A little confused on the MI handgun laws.  If one was to move to Michigan and has multiple handguns, these all need to be registered w/ the local police/sheriff?  I also read that Michigan does not have a handgun registry............trying to wrap my head around this.  Insight appreciated, thanks.

Yes they have to be registered and yes MI has a handgun registry.  You can submit the registration to your local CLEO but they all end up going to the State Police in Lansing.  It has been told to me by the ATF (I'm an FFL), State Police and my local Sherriff's Office that it is in fact a handgun registry.  They can look you up by name and see if you have handguns (well at least if you registered them).  If you are importing them from out of state you just simply write "Imported from Wherever" in the sellers block on the form.  You can get carbon copy forms from your local law enforcement or the State Police have a .PDF version on there website.  Pistol registration and not being able to transport a rifle uncased in a vehicle even on private property are truly our only dumb gun laws here.

We have the DNR to thank for that 1.  

Thank you

I can be uncased...but has to be broken down.  So an AR can be split in half.

OK I'll ask for "Reasons"--

What if you don't ?

What if after say living here for over 10 years you decide to do so,"Hypothetically" of course

Then, if found out, it is a civil infraction.  Or if you have an out of state CPL, you don't have to do it anyways.

This is why I own land in the U.P., but reside across the line in WI. WI gun laws are much better.

MSP website:https://www.michigan.gov/documents/msp/ri-060_696761_7.pdf

Wait I thought we weren't filling those out and sending them in ourselves because it was a felony?

You can fill out the RI-60 yourself but it has to go in through your local LE agency.

Am I correct in that beside that handguns have to be registered, other people without a CPL cant be in possession of them either.

You don't have to have a CPL to own a handgun, you either have to get a purchase permit or have a CPL to buy one.  The purchase permit can be had at point of sale.  Used to have to get it from your local LEA.

Once it's owned and the registry copy has been turned in at the LEA, you have to keep your copy for 30 days.  But in no shape or form do you have to have a CPL for possession.  To carry concealed, yes.  To have at your home, hunt (open carried), to take to the range, no.


ETA: After re-reading, other people can shoot your guns with you present.

Unless you're a non resident.  Then you do, as I understand it.  Or you need a permit to purchase, or something else similar from your home state, such as the F.O.I.D. card from IL.