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Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.841 (2026)

"Firearm" defined.

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DEATH OR INJURIES FROM FIREARMS


Act 10 of 1952


752.841 "Firearm" defined.

Sec. 1.

    As used in this act, "firearm" means any weapon which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive.

History: 1952, Act 10, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 23, Eff. July 1, 2015

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1980–2006 · leading case: People v. Peals, 720 N.W.2d 196 (Mich. 2006).
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People v. Peals, 720 N.W.2d 196 (Mich. 2006). · cites it 22× “222(d) and the language used in another definition of that term in MCL 752.841. The latter statutory definition applies to offenses that prescribe the duties of a person who discharges a firearm and thereby injures another person.”
People v. Sanchez, 296 N.W.2d 312 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “419 and MCL 752.841; MSA 28.436(11). It is incumbent upon this Court to construe penal statutes strictly and in a manner most favorable to the accused.”
In Re Vaughn, 408 N.W.2d 85 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). “212(20), MCL 752.841; MSA 28.436(11). Where, as in the instant case, a firearm is completely disas *239 sembled, and the individual parts, which are in the possession of different individuals, are alone incapable of being fired, the individual parts do not constitute…”
People v. Huizenga, 439 N.W.2d 922 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “It is not a firearm since it did not meet the statutory definition of being capable of propelling a dangerous projectile, MCL 8.3t; MSA 2.”
People v. Scarbrough, 419 N.W.2d 760 (Mich. Ct. App. 1988). “Although there is one other statutory definition of firearm, MCL 752.841; MSA 28.436(11), that definition applies only to offenses involving injury by discharge of a firearm.”
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