Lansing — A group that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer created with the goal of making policy recommendations to save lives is urging state lawmakers to ban the possession of assault weapons and large capacity magazines.

Whitmer, a Democrat, formed the Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force in June 2024. The panel released its final recommendations Monday in a 50-page report, which called for a prohibition of the manufacture, sale, possession and transfer of assault-style weapons. The task force also said devices that convert semiautomatic guns into fully automatic firearms — known as Glock switches — should also be banned.

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