{"id":880,"date":"2023-02-01T14:07:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T18:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/?p=880"},"modified":"2025-04-21T15:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:17:58","slug":"how-to-legally-carry-concealed-weapon-in-car-in-mi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/how-to-legally-carry-concealed-weapon-in-car-in-mi\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Legally Carry a Concealed Weapon in Your Car in MI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Patrick Barone, MI Gun Lawyer and author of Michigan Gun Law Legal Books<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Michigan-Gun-Law-Book-Written-By-a-Lawyer.png\" alt=\"MI Gun lawyer Patrick Barone shows you how to legally carry your firearm in your car or truck, and if you are pulled over by law enforcement, do you need to tell the officer you have a pistol in tyhe vehicle.\" width=\"448\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Michigan-Gun-Law-Book-Written-By-a-Lawyer.png 363w, https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Michigan-Gun-Law-Book-Written-By-a-Lawyer-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Michigan-Gun-Law-Book-Written-By-a-Lawyer-189x120.png 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><br \/>\nMichigan firearms law provides that anytime a pistol or revolver is inside a motor vehicle it is considered a concealed weapon.\u00a0 See Michigan Complied Laws Sec. 750.227.\u00a0 This crime is often abbreviated as &#8220;CCW&#8221; and is applicable even when the pistol is in plain sight, and therefore not literally concealed.<\/p>\n<h2>Does Michigan Have Recipricol Concealed Carry Priveleges With Other States?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/how-to-legally-carry-concealed-weapon-in-car-in-mi\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading How to Legally Carry a Concealed Weapon in Your Car in MI\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Patrick Barone, MI Gun Lawyer and author of Michigan Gun Law Legal Books Michigan firearms law provides that anytime a pistol or revolver is inside a motor vehicle it is considered a concealed weapon.\u00a0 See Michigan Complied Laws Sec. 750.227.\u00a0 This crime is often abbreviated as &#8220;CCW&#8221; and is applicable even when the pistol [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boating-under-the-influence","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>How to Legally Carry a Concealed Weapon in Your Car in MI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you possess a Michigan concealed pistol license (CPL) you still must obey all gun laws including how to transport your pistol inside yiur vehicle. 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