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Headed to Detroit from northern Kentucky with no carry permit
- Thread starter eagleye
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TheQ
Regular Member
You can't do it.
Cite is surely inbound shortly, but it has something to do with MCL 28.422 et seq or the associated penal code section.
Cite is surely inbound shortly, but it has something to do with MCL 28.422 et seq or the associated penal code section.
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Evil Creamsicle
Regular Member
ETA: I'm leaving what I said here for continuity reasons, but I overlooked what Q said, so please read the whole thread before just taking the advice in this post.
Not sure about Ohio, but, if you're coming to MI with no carry permit, the firearm needs to be transported unloaded in the trunk, preferably in a case. In the car loaded constitutes 'concealed' in MI, as does unloaded but accessible to the driver.
You can Open Carry in some places in MI without a concealed carry license, but there are restrictions... I'll look up the list but anywhere with a liquor license [grocery stores, some gas stations, bars, restaurants], as well as banks and courthouses are amongst the places off limits to you.
Also, since you did not purchase/register the pistol in MI, nor do you have a carry license of any kind, the gun free school zones act applies, so by Federal law you must not come within 1000 feet of a school zone.
Also, avoid college campuses, they are able to make their own rules and most have banned firearms.
...I'll post some law cites in a minute.
Not sure about Ohio, but, if you're coming to MI with no carry permit, the firearm needs to be transported unloaded in the trunk, preferably in a case. In the car loaded constitutes 'concealed' in MI, as does unloaded but accessible to the driver.
You can Open Carry in some places in MI without a concealed carry license, but there are restrictions... I'll look up the list but anywhere with a liquor license [grocery stores, some gas stations, bars, restaurants], as well as banks and courthouses are amongst the places off limits to you.
Also, since you did not purchase/register the pistol in MI, nor do you have a carry license of any kind, the gun free school zones act applies, so by Federal law you must not come within 1000 feet of a school zone.
Also, avoid college campuses, they are able to make their own rules and most have banned firearms.
...I'll post some law cites in a minute.
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Evil Creamsicle
Regular Member
Actually, Q looks like you're right...
Unless i'm misinterpreting this. Here's the full text of MCL 28.422
28.422 subsection 8 said:
Note the bold
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TheQ
Regular Member
He said firearm. The question is, is the firearm under 30" in overall length?
smellslikemichigan
Campaign Veteran
wow, so i guess you couldn't visit from out of state and go hunting in michigan with a pistol
TheQ
Regular Member
Not unless you have a permit from your state to own a firearm (like IL FOID)
scot623
Regular Member
If you are lucky enough to live in a state which does not require a license to purchase a pistol, you get the bonus prize of not being able to bring it to Michigan. You can only drive through and not stop.
detroit_fan
Regular Member
Wouldn't the 1986 Firearm Owners' Protection Act allow you to make short stops for gas/food? I thought it was only if you stopped for lodging or longer stops.
scot623
Regular Member
You are correct. For purposes of refueling or grabbing a quick bite(a 2 hour dinner at Capital Grille is debatable). If your destination is Michigan, or here for an afternoon then you are boned.
TheQ
Regular Member
Agreed.
maustin195
Regular Member
How does a person from a state with no registration legally move here with their pistols?
smellslikemichigan
Campaign Veteran
http://www.kalamazoopublicsafety.or...purchase-and-transfer-for-michigan-residents-
basically, they need to register right away. i think i was in michigan for a few months before i registered, but my PD didn't give me a hard time when i came in to register
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Evil Creamsicle
Regular Member
NM... this has been answered in an edited post.
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Yooper
Regular Member
another reason to get rid of the registration scheme
maustin195
Regular Member
So if I read the law correctly you have to break the law to move here with a pistol not registered in your old state. The law says you can't be in possesion of an unregistered pistol and the pistol can't be registered until you move here and establish residency. May only be a technicality but the law does make it legal for 1 group (military)but not all who move here.
stainless1911
Banned
yup.
Evil Creamsicle
Regular Member
Unless you register the pistol before bringing the pistol into the state, ie leave it somewhere... but really, who the heck wants to do that?
Big Gay Al
Michigan Moderator
There's an exception if you're moving here. I asked the state police back in 2001, when I first moved here from Chicago.
maustin195
Regular Member
Where can that lawfull exception be found in writing?
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