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RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS
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Legislative Update: House Bills 4770-4774
This past week, MCRGO Second Vice Chair & law professor Steve Dulan [[link removed]]
addressed the House Military, Veterans, and Homeland Security Committee in support
of House Bills 4470-4474 [[link removed]]
which would make Michigan a constitutional carry state and eliminate most pistol
free zones. Michigan Open Carry joined MCRGO in support of the legislation. The
only opposition came from Bloomberg-funded Moms Demand Action.
The legislation combines two sets of bills from last session. The bills would eliminate
the requirement for a license to carry concealed, providing for constitutional concealed
carry and creating parity with constitutional open carry that exists in Michigan
currently. The bills would also eliminate most state gun free zones (MCL 750.234d
[[link removed]])
and concealed pistol free zones (MCL 28.425o [[link removed]]).
They would make transport of a firearm in a motor vehicle much less cumbersome.
Some have asked why MCRGO, a firearms training organization, would support constitutional
concealed carry given that it would remove the training requirement to carry concealed.
First, in principle a law abiding citizen should not need to get permission from
the state to exercise the natural human right to self-defense. Second, the combined
cost of training and licensure typically costs between $200-$300 pricing many lower
income people out of the the ability to legally carry concealed. Third, Michigan
has draconian laws for carrying concealed without a license, treating it as a felony
that disproportionately impacts racial minorities. Finally, the experience in the
growing number of states that have adopted constitutional concealed carry indicates
that it results in lower crime rates; and counter-intuitively results in a greater
number of people seeking training.
Some have also asked why these bills are being taken up now given the near guarantee
that Governor Whitmer will veto them and not nearly enough votes exist in the Michigan
House and Michigan Senate for a veto override (veto overrides are extremely rare
in Michigan and have only occurred four times since 1950). The answer is that the
legislative branch is not subservient to the executive branch. Whether a governor's
veto is possible, likely, or expected shouldn't keep the Legislature from considering
bills it supports. Otherwise the governor would be determining the state's legislative
agenda.
We know that constitutional carry is unlikely to be signed by Whitmer just as it
was unlikely to be signed by Snyder when the House passed it last session. But
by bringing the issue up, the Legislature keeps the topic alive. Remember that it
took over a decade for shall-issue concealed carry to be signed into law after numerous
attempts failed. Michigan will eventually become a constitutional concealed carry
state if groups like MCRGO and Michigan Open Carry continue to push toward that
goal.
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