Michigan Judge Orders GOP Candidate for Governor to Surrender Guns

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Michigan Republican candidate for governor Ryan Kelley will have to surrender his guns while he awaits trial on misdemeanor criminal charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach, a judge ruled on June 16.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Robin Meriweather made the ruling even as Kelleyโ€™s attorney argued he needs to carry a concealed weapon for self-defense as he makes campaign appearances in Michigan, local media reported. The judge also said Kelley canโ€™t leave the state while awaiting trial and must surrender his passport.

Kelley is โ€œa bit of a high-profile candidate in Michiganโ€ as recent polls showed that he was the front-runner among GOP gubernatorial candidates, his lawyer, Gary Springstead, said. Kelley, who has a license to carry a concealed weapon, โ€œasked that he be permitted to carry his firearm for his own self-defense, during the campaign,โ€ Springstead added.

About a week ago, Kelley was arrested in Michigan and charged with participating in the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol, federal prosecutors said in a court filing in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The complaint noted that Kelley didnโ€™t actually enter the Capitol building on Jan. 6, and instead is being charged with entering and remaining within a โ€œrestricted building or grounds without lawful authority,โ€ disorderly conduct in a restricted building or grounds, knowingly engaging in an act of physical violence against a person or property on restricted grounds, and willfully injuring or committing any depredation against any property of the United States government.

โ€œThe whole thing with Jan. 6, itโ€™s another Democrat show trying to do power control,โ€ Kelley said at an event last week, MLive reported. โ€œThey obviously have no real solutions. Look at the price of gas, look at the price of food; we have baby formula shortages.โ€

Michigan Republican Party co-Chairs Ron Weiser and Meshawn Maddock said that Kelleyโ€™s arrest is proof that top Democrats are โ€œweaponizing our justice systemโ€ to obtain their political goals. Other GOP gubernatorial candidates spoke out about the arrest, echoing Weiserโ€™s and Maddockโ€™s concerns.

By Jack Phillips

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