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doc03

(39,216 posts) Sun May 3, 2020, 12:12 PM May 2020

How do you walk into the Michigan State House with [View all]

an AR 15? You can't get in any county court house in Ohio with a 2" pocket knife. I had to go to a county court house in WV the guard made me take a pocket knife back to my car before I could get in.

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How do you walk into the Michigan State House with [View all] doc03 May 2020 OP

My understanding is cilla4progress May 2020 #1

Not because they overwhelmed LE, dware May 2020 #3

That needs to be changed - TheCowsCameHome May 2020 #9

In full agreement. dware May 2020 #14

guns in the statehouse pamdb May 2020 #23

Because open carry is legal in Michigan, dware May 2020 #2

It legal in Ohio too but there are limits. nt doc03 May 2020 #4

It's stupid and should be repealed. dware May 2020 #6

"open carry is legal in Michigan"...for White people Yavin4 May 2020 #33

Michigan law. Laelth May 2020 #5

How about in a school? doc03 May 2020 #8

Schools are generally owned by local school districts--not the state. Laelth May 2020 #11

Only if you have a CPL and open carry. DetroitLegalBeagle May 2020 #28

How about open carry while black on state property. nt doc03 May 2020 #10

That's de facto grounds for shooting to kill, afaik. Laelth May 2020 #12

I'll bet if a group of blacks dressed and armed like doc03 May 2020 #16

Just like in CA when the Black Panthers carried weapons dware May 2020 #24

"Brandishing" a firearm in public is against the law in Michigan. sop May 2020 #37

It sure sends... Newest Reality May 2020 #7

Choosing sides for Boogaloo SCantiGOP May 2020 #21

I agree. Newest Reality May 2020 #29

hell, I had to do the same onethatcares May 2020 #13

Hospitals are generally privately owned, dware May 2020 #15

makes sense, onethatcares May 2020 #18

LOL, dware May 2020 #20

The gun laws vary from state to state Chainfire May 2020 #17

So I can walk into a courthouse where my brother is on trial McCamy Taylor May 2020 #19

I don't believe you can walk into the courtroom itself, dware May 2020 #22

The protesters were allowed to carry assault weapons into capitol, but not their protest signs. sop May 2020 #25

So the first Amendment is void there but not the 2nd. nt doc03 May 2020 #35

Seems the powers that be in Michigan were concerned sign-carrying protesters would whack sop May 2020 #36

A lot of the surprise and anger expressed in this and other threads about the armed protests Chainfire May 2020 #26

Well, I hope tRump makes safeinOhio May 2020 #27

After we flip our legislature in November, there will be a LOT of changes. roamer65 May 2020 #30

The Senate isn't up for election till 2022 DetroitLegalBeagle May 2020 #31

No senators up in 2020? roamer65 May 2020 #38

Nope, Michigan doesn't use a staggered system DetroitLegalBeagle May 2020 #39

Because 8 years of rick "The Dictator" Snyder and a gop supermajority in the State Senate & catbyte May 2020 #32

Michigan State House bans signs. No poster board. A notice in the entrance. 2nd over 1st? WRONG! Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #34