{"id":483,"date":"2019-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/michigan-cpl-holder-concealed-carry-on-a-boat\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:40:08","slug":"michigan-cpl-holder-concealed-carry-on-a-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-cpl-holder-concealed-carry-on-a-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Michigan CPL Holder Concealed Carry on a Boat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan is often referred to as the \u201cGreat Lakes State.\u201d\u00a0 Four of the five Great Lakes share borders with Canada, and when combined, all five of the Great Lakes share borders with seven other states, including Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and New York. Then there is Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River, both of which also share borders with Canada. Consequently, boats in Michigan have the potential of originating their travels in a lake or river governed by State waters then crossing over into waters governed by a different state, or even crossing over into international waters. Unlike vehicles on land, these boundaries between states and countries are not always readily discernable. These facts combined with other unique qualities applicable to boating generally mean that there is no definitive answer to the \u201cguns in boats\u201d question that will apply in all situations.<\/p>\n<p>Another complicating factor is that there is no law in Michigan that specifically addresses this issue.\u00a0 While MCL \u00a7 28.425c does provide that a person with a CPL may carry concealed anywhere in the state (unless otherwise prohibited) including inside a vehicle, the term vehicle as used here probably does not include powerboats and other kinds of vessels, such as sailboats. However, this also is not 100% clear on its face.<\/p>\n<p>There are also various laws applicable to boating and guns that appear to apply only in very specific scenarios, such as MCL \u00a7324.40111(2)\u00a0which is applicable to boats used while hunting. This sub-section provides that \u201c[E]xcept as otherwise provided in this part or in a department order authorized under\u00a0section 40107, a person shall not transport or have in possession a firearm in or upon a vehicle, unless the firearm is unloaded \u2026 in a motorized boat.\u201d Arguably this law, and others like it, are designed to stop poaching, and don\u2019t otherwise apply to recreational boating.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-cpl-holder-concealed-carry-on-a-boat\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Can a Michigan CPL Holder Concealed Carry on a Boat?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan is often referred to as the \u201cGreat Lakes State.\u201d\u00a0 Four of the five Great Lakes share borders with Canada, and when combined, all five of the Great Lakes share borders with seven other states, including Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and New York. Then there is Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River, [&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-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-laws"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can a Michigan CPL Holder Concealed Carry on a Boat?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The laws regarding a Michigan CPL holder concealing carry on a boat can vary case by case. Our Michigan gun lawyers can help, call us today.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-cpl-holder-concealed-carry-on-a-boat\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Can a Michigan CPL Holder Concealed Carry on a Boat?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The laws regarding a Michigan CPL holder concealing carry on a boat can vary case by case. Our Michigan gun lawyers can help, call us today.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Patrick Barone\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Can a Michigan CPL Holder Concealed Carry on a Boat?","description":"The laws regarding a Michigan CPL holder concealing carry on a boat can vary case by case. Our Michigan gun lawyers can help, call us today.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-cpl-holder-concealed-carry-on-a-boat\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Can a Michigan CPL Holder Concealed Carry on a Boat?","twitter_description":"The laws regarding a Michigan CPL holder concealing carry on a boat can vary case by case. Our Michigan gun lawyers can help, call us today.","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Patrick Barone","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-cpl-holder-concealed-carry-on-a-boat\/","url":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-cpl-holder-concealed-carry-on-a-boat\/","name":"Can a Michigan CPL Holder Concealed Carry on a Boat?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-08T18:40:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/da00f897e195cfccca02fe556b53136f"},"description":"The laws regarding a Michigan CPL holder concealing carry on a boat can vary case by case. Our Michigan gun lawyers can help, call us today.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-cpl-holder-concealed-carry-on-a-boat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-cpl-holder-concealed-carry-on-a-boat\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-cpl-holder-concealed-carry-on-a-boat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Can a Michigan CPL Holder Concealed Carry on a Boat?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/","name":"Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog","description":"Published by Michigan Criminal Defense Attorney \u2014 Barone Defense Firm","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/da00f897e195cfccca02fe556b53136f","name":"Patrick Barone","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/72accf40078879330cdb7caae27be7ad00db64cb0555444fefa6e1a762116037?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/72accf40078879330cdb7caae27be7ad00db64cb0555444fefa6e1a762116037?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Patrick Barone"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3695,"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions\/3695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}