{"id":452,"date":"2018-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/can-i-open-carry-on-school-grounds-with-a-cpl\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:39:37","slug":"can-i-open-carry-on-school-grounds-with-a-cpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/can-i-open-carry-on-school-grounds-with-a-cpl\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Open Carry on School Grounds with a CPL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, unless the school specifically has a policy against open carry, a person with a valid CPL may open carry on school grounds. However, the multitude of laws addressing this topic is so nuanced that a person wishing to open carry on school grounds should consider contacting the school and the local police agency prior to open carrying on school grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of open carry on school grounds has been extensively litigated finally resolved by at the end of July 2018 Michigan Supreme Court opinion by the name of Michigan Gun Owners, Inc v. Ann Arbor Public Schools. In this case, the plaintiffs, Michigan Gun Owners and Michigan Open Carry, Inc., set forth Michigan law supporting open carry on school grounds as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MCL \u00a7 750.237a(4) generally prohibits possession of a firearm within a \u201cweapon free school zone\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>MCL \u00a7 750.237a(5)(c) exempts \u201can individual who is licensed by this state or another state to carry a concealed weapon\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>MCL \u00a7 28.425o(1)(a) generally prohibits the carrying of a \u201cconcealed weapon\u201d at a school or school property. However, this statute specifically provides an exception for a concealed pistol licensee while in a vehicle on school property, if he or she is dropping the student off at the school or picking up the student from the school.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/18\/922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18 USC \u00a7922<\/a>(q)(2)(A) restricts knowingly possessing a firearm in a school zone. An exception exists for an individual licensed to do so by the State in which the school zone is located. 18 USC \u00a7922(q)(2)(B)(ii).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was the Michigan Gun Owner and Michigan Open Carry, Inc.\u2019s position in this case that because of the interplay between the above sections of Michigan law, open carry is allowed, for CPL holders only, and that Michigan Public Schools were precluded from modifying this law in any way by the law of preemption.\u00a0 This second argument was based on MCL \u00a7 123.1102, which preempts local units of government from adopting firearm ordinances or regulations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/can-i-open-carry-on-school-grounds-with-a-cpl\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Can I Open Carry on School Grounds with a CPL?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, unless the school specifically has a policy against open carry, a person with a valid CPL may open carry on school grounds. However, the multitude of laws addressing this topic is so nuanced that a person wishing to open carry on school grounds should consider contacting the school and the local police agency prior [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-laws"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can I Open Carry on School Grounds with a CPL?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Experienced Michigan gun lawyer Patrick Barone discusses the rights of gun owners with a CPL on school grounds in Michigan.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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