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Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1103 (2026)

Local unit of government; permissible prohibitions or regulation.

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FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION


Act 319 of 1990


123.1103 Local unit of government; permissible prohibitions or regulation.

Sec. 3.

    This act does not prohibit a local unit of government from doing any of the following:

    (a) Prohibiting or regulating conduct with a pistol, other firearm, or pneumatic gun that is a criminal offense under state law.

    (b) Prohibiting or regulating the transportation, carrying, or possession of pistols, other firearms, or pneumatic guns by employees of that local unit of government in the course of their employment with that local unit of government.

    (c) Regulating the possession of pneumatic guns within the local unit of government by requiring that an individual below the age of 16 who is in possession of a pneumatic gun be under the supervision of a parent, a guardian, or an individual 18 years of age or older, except that an ordinance shall not regulate possession of a pneumatic gun on or within private property if the individual below the age of 16 is authorized by a parent or guardian and the property owner or legal possessor to possess the pneumatic gun.

    (d) Prohibiting an individual from pointing, waving about, or displaying a pneumatic gun in a threatening manner with the intent to induce fear in another individual.

History: 1990, Act 319, Eff. Mar. 28, 1991 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 29, Eff. Aug. 10, 2015

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners v. City of Ferndale, 662 N.W.2d 864 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003).
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Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners v. City of Ferndale, 662 N.W.2d 864 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 3× “] The act further provides three narrow areas concerning pistols or other firearms that a city is not precluded from prohibiting or regulating, MCL 123.1103 and MCL 123.1104, but those areas are not germane to this appeal.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1103(a) — 1 case
Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners v. City of Ferndale, 662 N.W.2d 864 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). “] The act further provides three narrow areas concerning pistols or other firearms that a city is not precluded from prohibiting or regulating, MCL 123.1103 and MCL 123.1104, but those areas are not germane to this appeal.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1103(b) — 1 case
Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners v. City of Ferndale, 662 N.W.2d 864 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). “] The act further provides three narrow areas concerning pistols or other firearms that a city is not precluded from prohibiting or regulating, MCL 123.1103 and MCL 123.1104, but those areas are not germane to this appeal.”
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