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Haven't seen this posted.Michigan has state preemption so this local ordinance probably won't fly.
Gun arrest made during festival Saturday
http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/298738684615690.bsp
Mon, Aug 4, 2008
A man was arrested for carrying a gun in the open in the moments leading up to the Coast Guard Festival's fireworks display Saturday night.
The man was carrying a Glock 40 handgun in a holster at his side in downtown Grand Haven, said Lt. Mark Reiss of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety. The man was disarmed by the officers, arrested on a misdemeanor, issued a 90-day appearance ticket and allowed to leave, Reiss said. His weapon was also confiscated by police.
While Michigan law allows carrying concealed weapons with a permit, Grand Haven has a local ordinance prohibiting openly possessing and carrying dangerous weapons in public, Reiss said. People carrying weapons can be frightening and the department received several verbal complaints about the man, Reiss said.
"It is very dangerous and very frightening to spectators down there," Reiss said. "It simply isn't a place to have a gun."
Open Carry.Org take on Michigan:
http://www.opencarry.org/mi.html
Gun arrest made during festival Saturday
http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/298738684615690.bsp
Mon, Aug 4, 2008
A man was arrested for carrying a gun in the open in the moments leading up to the Coast Guard Festival's fireworks display Saturday night.
The man was carrying a Glock 40 handgun in a holster at his side in downtown Grand Haven, said Lt. Mark Reiss of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety. The man was disarmed by the officers, arrested on a misdemeanor, issued a 90-day appearance ticket and allowed to leave, Reiss said. His weapon was also confiscated by police.
While Michigan law allows carrying concealed weapons with a permit, Grand Haven has a local ordinance prohibiting openly possessing and carrying dangerous weapons in public, Reiss said. People carrying weapons can be frightening and the department received several verbal complaints about the man, Reiss said.
"It is very dangerous and very frightening to spectators down there," Reiss said. "It simply isn't a place to have a gun."
Open Carry.Org take on Michigan:
http://www.opencarry.org/mi.html