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Hello all I am looking into moving to your state in the Detroit Metro area. Im from new jersey and I have some questions.
How are winters/seasons? Cold, but you get all 4 seasons. Expect anything between blizzards and 100F and 100% humidity
what is there to do out there such as mountain biking, hunting, fishing, kayaking, ski/ snowmobile sports? Michigan is an excellent outdoors state. Just not the Detroit Metro area. Expect to do some driving "up north" to get to the good hunting/fishing/ski/snowmobile/etc.. stuff. There's a multi billion dollar tourism industry here focused on the outdoors.
What can i expect for gun laws? Way better than NJ, it will seem like Christmas here. Worse than Idaho/Florida/Texas. Walk into Cabela's with cash and driver's license, walk out with Colt 6920 with 10 PMags and a case of .223 (assuming you can find it in stock!). Or hit up a gun show and buy a $500 mosin nagant for cash and carry.
here I need purchase permits and an FID to purchase guns/ammo and its a pain. You need a "purchase permit" given out at the FFL point of purchase or you can get one from your local cop shop. You do have to "register" your pistols only, and you do that by mailing a little piece of paper to Lansing. How that is supposed to be accurate I have no idea. No restrictions on long gun purchases, cash and carry or 4473 at the FFL
CCW? Remember that "pistol purchase license?" Well in all practicality it acts a sort of an open carry license. Statewide preemption on local firearm ordinances. Grab your glock and your holster and head out the door. The cops may hassle in rare circumstances you but they can't do anything. Oh and you can OC your AR15 but its considered 'faux pas' by a lot of people. Concealed carry is ~$110+cost of class ~$100 and anywhere between a 2-6 week wait for processing. It also gets you out of part of the pistol license crap and allow you to buy at the FFL without a NICS check.
Crime rates exc. ? Detroit is like Camden but worse. There are a few square miles of ok Detroit, but you will not live there, only visit for Tigers games and such. West side of the state is much nicer and safer. The Metro Detroit area has some really nice safe areas, and some not so nice and not nice areas
Im single and not looking for info on schools/ family things. Don't worry, the public schools are hit or miss
I have a few friends out there to help with moving in and what not.
Im sure ill have more questions but this is all I can think of at the moment
Thanks in advance!!
No AWB here. No magazine restrictions, grab your 75 round AK drum and blast away.
Machine guns and suppressors are ok, no SBR or SBS.
CPL is SHALL issue, take an 8 hour class, fill out some forms, get fingerprinted, and bam! you can carry in ~40 states. We have lots of hoops to jump through, but it pays off in that our license is honored basically everywhere not may issue.
Overall on guns we don't suck, but we're not awesome. Moving from NJ will feel like moving from the USSR to the USA.
Gun culture is alive and strong here, especially on the west side and up north. You will meet many gun owners in daily life.