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Tucker6900 wrote:
I think,(In michigan) you can carry into the court house, but not into the court rooms. May be wrong tho!
Per MCRGO FAQ's:
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Is MCRGO going to work on getting the portion of the Michigan law removed which says you cannot carry in a county courthouse?
A:
Courthouses are a little complicated. Our system of government is built upon three separate but equal branches of government the executive (governor), legislative and judicial (courts). One branch of government cannot control what the other branch does.
The legislature passed a law that states that a person cannot possess a firearm in certain places including courts, banks, hospitals, etc. (MCL 750.234d). However, that law exempts CPL holders, police officers, and security guards from its provisions.
But, the Michigan Supreme Court controls the courts. The Supreme Court has issued an administrative order requiring all local courts to have a court security plan. That court security plan must specify what items are forbidden and who is exempt from the plan. That is, a court security plan could exempt all police officers or only state police etc. It could forbid pistols or it could forbid pistols, knives, nail files etc.
In any event, the security plan must be in writing. You can inspect the security plan in the courthouse. All the court security plans that I know of forbid pistols. A violation of the court security plan is not a crime. It is a violation of a court order and punishable as contempt of court.
Of course, there are often other offices in the same building as a court. For example, a county building can contain the court, the clerk, treasurer, etc. While the Supreme Court can make rules for the courts, it cannot make rules for the county offices.
The Supreme Court recognizes that “multi-use buildings create special problems”. “Courts should make all reasonable efforts to reach agreements with all entities sharing a building. If the court cannot agree with other tenants and the funding unit, the court needs to clearly define and secure its space.”
Therefore, the answer is that if a county government is using the courts as an excuse to forbid concealed carry in the entire county building. It is wrong. You should go to your county commissioner and complain. [/align]
