Long story sort, I decided to head up to the UP for a week, since I have been up here since 2006.
No one says anything until a guy comes up and asks me if I'm from around here and if OC is legal in MI. I tell him where I'm from and that I've did my research and that OC is legal in MI. Well, we get to talking and he tells me that he's from Georgia, where he carries a 1911 in .38 super, and that he was a firearms safety officer in Iraq(I feel a bit embarrassed that while caught up in the conversation, I forgot to thank him for his service). Anyways, we spent a little bit discussing the firearms laws in IN and GA, before he had to move on.
Well, I thought that was going to be the most eventful part of my day, however when I got to the parking lot(and was heading to my car to leave), I see an officer walking my way. Seems someone sent in a MWAG. Being on vacation and not wanting to start any trouble(plus not knowing for sure if there's any law about it in MI), I let him disarm me and unload my gun as well as giving him ID and my LTCH(I know, not required to OC in MI, but I was ready to move on). While he was running my info, a guy which I assume was the head DNR guy at the park told him that he came back to a note on his desk about an MWAG with know more details, so he called it in to be safe. He told the officer that people were ignorant(his choice of words) that OC was legal. Anyways, the officer told me I wasn't doing anything illegal and returned the gun. Before he left, I thanked him for not tazing me.
I guess for the score I'm going to have to go with -1 for disarming me and +1 for knowing how to unload a 1911 without sweeping anyone and only taking the mag and the bullet in the chamber out(I was expecting an unloaded mag).
I'm going to give DNR guy a -1/2 for calling it in( I really can't fault him too bad since he was working from a note and not there to ask questions like "is it in a holster) and +1 for onowing that people are ignorant of the law.
No one says anything until a guy comes up and asks me if I'm from around here and if OC is legal in MI. I tell him where I'm from and that I've did my research and that OC is legal in MI. Well, we get to talking and he tells me that he's from Georgia, where he carries a 1911 in .38 super, and that he was a firearms safety officer in Iraq(I feel a bit embarrassed that while caught up in the conversation, I forgot to thank him for his service). Anyways, we spent a little bit discussing the firearms laws in IN and GA, before he had to move on.
Well, I thought that was going to be the most eventful part of my day, however when I got to the parking lot(and was heading to my car to leave), I see an officer walking my way. Seems someone sent in a MWAG. Being on vacation and not wanting to start any trouble(plus not knowing for sure if there's any law about it in MI), I let him disarm me and unload my gun as well as giving him ID and my LTCH(I know, not required to OC in MI, but I was ready to move on). While he was running my info, a guy which I assume was the head DNR guy at the park told him that he came back to a note on his desk about an MWAG with know more details, so he called it in to be safe. He told the officer that people were ignorant(his choice of words) that OC was legal. Anyways, the officer told me I wasn't doing anything illegal and returned the gun. Before he left, I thanked him for not tazing me.
I guess for the score I'm going to have to go with -1 for disarming me and +1 for knowing how to unload a 1911 without sweeping anyone and only taking the mag and the bullet in the chamber out(I was expecting an unloaded mag).
I'm going to give DNR guy a -1/2 for calling it in( I really can't fault him too bad since he was working from a note and not there to ask questions like "is it in a holster) and +1 for onowing that people are ignorant of the law.
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