1925 Mich. Pub. Acts 473-476
| dc.coverage.spatial | Michigan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T02:02:47Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T14:14:50Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:26:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1925 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Act to Regulate the Possession and Sale of Pistols, Revolvers and Guns; to Provide a Method of Licensing Those Carrying Such Weapons Concealed; and to Provide Penalties for Violations of Such Regulations, § 5: No person shall carry a pistol, revolver or gun concealed on or about his person or in any vehicle owned or operated by him, except in his dwelling house, place of business or on his premises, without a license therefor, as hereinafter provided.§ | |
| dc.description.exceptions | Except in his dwelling house, place of business, or on his premises | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SECTION 1. A pistol, revolver or gun as used in this act shall be construed to mean any pistol, revolver or gun not exceeding thirty inches in length that can be concealed on or about the person. SEC. 2. Any person who shall commit or attempt to commit a felony when armed with a pistol, revolver or gun, as defined in section one, shall, in addition to the punishment provided for committing the crime, be punished by imprisonment for not less than two nor more than five years within the discretion of the court. SEC. 3. The court shall have power to sentence any person who may be convicted of a second offense to double the additional penalty imposed under section two hereof for carrying such concealed weapon without a license. SEC. 4. In the trial of a person for the commission of murder, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, robbery, larceny, or of an attempt to commit any of such offenses, the fact that he was armed with a pistol, revolver or gun as herein defined and had no permit to carry the same, shall be prima facie evidence of his intention to commit the crime with which he is charged. If any peace officer shall arrest a person on suspicion and with probable cause and without a warrant, for carrying concealed weapons, as herein provided, without a license therefor, and the arrest was in other respects legal and such person was actually in possession of a concealed weapon without a license to carry the same, it shall be presumed that the officer making the arrest had reasonable cause to believe that the alleged offense was being committed. SEC. 5. No person shall carry a pistol, revolver or gun concealed on or about his person or in any vehicle owned or operated by him, except in his dwelling house, place of business or on his premises, without a license therefor, as hereinafter provided. The provisions of this section, however, shall not apply to the regular and ordinary transportation of pistols, revolvers or guns as merchandise, or to any member of the army, navy or marine corps of the United States, or to the national guard when on duty, or organizations by law authorized to purchase or receive such weapons from the United States or from this state, nor to duly authorized military organizations when on duty, nor to the members thereof when going to or returning from their customary places of assembly, nor to wholesale or retail dealers therein, nor to peace officers of the state. SEC. 6. The prosecuting attorney, sheriff and chief of police of any city or incorporated village in which an applicant for a license to carry a concealed weapon, as herein defined, resides, shall constitute a licensing board for applicants living in cities and incorporated villages of each county. The prosecuting attorney and sheriff shall constitute a board to act upon applications for such a license by applicants not residing in a city or incorporated village in such county. The county clerk of each county shall be clerk of such board. The board as herein constituted may issue a permit to carry concealed, a revolver or gun within the state, to such person residing within the jurisdiction of the licensing board, if it appears that the applicant is a suitable person to be granted a license and there is reasonable cause therefor. The license so issued shall state the reason for granting the same and the length of time for which granted. Such license shall be void when the reason for granting it ceases to exist. A license may also be issued, as herein provided, to any person having a bona fide residence or place of business within the United States, and holding a license to carry the weapons herein mentioned concealed upon his person, issued by the authorities of the United States. The license herein mentioned shall be in a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall be in triplicate. It shall give the name, address and description of the licensee and the reason for granting a license. Each of said copies shall be signed by the licensee. The original shall be delivered to such licensee; one copy shall be mailed by registered letter within thirty days to the secretary of state and the other copy shall be preserved by the person issuing the license. SEC. 7. No person shall deliver or otherwise transfer a pistol, revolver or gun, as defined in this act, to a person, unless it be securely wrapped and unloaded. Before the same is delivered to the purchaser, he shall sign in triplicate and deliver to the seller a statement containing his full name, address, occupation, nationality, the date of sale, the caliber, make, model and manufacturer’s number of the weapon. The seller shall, within thirty days thereafter, sign and mail by registered letter one copy thereof to the secretary of state, one copy to the chief of police of the city or village in which the same was sold or to the sheriff of the county of which the seller is a resident and shall retain the other copy. This section shall not apply to sales at wholesale. Any person convicted of wilfully violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the magistrate. SEC. 8. No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter sell or otherwise transfer a pistol, revolver or gun without having obtained a dealer’s license therefor. The duly constituted licensing authorities herein mentioned may grant licenses on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, effective for not more than one year from the date thereof permitting the licensee to sell at retail the firearms herein mentioned, subject to the following conditions: 1. The business shall be conducted only in the building occupied by the licensed dealer. 2. The license or a copy thereof certified by the issuing authority shall be displayed on the premises where it can be readily seen. 3. A true record in triplicate shall be made of every pistol, revolver or gun, as defined in this act, sold, said record to be made in a book kept for the purpose, the form of which shall be prescribed by the secretary of state as hereinbefore provided. The form shall show the date of sale, the caliber, make, model and manufacturer’s number of the weapon and the name, address, occupation and nationality of the purchaser. SEC. 9. If any person in purchasing or otherwise securing delivery of a pistol, revolver, or gun, as defined in this act, or in applying for a permit to carry the same, shall give any false information or offer false evidence of his identity, he shall be subject to the penalty hereinafter provided. SEC. 10. No person shall deliberately change, alter, remove or obliterate the name of the maker, model, manufacturer’s number or other mark of identity of any pistol, revolver or gun. Possession of any such firearm upon which the name or number shall have been deliberately changed, altered, removed or obliterated shall be presumptive evidence that such possessor has changed, altered, removed or obliterated the same. SEC. 11. On or before the first day of July, nineteen hundred twenty-five, any person within this state who owns or has in his possession, a pistol, revolver or gun, as herein described, and which have not been by that time legally registered, shall register the same in the office of the sheriff of the county or the chief of police of the city or village in which such person resides. A certificate of registration shall be issued in triplicate and on a form to be prescribed by the secretary of state, containing the name, address, description and signature of the person registering the same, together with a full description of such firearm. The original shall be delivered to the person registering the same, one copy there- of shall be mailed to the secretary of state by registered letter within thirty days from the date of said registration, and the other copy thereof shall be retained and filed in the office of said sheriff or chief of police. The provisions of this section shall not apply to wholesale or retail dealers or to persons having in their possession pistols, revolvers or guns used solely for the purposes of display as relics, souvenirs or curios and kept as a collection of such. SEC. 12. All licenses heretofore issued within the state, permitting a person to carry a pistol, revolver or gun, as defined in this act, concealed upon his person, shall expire at midnight, December thirty-first, nineteen hundred twenty-six. SEC. 13. Any officer issuing a license under the provisions of this act may revoke the same upon receiving a certificate of any magistrate showing that such licensee has been convicted of violating any of the provisions of this act. Such license may also be revoked by the official issuing the same whenever in his judgment the holder thereof has violated any of the provisions of this act or is an unfit person to carry a concealed weapon as mentioned herein. Such official shall not revoke a license as herein mentioned, except after a hearing of which reasonable notice shall be given to the licensee either personally or by registered mail to the last known residence of the licensee. No such license shall be revoked except upon the written complaint of a peace officer or person living within the jurisdiction of the licensing official. Such complaint shall be addressed to the licensing official and shall set forth the reasons for requesting that the license be revoked. SEC. 14. This shall not apply to antique pistols, revolvers or guns. SEC. 15. Any person convicted of a violation of this act for which a penalty is not provided shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the state prison for a period of not more than three years, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SEC. 16. This act is declared to be severable and if any section or part of a section shall be held to be unconstitutional, the validity of the balance of the act shall not be affected thereby. | |
| dc.description.summary | This act regulates concealable firearms (under 30 inches) by requiring licenses for carrying, retail sales, and mandatory registration, while establishing background records for buyers and banning the alteration of weapon serial numbers. It exempts antique guns, military personnel, and peace officers, while enforcing strict penalties—including prison time and fines—for carrying without a permit, committing felonies while armed, falsifying identity, or violating dealer regulations. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4274 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Public_Acts_of_the_Legislature_of_the_St/ezk4AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Michigan+public+acts&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | CARRY - CONCEALED | |
| dc.subject | TRANSFER | |
| dc.subject | COMMITTING CRIME W/ WEAPON | |
| dc.title | 1925 Mich. Pub. Acts 473-476 |