CPL Renewal Study Guide 2-2024

MI Laws 004

Handguns Purchase and Sale The minimum age to purchase and own a handgun? • 18 years old to own. • 18 to purchase from a private party • 21 years old to purchase from an FFL dealer. • 21 to purchase handgun ammunition • All handguns must be registered including those ke pt at home that may never be fired. The minimum age to shoot a handgun (be in possession) Sec 750.234f Possession of firearm by person less than 18 years of age; exceptions; violation as misdemeanor; penalty. Sec. 750.234f. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an individual less than 18 years of age shall not possess a firearm in public except under the direct supervision of an individual 18 years of age or older. (Hunting rules can be an exception) 18 years old to shoot at an indoor or outdoor public range due to minimum age to own a handgun. A person under 18 can shoot a handgun on private property. The person must be in the company of someone 18 or older. The pistol sales record form can be used if the purchaser is one of the following: 1. Michigan resident with a valid Michigan Concealed Pistol License (CPL); 2. Federally Licensed Firearms (FFL) dealer; 3. Michigan resident who purchases a pistol from an FFL dealer who has complied with the requirements of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS); or Michigan resident who is currently employed as a police officer certified by the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES). NICS Handgun Purchase Process NICS Background check When a person tries to buy a firearm, the seller, known as a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL), contacts NICS electronically or by phone. The prospective buyer fills out the ATF form, and the FFL relays that information to the NICS. The NICS staff performs a background check on the buyer. That background check verifies the buyer does not have a criminal record or isn't otherwise ineligible to purchase or own a firearm. Straw Purchase The ATF defines a straw purchase as “Buying a gun for someone who is prohibited by law from possessing one or for someone who does not want his or her name associated with the transaction is a “straw purchase.” That means not only is buying a gun for a prohibited person a straw purchase, but so is buying one for that friend or family member who thinks a 4473 is “registration” and “doesn’t want the government to know that they bought a gun.”