New Draft
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this letter, Here is an updated version, any thoughts would be appreciated.
Dear Principal
I received your letter and due to your misunderstanding of the “open carry permit” I want to take this opportunity to further explain. I have reviewed all of the links you provided. I had read all of these and studied each of them in depth before you furnished them to me. However, you seem to have missed or omitted one: Michigan Compiled Law Excerpt:
http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,4643,7...0926--,00.html
which in part says
(4) Except as provided in subsection (5), an individual who possesses a weapon in a weapon free school zone is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by 1 or more of the following …
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to any of the following:
(a) An individual employed by or contracted by a school if the possession of that weapon is to provide security services for the school.
(b) A peace officer.
(c) An individual licensed by this state or another state to carry a concealed weapon.
(e) An individual who possesses a firearm on school property if that possession is with the permission of the school's principal or an agent of the school designated by the school's principal or the school board.
Also you might like to read Michigan State Police here:
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/ms...2_336854_7.pdf Which will open a pdf from the Michigan state police update
The State of Michigan's laws on firearms preempts local laws or rules made by a group such as a local school board. In CADL vs MOC, that court held that quasi-municipal corporations are "subject to the principles of
preemption" and prohibited from establishing a weapons policy "to the extent that it attempts
to regulate firearms contrary to the restrictions set forth in MCL 123.1102.
Link to CADL vs MOC:
http://publicdocs.courts.mi.gov:81/o...304582.opn.pdf
As provided by law in the State of Michigan, I am legally within my rights to open carry a firearm on school property since I hold a valid Michigan Concealed Pistol License.
Thank You