Hello again, same anonymous poster as below here. It was pointed out to that there was another error in the article that has potential for danger for the uninformed.
The statement: "...a CPL allows gun owners to open carry inside a variety of places including a church, COURT..." is not correct.
Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 2001-1 states that weapons are not permitted in any courtroom, office, or other space used for official court business or by judicial employees unless the chief judge or other person designated by the chief judge has given prior approval consistent with the court's written policy. Each court is required to submit a written policy conforming with this order to the State Court Administrator for approval. Courts are encouraged to collaborate with other entities in shared facilities and, where appropriate, to work with local funding units in developing the policy, which may be a separate plan or part of a general security program.
Here's a link to a sample of a local court policy as:
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/lao/lao15-model.doc
Many chief justices make the determination that the entire building that houses a court or court offices falls under their security plan and make the entire a facility a no-carry zone. So if your City Clerk offices are in the same building as a court or some court offices you may not be able to carry there per this order.
Michigan gun laws are a confusing, convoluted, intertwining mess and while I do greatly appreciate the effort of the author to bring to light the benefits of obtaining a CPL and specifically the benefits of open carry with a CPL, clearly more research should have been done. In the future I would encourage this or any other authors wishing to write on the subject to contact Michigan Open Carry as they are very focused on the laws surrounding this issue.
http://www.miopencarry.org/
