April 30, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Acciavatti, Hummel, Casperson, Nofs, Brandenburg, Garfield, Stahl, LaJoy, Drolet, Ward, Huizenga, Taub, Nitz, DeRoche, Hager, Palsrok, Wenke, Howell, Newell, Meyer, Caswell, Pastor, Palmer, Shaffer, Pappageorge, Milosch, Sheltrown, Bradstreet, Hoogendyk, Tabor, Robertson, Farhat, Accavitti and Gillard and referred to the Committee on Conservation and Outdoor Recreation.
A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled
"An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing,
possessing, and carrying of certain firearms and gas ejecting
devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain
firearms and gas ejecting devices without a license or other
authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms under
certain circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to
provide immunity from civil liability under certain
circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain
state and local agencies; to prohibit certain conduct against
individuals who apply for or receive a license to carry a
concealed pistol; to make appropriations; to prescribe certain
conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all acts and
parts of acts inconsistent with this act,"
by amending section 12 (MCL 28.432), as amended by 2000 PA 381,
and by adding section 12c.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 12. Sections 2 and 9 do not apply to any of the
2 following:
3 (a) A police or correctional agency of the United States or
4 of this state or any subdivision of this state.
1 (b) The United States army, air force, navy, or marine
2 corps.
3 (c) An organization authorized by law to purchase or receive
4 weapons from the United States or from this state.
5 (d) The national guard, armed forces reserves, or other duly
6 authorized military organization.
7 (e) A member of an entity or organization described in
8 subdivisions (a) to (d) for a pistol while engaged in the course
9 of his or her duties with that entity or while going to or
10 returning from those duties.
11 (f) A United States citizen holding a license to carry a
12 pistol concealed upon his or her person issued by another state.
13 (g) The regular and ordinary transportation of a pistol as
14 merchandise by an authorized agent of a person licensed to
15 manufacture firearms or a licensed dealer.
16 (h) An antique firearm.
17 Sec. 12c. This act does not apply to any of the following:
18 (a) The manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession of
19 black gunpowder for antique firearms.
20 (b) The use of black gunpowder in an antique firearm.
21 (c) The manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession of a
22 substitute for black gunpowder for antique firearms.
23 (d) The use of a substitute for black gunpowder in an antique
24 firearm.