LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan state senator says she is taking precautions, despite the ban on open carry of firearms inside the Michigan Capitol.
Sen. Dayna Polehanki, D-Livonia, said on Facebook she has purchased a police helmet, gas mask and can of pepper spray that she said she will store along with her bulletproof vest at her desk in the Senate chamber.
She also posted an image of the equipment on Twitter.
During an April 30 demonstration at the Capitol, in which a group, some armed, massed outside the House chamber and shouted to be allowed inside, Polehanki tweeted when a group of men with rifles gathered in the public gallery overlooking the Senate floor.
"Directly above me, men with rifles yelling at us," she posted on Twitter then. "Some of my colleagues who own bullet proof vests are wearing them. I have never appreciated our Sergeants-at-Arms more than today."
