Michigan concealed carry laws and reciprocity

A person licensed under Michigan's act who is stopped by a peace officer while carrying a concealed pistol must immediately disclose it. Any concealed-pistol licensee must show the license and ID on request. The immediate-disclosure clause refers to individuals 'licensed under this act'.

A pistol may not be carried in a vehicle, concealed or otherwise, without a license. The Firearms Act separately allows an unloaded pistol to be transported in the trunk, or in a locked container away from ammunition, for listed trips such as from purchase to home.

Carrying a pistol concealed, or carrying a pistol in a vehicle (concealed or not), requires a license. The exception is one's own dwelling, place of business, or land.

The county clerk 'shall issue' a concealed pistol license when the applicant meets the statutory criteria. These include age 21, Michigan residency, completed pistol training, and no disqualifying record.

Applicants must be Michigan residents who have lived in the state at least six months. Exceptions cover active-duty service members stationed in Michigan or whose home of record is Michigan, and new residents who hold another state's license.

MCL 750.227 restricts concealed carry and carry in vehicles, not openly carrying a pistol outside a vehicle. The pistol must be lawfully licensed under MCL 28.422; nonresidents are exempt only with a home-state license to purchase, carry, or transport a pistol. Without a carry license, firearms are barred at the premises listed in MCL 750.234d.

MCL 28.425o lists the premises where a concealed pistol licensee may not carry (schools, child care centers, large sports arenas, bars whose primary income is alcohol by the glass, places of worship without permission, college dormitories and classrooms, hospitals and others) and attaches no penalty to a privately posted no-firearms sign; the sign the Liquor Control Commission provides to bars is informational. A person who enters or remains on premises after being forbidden by the owner or occupant commits a misdemeanor trespass under MCL 750.552.

Concealed-carry licensees may not carry in a bar or tavern whose primary income is on-premises sale of alcohol by the glass, and may not carry with a blood alcohol content of 0.02 or more. People without a carry license may not possess a firearm in any liquor-licensed establishment without the owner's permission.

State parks are not among the premises listed in MCL 28.425o where concealed pistol licensees may not carry, and the DNR's state park rules say only that discharge of firearms is not permitted within campground boundaries; a concealed pistol license (or a recognized out-of-state license) is still required to carry a concealed pistol.

Concealed carry by licensees is prohibited on property owned or operated by a place of worship unless its presiding officials permit it. People without a carry license may not possess a firearm there without the owner's permission.

Licensees may not carry a concealed pistol in a dormitory or classroom of a community college, college, or university. Parking areas are excluded from the prohibited premises.

Concealed-carry licensees, including out-of-state licensees, may not carry concealed at schools, day care and child caring agencies, sports arenas or stadiums, and bars or taverns. Also covered are places of worship (unless permitted), entertainment venues seating 2,500 or more, hospitals, college dorms and classrooms, and casinos; parking areas are excluded. Courtrooms are off-limits under a Michigan Supreme Court order.

A person not engaged in a crime may use deadly force anywhere they have the legal right to be, with no duty to retreat, when they honestly and reasonably believe it necessary to prevent imminent death, great bodily harm, or sexual assault.

Neither the Michigan Penal Code's firearms chapter nor the Firearms Act (1927 PA 372) contains a magazine-capacity limit.

Neither the Michigan Penal Code's firearms chapter nor the Firearms Act (1927 PA 372) contains an assault-weapons ban.

MCL 750.224 prohibits manufacturing, selling, or possessing a muffler or silencer. It exempts a person licensed by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury or delegate to manufacture, sell, or possess such a device.

Short-barreled rifles are prohibited unless lawfully made, transferred, or possessed under federal law. Those 26 inches or shorter must also meet Michigan's pistol licensing rules, and owners of longer ones must carry the federal registration and show it to an officer on request.

Short-barreled shotguns are prohibited unless lawfully made, transferred, or possessed under federal law. Those 26 inches or shorter must also meet Michigan's pistol licensing rules, and owners of longer ones must carry the federal registration and show it to an officer on request.