's entrances as it prepares to implement a blanket firearm ban for the building for the first time in its 145-year history. The commission, tasked with overseeing management of the statehouse, authorized its executive director Friday to put out a request for purchasing weapons detection towers at five of the Capitol's main entrances. The commission is expected to issue a ban on all firearms at the Capitol — including concealed pistols lawmakers sometimes carry — to take e...