DrTodd
Michigan Moderator
No, it says "shall not intentionally display or openly carry a pistol", as I correctly quoted it above.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2011-SEBS-0059.pdf
None of those definitional statements are in the bill. It might be helpful if they were, but they are not.
That's right. All that's there is "intentionally", "display", and "openly carry". Re-read my points in prior posts about all that matters is what a prosecutor believes he can convince a jury in his area to go along with in interpreting those words and how the facts of your case are enough of a fit to secure your conviction.
No. To be held in violation and charged, all it takes is prosecutor willing to roll the dice that he can successfully argue to a jury in his area that, based on the facts of your case, you did "intentionally display or openly carry a pistol".
Believe me, there are PLENTY of prosecutors out there that have no problem rolling the dice on you if they think they've got a better than even chance with the kind of juries they have in their area.
It is a civil infraction, not a "criminal" trial. All a prosecutor must show is you more likely than not did what they say you did.