On January 11, 2021, Whitmer called for a ban on all weapons inside the Michigan Capitol in response to armed protestors in April 2020. In her seven "concrete steps" to deter school shooting, she has called for bans on bump stocks and increasing resources for school resource officers. In 2019 Whitmer joined 11 other governors in calling for stricter gun control laws in the form of "common sense gun legislation". In 2012 she wrote NRA President Wayne LaPierre a letter on HuffPost about actions to prevent further school violence, like what occurred at Sandy Hook.