HOUSE BILL No. 6359


     September 24, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Sheltrown, Neumann, Lockwood and Spade and referred to the Committee on Civil Law
and the Judiciary.


        A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled

   "An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possess-
   ing, and carrying of certain firearms and gas ejecting devices;
   to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain firearms
   and gas ejecting devices without a license or other authoriza-
   tion; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms under certain
   circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide
   immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances; to
   prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agen-
   cies; to prohibit certain conduct against individuals who apply
   for or receive a license to carry a concealed pistol; to make
   appropriations; to prescribe certain conditions for the appropri-
   ations; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent
   with this act,"

   by amending section 5j (MCL 28.425j), as added by 2000 PA 381.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 5j.  (1) A pistol training or safety program described

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        in section 5b(7)(n) meets the requirements for knowledge or

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        training in the safe use and handling of a pistol only if all of

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        the following conditions are met:




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             (a) The program is certified by this state or a national or

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        state firearms training organization and provides instruction in,

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        but is not limited to providing instruction in, all of the

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        following:

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             (i) The safe storage, use, and handling of a pistol includ-

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        ing, but not limited to, safe storage, use, and handling to pro-

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        tect child safety.

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             (ii) Ammunition knowledge, and the fundamentals of pistol

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        shooting.

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             (iii) Pistol shooting positions.

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             (iv) Firearms and the law, including civil liability

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        issues.

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             (v) Avoiding criminal attack and controlling a violent

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        confrontation.

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             (vi) All laws that apply to carrying a concealed pistol in

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        this state.

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             (vii) At least 8 hours of instruction, including 3 hours of

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        firing range time.

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             (b) The program provides a certificate of completion that

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        states the program complies with the requirements of this section

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        and that the individual successfully completed the course, and

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        that is signed by the course instructor.

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             (c) The instructor of the course is certified by this state

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        or a national organization to teach the 8-hour pistol safety

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        training course described in this section.

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             (2) A person shall not do either of the following:





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             (a) Grant a certificate of completion described under

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        subsection (1)(b) to an individual knowing the individual did not

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        satisfactorily complete the course.

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             (b) Present a certificate of completion described under sub-

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        section (1)(b) to a concealed weapon licensing board knowing that

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        the individual did not satisfactorily complete the course.

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             (3) A person who violates subsection (2) is guilty of a

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        felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a

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        fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both.

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             (4) THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5B(7)(N) AND THIS

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        SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS HONORABLY DISCHARGED

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        FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF THIS STATE, ANOTHER STATE, OR THE UNITED

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        STATES.































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