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In my opinion, you can open carry with a non-resident permit in Michigan. If you have a concealed carry permit from any state and are a U.S. citizenyou have an exemption from the laws that require a permit to posses or open carry and registration. Here's the relevant excerpt from the law:
28.432 Inapplicability of MCL 28.422 and 28.429; citation as “Janet Kukuk act”.
(1) Sections 2 and 9 do not apply to any of the following:
(f) A United States citizen holding a license to carry a pistol concealed upon his or her person issued by another state.
Notice there is no mention that the CPL must be issued by your state of residence. Just that you are a U.S. citizen and that you have a license by any other state than Michigan.
You cannot carry concealed or in your vehicle loaded and/or accessible. While in/upon a vehicle,the pistolmust be unloaded and encased and located in a inaccessible spot from the occupantsor in the trunk if the car is equipped with one. However to be fully legal while transporting you need to have a "lawful purpose" as defined by the following law. Which lays out the exceptions to the concealed weapons law:
750.231a Exceptions to § 750.227(2); definitions.
Sec. 231a.
(1) Subsection (2) of section 227 does not apply to any of the following:
(a) To a person holding a valid license to carry a pistol concealed upon his or her person issued by his or her state of residence except where the pistol is carried in nonconformance with a restriction appearing on the license.
(b) To the regular and ordinary transportation of pistols as merchandise by an authorized agent of a person licensed to manufacture firearms.
(c) To a person carrying an antique firearm as defined in subsection (2), completely unloaded in a closed case or container designed for the storage of firearms in the trunk of a vehicle.
(d) To a person while transporting a pistol for a lawful purpose that is licensed by the owner or occupant of the motor vehicle in compliance with section 2 of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.422, and the pistol is unloaded in a closed case designed for the storage of firearms in the trunk of the vehicle.
(e) To a person while transporting a pistol for a lawful purpose that is licensed by the owner or occupant of the motor vehicle in compliance with section 2 of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.422, and the pistol is unloaded in a closed case designed for the storage of firearms in a vehicle that does not have a trunk and is not readily accessible to the occupants of the vehicle.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) “Antique firearm” means either of the following:
(i) A firearm not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional center fire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in or before 1898, including a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system or replica of such a firearm, whether actually manufactured before or after 1898.
(ii) A firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.
(b) “Lawful purpose” includes the following:
(i) While en route to or from a hunting or target shooting area.
(ii) While transporting a pistol en route to or from his or her home or place of business and place of repair.
(iii) While moving goods from 1 place of abode or business to another place of abode or business.
(iv) While transporting a licensed pistol en route to or from a law enforcement agency for the purpose of having a safety inspection performed on the pistol as is required by section 9 of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.429, or for the purpose of having a law enforcement official take possession of the weapon.
(v) While en route to or from his or her abode or place of business and a gun show or places of purchase or sale.
(vi) While en route to or from his or her abode to a public shooting facility or public land where discharge of firearms is permitted by law, rule, regulation, or local ordinance.
(vii) While en route to or from his or her abode to a private property location where the pistol is to be used as is permitted by law, rule, regulation, or local ordinance.
So, know where the local shooting ranges are, and plan to go get some shooting practice every time you go out in your car. Also it seems that if you are traveling from you place of residence to a business or some other private property where youare permitted by the owner tohave the pistol you have the necessary "lawful purpose".
Finally IANAL and so far I can not get anyone on this site to agree with me on my interpretation of the law. Despite that I have posted the relevant law. So, it seems the chance of a LEOhaving the correct interpretation of the law seem poor. So, you might have to go to court after an arrest to get the correct interpretation of the law. I recommend looking up the relevant laws for yourself and printing them up to show a LEO if you have such a confrontation.
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