SwampWolf
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I am a resident of Ohio. Does anyone know with a degree of certainty if the states of Ohio and Michigan share a CCW reciprocity agreement? Thanks.
So if you are an OH resident and have an OH license, MI honors it.
For future reference. http://handgunlaw.us/I am a resident of Ohio. Does anyone know with a degree of certainty if the states of Ohio and Michigan share a CCW reciprocity agreement? Thanks.
You can. 18 U.S. Code 926A supercedes state law. Note, however, that under that law, you can only travel through the state, not to the state.It is really bizarre wording and an even more bizarre regulation when I thought you were supposed to be able to transport firearms through any state in the land.
That's what makes Michigan a little tricky. No one really travels through the state because it's a dead end (more or less) being surrounded by the Great Lakes.You can. 18 U.S. Code 926A supercedes state law. Note, however, that under that law, you can only travel through the state, not to the state.
You can. 18 U.S. Code 926A supercedes state law. Note, however, that under that law, you can only travel through the state, not to the state.
MI is a state that I believe still requires a “purchase permit” to buy a handgun whether it is from an FFL or private sale you need the purchase permit. It’s as close to handgun registration as there is without it officially being so.
Minor points:
Michigan requires a purchase permit issued by the buyer's local police authority for private face-to-face sales to buyers without a CPL. This permit must then be completed and returned to the local authority within 10 days of the purchase/transfer.
Holders of a Michigan CPL can purchase face-to-face without a permit to purchase, but must have the seller fill out a Pistol Sales Record form, and the buyer must submit this record to their local police authority within 10 days of purchase. CPL holders who purchase from an FFL will receive a Pistol Sales Record with the FFL's information entered into the appropriate fields, and again this record must be submitted to the buyer's local police authority within 10 days of purchase.
And make no mistake, Michigan used to be coy about handgun registration by calling the form a "safety inspection certificate," but now it's just a pistol sales record and the information is kept by the Michigan State Police. Michigan has handgun registration.
Whether you are a resident of Michigan or a non-resident, you may not transport a handgun in the state without some form of state-issued permit. For residents, this would be either a CPL or a Pistol Sales Record. For non-residents, this could be a FOID, CPL/CCW, or other form of handgun registration in your state. If you're from Ohio and you do not have an Ohio CPL, you are not permitted to transport a handgun in the state of Michigan.
You can, however, transport a handgun through the state of Michigan under the Firearm Owners Protection Act, if the possession of the handgun is legal in your originating state and your destination state. And yes, you can travel through Michigan. You can travel, for example, from Ohio to Wisconsin through the Michigan Upper Peninsula.
Minor point directed at the highlighted paragraph.
Need some clarification for this paragraph cause as it is written, how would a person move to MI from a state that had no type of registration and possibly they no longer have a sales record?
From personal experience back in 2005, when I moved from TN, and had quite a few PRIVATE handguns (two without sales records), the law, as written allowed me to LEGALLY move with the guns to MI and gave me 30 days to take into the required facility (in my case Oakland county Sheriff) to register...excuse me, I mean have a safety inspection. So you are permitted to transport a handgun into the state of MI without the intent of traveling through. The guns without sales record were held by the local authorities for a few days to perform a more intensive check to make sure they were not stolen or whatever.
And back then, it applied to my PRIVATELY owned handguns, it did not apply to my issued handgun! And I will add that when I moved to UT, I enjoyed burning those ludicrous little green cards I was issued to make my guns legal in the state of MI.