Hevymetal
Regular Member
Be thankful for the rights we do have here in MI. I am currently visiting Hawaii with the wife on our anniversary. Alot of us around here complain about how messed up some of the MI gun laws are. I guess I am guilty to a certain extent of taking for granted the rights we have here.
Let me tell you MI is a paradise compared to the Draconian laws here in HI. 3 trips to the sherrifs office with waits in excess of 7 hours per trip just to putchase a firearm. (1. apply,2. pick up permimssion slip, 3. bring back firearm for registration). Any firearm brought into the state must be registered AND approved by the local sherrif with 72 hours of arrival in the state.
Then after you get it, you can't carry it, no OC and you need to get permission from each sherrif of each county of each island for a CPL, I believe 1 permit has been issued in the last 20+ years for the whole state. From what I've been told it's easier to get a CPL in NY or Chicago.
Unloaded and encased transportation is illegal, unless you are going DIRECTLY from your house to the range and back.
Having had several conversations with people here, they all have the "Deer in the headlights" look when I tell them I carry a firearm back home on a daily basis. "Really?", "Why?" and "No way?" have been a common response from the residents.
They have 2 ranges here on Oahu that caters to tourists (mostly Japanese) and locals that can afford it, 100 rounds downrange for $300.
No suppressors, no class 3, no mags over 10 rounds (pistols or rifles) reguardless of ATF certifications.
Just wanted to let everyone know how good we have it, not perfect by any means, but it could be a WHOLE lot worse. Stand up and protect your rights lest we wind up like to Naziesk state of HI.
Let me tell you MI is a paradise compared to the Draconian laws here in HI. 3 trips to the sherrifs office with waits in excess of 7 hours per trip just to putchase a firearm. (1. apply,2. pick up permimssion slip, 3. bring back firearm for registration). Any firearm brought into the state must be registered AND approved by the local sherrif with 72 hours of arrival in the state.
Then after you get it, you can't carry it, no OC and you need to get permission from each sherrif of each county of each island for a CPL, I believe 1 permit has been issued in the last 20+ years for the whole state. From what I've been told it's easier to get a CPL in NY or Chicago.
Unloaded and encased transportation is illegal, unless you are going DIRECTLY from your house to the range and back.
Having had several conversations with people here, they all have the "Deer in the headlights" look when I tell them I carry a firearm back home on a daily basis. "Really?", "Why?" and "No way?" have been a common response from the residents.
They have 2 ranges here on Oahu that caters to tourists (mostly Japanese) and locals that can afford it, 100 rounds downrange for $300.
No suppressors, no class 3, no mags over 10 rounds (pistols or rifles) reguardless of ATF certifications.
Just wanted to let everyone know how good we have it, not perfect by any means, but it could be a WHOLE lot worse. Stand up and protect your rights lest we wind up like to Naziesk state of HI.