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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 123.1104

  • Firearm: means any weapon which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive. See Michigan Laws 123.1101
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Pistol: means that term as defined in section 222 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750. See Michigan Laws 123.1101
  This act does not prohibit a city or a charter township from doing any of the following:
  (a) Prohibiting the discharge of a pistol or other firearm within the jurisdiction of that city or charter township.
  (b) Prohibiting the discharge of pneumatic guns in any area within the jurisdiction of the city or charter township that is so heavily populated as to make that conduct dangerous to the inhabitants of that area, except that an ordinance shall not prohibit the discharge of pneumatic guns at authorized target ranges, on other property where firearms may be discharged, or on or within private property with the permission of the owner or possessor of that property if conducted with reasonable care to prevent a projectile from crossing the bounds of the property.