Anyone can get a CCW in Michigan...

[RoeBear]

...if they can get past these requirements.

http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,1607,7-123-1591_4654-10926--,00.html
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21 years of age or older


Citizen of the United States or a Resident Alien


Resident of Michigan for at least 6 months


Successful completion of Pistol Safety Training Course


Cannot be subject to an order or disposition for any of the following:
Mental health order
Legally incapacitated
Involuntarily hospitalized
Been found not guilty by reason of insanity
Not subject to a conditional bond release where firearm possession prohibited


Not subject to a Personal Protection Order


Not prohibited by MCL 750.224f (felon in possession of a firearm)


Has never been convicted of a felony in Michigan or elsewhere


A felony charge is not pending against the applicant in Michigan or elsewhere


Has not been dishonorably discharged from the US Armed Forces


Has not been convicted of one of the following misdemeanors in the 8 years immediately preceding the date of application:
Has not been convicted of one of the following misdemeanors in the 8 years immediately preceding the date of application:
Failing to stop when involved in a personal injury accident (257.617a)
Operating Under the Influence 2nd offense (257.625(1)(8)(b))
Drunk driving, commercial vehicle (257.625m(4))
Reckless driving (257.626)
Driving on while suspended or revoked (257.904(1))
Operating aircraft with alcohol with prior conviction (259.185)
Hindering or obstructing weights and measures enforcement officer (290.629)
Hindering or obstructing weights and measures enforcement officer (290.629)
Hindering, assaulting, or committing bodily injury upon director or authorized representative of the Motor Quality Fuels Act (290.650)
Operating an ORV under the influence, second or subsequent offense (324.80334(5) or (6))
Operating a snowmobile under the influence with prior conviction (324.82127)
Operating a vessel under the influence, second or subsequent offense (324.80176)
Possession of a controlled substance (333.7403)
Operating a locomotive under the influence (426.353 (4))
Displaying sexually explicit materials to minors (722.677)
Assault or domestic assault or aggravated (750.81)
Aggravated assault or aggravated domestic assault (750.81a)
Entering without breaking (750.115)
4th degree child abuse (750.136b)
Accosting, enticing, or soliciting, a child for immoral purposes (750.145a)
Vulnerable adult abuse (750.145n)
Solicitation to commit a felony (750.157b)
Impersonating a sheriff, conservation officer, coroner, constable, or police officer (750.215)
Illegal sale of a firearm or ammunition (750.223)
Illegal sale of a self-defense spray (750.224d)
Sale or possession of a mechanical knife (750.226a)
Improper transportation of a firearm (750.227c)
Failure to have a pistol inspected (750.228)
Accepting a pistol in pawn (750.229)
Failure to register the purchase of a firearm or a firearm component (750.232)
Improperly obtaining a pistol, making a false statement on an application to purchase a pistol, or using false identification to purchase a pistol (750.232a)
Intentionally aiming a firearm w/o malice (750.233)
Intentionally discharging a firearm w/o malice (750.234)
Possessing a firearm on prohibited premises (750.234d)
Brandishing a firearm in public (750.234e)
Possession of a firearm by a person less than 18 years of age (750.234f)
Intentionally discharging a firearm aimed without malice causing injury (750.235)
Parent of a minor who possessed a firearm in a weapon free school zone (750.235a)
Setting a spring gun or other device (750.236)
Possessing a firearm while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug (750.237)
Weapon free school zone violation (750.237a)
Indecent exposure (750.335a)
Stalking (750.411h)
Reckless, careless, or negligent use of a firearm resulting in injury or death (752.861)
Reckless, careless, or negligent use of a firearm resulting in property damage (752.862)
Reckless discharge of a firearm (752.863a)
Violation of a law of the United States, another state, or a local unit of government of this state or another state substantially corresponding to a violation described above

The applicant has not been found guilty but mentally ill of any crime and has not offered a plea of not guilty of, or been acquitted of, any crime by reason of insanity.


The applicant has NEVER been subject to an order of involuntary commitment due to a mental illness.


The applicant does not have a diagnosed mental illness at the time the application is made regardless of whether he or she is receiving treatment.


The applicant is not under a court order of legal incapacity in this state or elsewhere.

[RoeBear]

1. Never noticed this one before...

Parent of a minor who possessed a firearm in a weapon free school zone (750.235a)

Unless the parent had something to do with making the gun available to the minor I don't get this one.

[MrSandman]

2. I can even legally carry a concealed weapon

in the fine state of MI