Constitutional Carry Bill Advances In Michigan

By CN Staff

By Brenden Boudreau via TTAG

Constitutional Carry (HB 4770–4774) has been voted out of the House Military, Veterans, and Homeland Security Committee. This legislation passed with all five Republicans on the committee voting “Aye,” three Democrats abstaining, and freshman Democrat State Rep. Mari Manoogian of the 40^th House District being the lone “No” vote.

The three Democrats abstaining on the vote were Rep. Tyrone Carter (House District 6), Rep. Jewell Jones (House District 11) and Rep. John Chirkun (House District 22).

Michigan’s Law is Worse than California’s

The theme of today’s hearing, as it was last week, is that this legislative bill package is as much about gun rights as it is about criminal justice. Right now, Michigan’s gun control laws lead to far too many otherwise law-abiding gun owners becoming felons for carrying concealed, or in their car, without a CPL.

As I’ve mentioned before, Michigan’s life-shattering five-year felony is less forgiving than California, where carrying without a permit is only a misdemeanor.

Here at Great Lakes Gun Rights, we don’t believe there should be any penalty for carrying concealed without a CPL, as it is a …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation