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MCL 28.425b(13)-(14). If the license is JUDQWHG LW ³DXWKRUL]HV WKH OLFHQVHH´ WR ³>F@DUU\ D SLVWRO FRQFHDOHG RQ RU DERXW KLV RU KHU SHUVRQ DQ\ZKHUH LQ WKLV VWDWH ´ DQG LQ ³D YHKLFOH ZKHWKHU FRQFHDOHG RU QRW FRQFHDOHG DQ\ZKHUH LQ WKLV VWDWH´ H[FHSW DV RWKHUZLVH SURYLGHG E\ VHFWLRQ R 0&/ R and other laws. MCL 28.425c(3)(a)-(b). III. Interplay between pistol licensing and concealed pistol licensing Subsection 2a(1) of the Firearms Act, MCL 28.422a(1), provides that certain “individuals are not required to obtain a license XQGHU VHFWLRQ WR SXUFKDVH FDUU\ SRVVHVV XVH RU WUDQVSRUW D SLVWRO> @´ 7KH H[HPSWLRQV LQFOXGH ³>D@Q LQGLYLGXDO OLFHQVHG under section 5b” to carry a concealed pistol. MCL 28.422a(1)(a). 8 In that case, if a person licensed to carry a concealed pistol purchases or otherwise acquires a pistol, the seller records the purchase information on a record (presently called a pistol sales record), including the purchaser’s concealed weapon license number, and the purchaser must return a copy of the record to his or her local police department or county sheriff within 10 days of the purchase or acquisition. MCL 28.422a(2). Within 10 days of receiving the pistol sales record from the purchaser, the local police department or county sheriff must enter the information into the pistol entry database or otherwise provide the information to the Department of State Police. MCL 28.422a(3). Within 48 hours of entering the information in the database or otherwise providing it to the State Police, the local police department or county sheriff must forward a copy of the record to the State Police. Id. “The purchaser may carry, use, possess, and transport the pistol for 30 days beginning on the date of purchase or acquisition only while he or she is in possession of his or her copy of the record.” Id. After the 30 days, “the person is not required to have the record in his or her possession while carrying, using, possessing, or transporting the pistol . . . .” Id. Thus, section 2a, MCL 28.422a, relieves Michigan concealed pistol license holders of the obligation to obtain a license to purchase a pistol under section 2. Nevertheless, the purchase or acquisition information is shared with law enforcement just as in a purchase or acquisition under section 2. IV. Application of pistol licensing requirements to a person holding a concealed pistol license from another state LV@ H[HPSW IURP WKH requirement to register” his or her pistol in Michigan. The word “register” is understood as referring to the general licensing requirements set forth in section 2 of the Act, which includes a pistol registration component, as discussed above. 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MCL 28.425b(7)(b). 8 7KDW H[HPSWLRQ KRZHYHU GRHV QRW LQFOXGH ³DQ LQGLYLGXDO ZKR KDV DQ HPHUJHQF\ OLFHQVH LVVXHG XQGHU VHFWLRQ D RU D UHFHLSW VHUYLQJ DV D FRQFHDOHG pistol license under section 5b(9) or 5 l (3).” MCL 28.422a(1)(a).

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