MI Bills Would Make State Constitutional Carry, Reduce Gun Free Zones

By Tom Knighton

For a lot of us, the unending complexity of gun regulations is baffling, if only because the plain text of the Second Amendment says “the people’s right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

Despite that quite clear text, there’s a whole lot of infringing going on all over the country. It’s in everything from rules about where you can carry to rules about who can carry a firearm. It’s not enough to restrict gun ownership in general, the laws in many states also creates a completely different category of person who has permission to carry a firearm.

Many other states, however, have since done away with that, creating what’s commonly known as “constitutional carry.”

Now, a bill in the Michigan House seeks to add that state to the growing number of states that have embraced the idea.

Michigan residents wouldn’t need a permit to carry a concealed firearm – and could carry them into locations where they’re currently off-limits – under bills currently up for debate in a state House committee.

The main piece of the five-bill package, House Bill 4770, would eliminate current restrictions on carrying concealed weapons and storing them in vehicles, and make a CPL license …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms