weird Michigan pistol registration story....does this make sense

[WheelGunMan]

Not a big deal unless you can't make it within the deadline for whatever reason.

You can always mail it.

 

[tomturkey]

Years ago I had a Michigan concealed carry permit when it was easy to get. Simply got to the Sheriffs Dept., do a little paper work and walk out with your permit.

I forgot to renew mine one time. I called the local State Police. The officer that answered the phone told me I could not even take the pistol out of the house with out a CWP. I told him he needed to go back to school as I new better than that. Sadly I was not friends with his commander at that time, like I had been with those before this one took over, or he would have been in trouble.
I went to see my Sherriff friend and got the right information.

 

[WheelGunMan]

Years ago I had a Michigan concealed carry permit when it was easy to get. Simply got to the Sheriffs Dept., do a little paper work and walk out with your permit.

I forgot to renew mine one time. I called the local State Police. The officer that answered the phone told me I could not even take the pistol out of the house with out a CWP. I told him he needed to go back to school as I new better than that. Sadly I was not friends with his commander at that time, like I had been with those before this one took over, or he would have been in trouble.
I went to see my Sherriff friend and got the right information.

You could have taken it out of the house and put it in your car as long as it was stored away from the driver and separated from its ammunition. If it were loaded with you in the vehicle without a current CPL then you're facing a 5 year felony charge if you get caught. That may have been what the LEO was understanding when he took your call. No disrespect to LEO's.. but getting legal information from a lawyer who practices in gun laws is far more prudent than from a LEO who enforces 20% of the laws 80% of the time. He may not even know the full context of the ever changing gun laws as his job encompasses a much wider scope than that.

 

[OneFreeTexan]

The FFL should have filled out 3 copies of the MI RI-060. One for you to keep, one for you to take to the local PD within 10 days, and one for him to keep.
That's the form this entire thread is about.

What does the FFL do with his copy?

 

[tomturkey]

WBM If I remember right after around 40 years I asked him how I could legally transport my pistol. Legally I think I could open carry it back then. Not being able to even take it out of the house with out a CPL was totally wrong. Now days I can legally carry it cancelled on my own property.

 

[Styx]

You can always mail it.

Why have to do it at all. An FFL could just as easily submit the information while the BGC is being done.

 

[WheelGunMan]

Why have to do it at all. An FFL could just as easily submit the information while the BGC is being done.

True...but that's not how the game is played at the moment. Currently it's their game...their rules. There is a constant ongoing effort on many fronts to change the rules of the game.