Legislation approved Thursday in the Michigan Senate would ban the manufacturing, assembling, selling, purchasing, importing and possessing of firearms or firearm parts that don’t have a valid serial number.

Supporters of the measures argued they would help combat gun violence, but opponents said they would infringe on Michigan residents' rights.

The state Senate voted in favor of banning ghost guns in Michigan. That includes the sale, transfer and manufacture of the controversial firearms.

The Senate Thursday night also voted to ban bump stock devices, like the one used in a mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017, that can allow semi-automatic guns to fire rapidly with one continuous press of the trigger. The bills still have an uphill battle to become law.

A slew of firearm restrictions moved forward in the Michigan state legislature as Democrats pushed through final priorities in the last days of a bicameral majority. In the House, many items placed on daily agendas have stalled as parties caucus,

This type of gun was used in the New York shooting of the United Healthcare CEO. A committee approved a bill Tuesday, Dec. 10, in Lansing .

The bills cleared the Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on party-line votes and were sent to the Senate floor.

Jessica Mathews / [email protected] A Senate Committee has advanced bills to ban 3D print firearms or “ghost guns”. The Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Saf

A state Senate committee advanced two bills Tuesday that are meant to make it easier to trace homemade firearms assembled from kits or parts created by 3D printers.