Dad Wins Fight To Carry Gun In Michigan Elementary School

By Bob Owens

A Michigan father who was repeatedly denied entrance to his daughter’s school when open carried a pistol in a holster on his hip has won a lawsuit against the Clio school district.

A gun-free zone challenge in Michigan has ended, with the judge ruling in the favor of the father who wanted to open carry at his daughter’s school. Kenneth Herman sued the school district in Clio when he was not permitted to go into the building to pick his daughter up on multiple occasions, according to a report by the Detroit Free Press.

Michigan law permits individuals with a concealed carry permit to be present on school property. The state statute reportedly played a significant role in Judge Archie Hayman’s decision to side with the open carry dad.

“I think schools being gun free zones is not a wise idea,” Kenneth Herman said during an interview with WOOD-TV. “I think having law-abiding armed citizens in there provides some measure of protection that isn’t a glass door that can be broken out.”

Clio school district attorney, Tim Mullins, unsuccessfully argued that the Michigan concealed carry law also affords schools the ability to create policies for the “safety and protection of students.”

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