The law defines ‘lawful purpose’ as: 1) While en route to or from a hunting or target shooting area. 2) While transporting a pistol to or from home or place of business and a place of repair. 3) While moving goods from one place of residence or business to another place of residence or business. 4) While transporting a licensed pistol to or from a law enforcement agency for the purpose of having a safety inspection performed (registering the pistol) or to have a law enforcement official take possession of the pistol. 5) While en route to or from home or place of business to a gun show or place of purchase or sale. 6) While en route to or from home to a public shooting facility or land where the discharge of firearms is permitted. 7) While en route to or from home to private property where the pistol is to be used as permitted by law, rule, regulation, or local ordinance.
I bought my first pistol today (a Taurus 1911-AlL, and she's
beautiful), and I've been looking for information on Michigan's open carry laws. This was a great help, but I'm still a tad confused.
If you can only lawfully transport your pistol under the above circumstances, how are you supposed to get your pistol to a place where you'd like to open carry? Say I want to open carry in my local Wal-mart, but I need to drive there. Would it be unlawful to transport my pistol to Wal-mart?