AMD 65 In Michigan

[nlacy 692]

I've heard there's some new legislation going through in Michigan regarding pistols/rifles. Anyone know if it will allow Michiganders to buy AMD-65s??

[brad cole 65]

I have not heard anything . is it the total length problem with the amd, or can you build a pistol, register then add the stock. same as registering before adding a folder

[nlacy 692]

I think the problem is that the AMD 65 folded is 25.5 in and considered a AOW in Michigan or some BS like that. My Saiga .223 has a side folder but it's registered as a pistol because when folded it's more than 26 in and less than 30 in or something like that.

[poolingmyignorance 2,191]

I thought federal law was long guns must exceed 26 inches or be aow.

[DrThunder88 912]

Michigan's laws are stupid for a number of reasons, one of them being that, unlike the feds (who I'm not trying to make look "smart" in comparison) who define the OAL as the maximum length of the firearm, the state interpretation is that the OAL is the minimum length of the firearm with the stock folded or collapsed (AGO 6280).

 

The only recent activity with the gun laws of this state that I know of has been HB 5225, which passed the State House last month and has been languishing in the State Senate Committee on the Judiciary. That law would do away with the bogus pistol registry, but I don't think it would affect the bogus pistol and "SBR" definitions. It also would not do away with the ban on actual SBRs.

Edited July 15, 2012 by DrThunder88