(The Center Square) – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is leading a coalition of states urging a federal appeals court to uphold the entirety of Hawaii’s firearm permitting law.

Nessel is joined by 16 other attorneys general on the amicus brief which argues that states should have the authority to enact firearms regulations as they see fit.

Elyse Apel is a reporter for The Center Square covering Colorado and Michigan. A graduate of Hillsdale College, Elyse’s writing has been published in a wide variety of national publications from the Washington Examiner to The American Spectator and The Daily Wire.

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