U.S. Attorney Among Panelists at Tuesday Gun Violence Hearing

U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade will be among panelists at the third in a 5-part "Curbing Gun Violence" series, held April 9 during the Oakland County Board of Commissioners’ Public Services Committee meeting in Pontiac. 

The meeting begins at 11:30 a.m., in Committee Room A, 1200 Telegraph Rd., and will be webcast live. 

Commissioner Marcia Gershenson, a Democrat who represents West Bloomfield in the 13th District, and Public Services Committee chair Bill Dwyer (R-14th District), in a bi-partisan effort, developed the five-part informational series. Other panelists speaking on Tuesday are: 

• Chief of Police Franklin-Bingham Farms Dept. Daniel D. Robert (Retired Assistant Director of the FBI)

• First Lieutenant/Commander of Legislative and Legal Resources Chris Hawkins of the Michigan State Police

“There is no simple answer or one size fits all easy solution to gun violence," said Dwyer, who is the former Farmington Hills police chief. "We are looking at loopholes and the background check system of which there is only a 40 percent compliance rate."

He added the hearing "will provide a unique opportunity to hear from high profile individuals from the federal and state level who work with our existing protections every day."

Gershenson said panelists at the two previous events "shared some valuable insight on how we can close gun loopholes. I believe this distinguished panel of federal and state experts will help us create a safe county, I look forward to their input, which will help us address the needs in our county.”

All meetings are open to the public, and public input is welcome. To watch the webcast, visit http://www.oakland.michiganliveevents.com/oakgov.com. To find out about upcoming meetings, go to www.oakgov/boc.com and click on the upcoming news section.

To learn more, call Dwyer at 248-417-7500 or Gershenson at 248-808-1032.

Source: Oakland County press release