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A person must be at least 18 years old to purchase a long gun from a federal dealer or a private seller under Michigan law. Only Michigan residents may purchase handguns, short barrelled rifles, and short barrelled shotguns in Michigan. Residents of any state may purchase long guns in Michigan [9] and Michigan residents may purchase long guns ...
Any rifle that has a barrel shorter than 16 inches long, and any shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches long is illegal. A shorter barrel makes these weapons more easily concealable and thus ...
Meanwhile, Michigan's third grade reading law now no longer requires holding back students who fail a reading proficiency test. Contact Clara Hendrickson at chendrickson@freepress.com or 313-296-5743.
When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law gun safety measures following the shooting at Michigan State University last year, many gun safety advocates applauded the passage of proposals that ...
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
The law that set up Illinois' concealed carry system in 2013 also established state preemption for certain areas of gun law, including restrictions on assault weapons. Laws passed before July 20, 2013, are grandfathered in, and a number of local governments in the Chicago area have laws that either prohibit or regulate the possession of ...
Michigan now allows law enforcement officers to seize firearms from individuals who have been found by a court to pose an extreme risk to themselves or others.
Title II of the Gun Control Act of 1968 is a revision of the National Firearms Act of 1934, and pertains to machine guns, short or "sawed-off" shotguns and rifles, and so-called "destructive devices" (including grenades, mortars, rocket launchers, large projectiles, and other heavy ordnance).