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Michigan CPL/CCW Requirements And Disqualifications

Michigan Concealed Pistol License Application And Instructions

MCL 750.396 - Wearing a mask or face covering while in possession of a firearm. 

License; validity; duration; renewal; waiver of educational requirements; fingerprints 28.425l

Michigan State Police Legal Update No. 119 - Amendments to the Firearms Act affecting the process for obtaining a Concealed Pistol License. (pdf)

Michigan State Police Legal Update No. 117 - Definitions "Brandishing, Firearm, Pneumatic Gun"(pdf)

Michigan State Police Legal Update No. 100 - Michigan Penal Code and Firearms Act amended to allow for possession and reasonable use of Tasers by Michigan Concealed Pistol License holders.

Michigan State Police Legal Update No. 86 - ​Open carry; unlawful premises; brandishing; transporting; carrying concealed; pistol registration; CPL pistol free zones; possession by out-of-state residents(pdf)

Michigan State Police Legal Update No. 47 - PA 309 through 314. Self Defense Act general provisions, honest and reasonable belief, effects of common law, civil liability, criminal liability, effect on law enforcement.

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Firearms Act 327 of 1927

Michigan Self Defense Act of 2006

Rebuttable Presumption MCL 780.951 - Deadly force or force other than deadly force: "castle doctrine"

Pistol Free Zones: MCL 750.234d Possession of firearm on certain premises prohibited; applicability; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.

Pistol Free Zones With A Concealed Pistol License: MCL 28.425o (note: some zones are protected under preemption)

Pistol Training Or Safety Program: MCL 28.425j Requirements; cocnditions; prohibited conduct; violation; certificate of completion (explains CPL instructor's requirements to be compliant with the State of Michigan)

Disclosure To A Peace Officer - MCL 28.425f amended and effective 12/1/15

BAC Limit .08 For Open Carry MCL 750.237

BAC Limit .02 For Concealed Carry and Implied Consent For Blood, Breath, Urine Testing. MCL 28.425k

Michigan "Stand Your Ground" or "No Duty To Retreat" - MCL 780.972 Use of deadly force by an individual not engaged in the commission of a crime.

​Michigan Preemption - AN ACT to prohibit local units of government from imposing certain restrictions on the ownership, registration, purchase, sale, transfer, transportation, or possession of pistols, other firearms, or pneumatic guns, ammunition for pistols or other firearms, or components of pistols or other firearms.

Youth Handgun Safety Act - Juvenile misuse, storing, possession, transferring. The Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44: 18 U.S.C. 922(x).

Minor possession of a firearm - requirements - MCL 28-422(12)

Carrying or possessing firearm when committing or attempting to commit felony; carrying or possessing pneumatic gun; exception; “law enforcement officer” defined. MCL 750.227b