February 26, 2004, Introduced by Rep. DeRossett and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.
A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled
"An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing,
possessing, and carrying of certain firearms and gas ejecting
devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain
firearms and gas ejecting devices without a license or other
authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms under
certain circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to
provide immunity from civil liability under certain
circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain
state and local agencies; to prohibit certain conduct against
individuals who apply for or receive a license to carry a
concealed pistol; to make appropriations; to prescribe certain
conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all acts and
parts of acts inconsistent with this act,"
by amending section 5j (MCL 28.425j), as amended by 2002 PA 719.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 5j. (1) A pistol training or safety program described
2 in section 5b(7)(c) meets the requirements for knowledge or
3 training in the safe use and handling of a pistol only if the
4 program consists of 8 hours of instruction and all of the
5 following conditions are met:
1 (a) The program is certified by this state or a national or
2 state firearms training organization and provides 5 hours of
3 instruction in, but is not limited to providing instruction in,
4 all of the following:
5 (i) The safe storage, use, and handling of a pistol
6 including, but not limited to, safe storage, use, and handling to
7 protect child safety.
8 (ii) Ammunition knowledge, and the fundamentals of pistol
9 shooting.
10 (iii) Pistol shooting positions.
11 (iv) Firearms and the law, including civil liability issues
12 and the use of deadly force. This portion shall be taught by an
13 attorney or an individual trained in the use of deadly force.
14 (v) Avoiding criminal attack and controlling a violent
15 confrontation.
16 (vi) All laws that apply to carrying a concealed pistol in
17 this state.
18 (b) The program provides at least 3 hours of instruction on a
19 firing range and requires firing at least 30 rounds of
20 ammunition.
21 (c) The program provides a certificate of completion that
22 states the program "This
course complies with the requirements
23 of this section and 1927
PA 372, as amended by 2002 PA 719."
24 and states that the individual successfully completed the course,
25 and that is signed by the course instructor.
26 (d) The instructor of the course is certified by this state
27 or a national organization to teach the 8-hour pistol safety
1 training course described in this section.
2 (2) A person shall not do either of the following:
3 (a) Grant a certificate of completion described under
4 subsection (1)(c) to an individual knowing the individual did not
5 satisfactorily complete the course.
6 (b) Present a certificate of completion described under
7 subsection (1)(c) to a concealed weapon licensing board knowing
8 that the individual did not satisfactorily complete the course.
9 (3) A person who violates subsection (2) is guilty of a
10 felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a
11 fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both.