MICHIGAN-permit to purchase questionaire

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My husband is deployed overseas currently and im living alone. He ordered me pink LC9 from BudsGuns.com. According to our local gun store, i have to file for a permit to purchase with the local sheriffs department. THe local gun store said that i could pick up more than one gun with this permit, and so did the woman at the sheriffs department. Now im reading online that i can only pick up one gun with a permit to purchase...So which is it, can i pick up both of my handguns with this permit or just one? Secondly, they said that i had to take a pistol questionaire in order to get the permit to purchase. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PISTOLS. I know, its pretty stupid that i dont know anything about one, yet im getting two handguns. I planned on taking my CCW class as soon as my husband returned home from his deployment and i had no intentions of using these guns until after i completed that class. I wanted to have my guns before i went into the class, its getting harder to find pink handguns. Anyways, last question is...WHAT QUESTIONS are going to be on this permit to purchase questionaire and what do i need to know?
 
The Sheriif Dept where I live, will give you a pamphlet to study, with the information that will help you with the test. The test is very easy and most of the questions are discussed in the pamphlet. There is a website in MI that will help with your questions. It is the Michigan Coalition of Responsible gun owners. [www.mcrgo.org]. I think the purchase permit is only good for one gun. Thank you for the sacrifices your family is making for our country.
 
It's 1 permit 1 gun. But you can get 2 permits at the same time. The test is nothing. Like was said before you get a brochure to study and the test is directly from it. No big deal.
 
At my sheriff's department you literally are handed the pamphlet and test together. Read the question, scan the pamphlet. It's simple stuff, nothing technical. It seems to me there was one "trick" question. If I recall it was something about "What to do if a gun is stolen?" The good sounding answer was something like "Report it within 10 days", but the real answer was "none of the above". Needs to be reported in 5 days.

Don't worry, it's simple stuff and the pamphlet is right there. Unless things have changed from a year ago it's still 1 gun per permit. Also, don't bring the guns into the sheriffs department. You used to have to do that but not any more. I walked in and took out a shotgun. (It is short enough to be called a hand gun) I had to bring in my gun just a couple weeks before that and no one told me the laws had changed.
 
+1 to what fire spec said. You need one permit per gun. If you are purchasing more than one handgun, they will give you one permit for each handgun you are going to purchase. The gun store will fill the pistol information in on the permit. For each permit, there are four identical "cards". The gun dealer keeps a copy, you keep a copy and the other two are returned to the issuing department (in your case, sheriff dept.). I am a permanent resident in MI and I have pulled as many as four permits. They will not hassle you about it - their primary concern is that the weapon gets registered - primarily in case it gets stolen so it can be traced. The "test" (at least the one I had to take when I pulled a permit last summer) is nothing to sweat. It is basically "common sense" questions. When you pull the permit, you will be required to show them your driver's license and they will run a criminal background check on you before you are issued the purchase permit. I'm usually in and out in less than ten minutes getting the permit/s. If you have concerns or questions, I'm sure the sheriff dept. that you have to pull the permits from will be more than happy to answer them for you. If you are not an experienced shooter, I would highly recommend that you take a basic handgun safety course. The gun dealer should be able to help you out in giving you information about where classes are held.
 
Being from out West I have to ask...does Michigan know about the 2nd Amendment? I know CA, NY, MA and IL don't but do we now have to add Michigan to that awful list?

Dave
 
does Michigan know about the 2nd Amendment? I know CA, NY, MA and IL don't but do we

michigan is a open carry state and is quite easy to get ccw here...but it will cost you like 200.00 buy the time you get one. go thru 100.00 nra sponserd course then like 115.00 for finger prints and background check....
 
Callendargirl,
As the others said, without a CPL, you will need two handgun purchase permits to buy 2 handguns. The test is really easy and the pamplet they issue you at the time of test has all the info you need. At least in my MI county that was the drill.

What Callendars are you on and where can I get a sample peak at them?
 
I guess its to signify you at least have the very basics of gun safety down (also a background check). All in all it is a pretty rudimentary test.
 
the permit to purchase is the state background check to see if there is any reason you should not be permitted to buy a hand gun. the FFL will do a federal back ground check. Having a CPL I just walk into any gun store in Michigan and walk out with the handgun of my choice. The test is pretty simple. it's hard to fail. Thank you for the sacrifice you and your family have made for this country.
 
Agreed that the questions are pretty brain-dead. They must be a little different from county to county because my department gives a 10 question true/false test. Just pick whatever sounds the safest and you'll do fine.

Interestingly, the only one I got wrong the first time I took the quiz was also about time - something along the lines of "True or False, you MUST report a stolen gun within a year of it being stolen" or something to that effect. While technically true, you actually need to report it within something like a few days. Semantic point I guess.

Anyway, one thing you should note is that the permit is only good for 10 days and if you don't use it you're expected to return it to the department. Not a huge deal, but it can be slightly inconvenient as you need to arrange the permit, purchase, and return of the permit within a relatively short timeframe, which can be a pain if you work and your PD has limited hours.
 
Do NOT let em tell you that $5 or $10 is needed to NOTARIZE the purchase form. Yes. it needs to be notarized but at any noraty not their over priced agent. Take it to bank, insurance office etc etc and get it notarized..

They may be persistant but do not pay em--NOT required. The supposed law enforcers are many times the law breakers.
 
Like Dave T, I'm also in shock hearing about this. You have to get written permission from a government agency to purchase a handgun, no more than two at a time, then take it back to them to have it registered under the guise of a "safety inspection"?

Reading more, it looks like they've done away with the veil of a "safety inspection", and have advanced to a direct system of registration by requiring two copies of the completed permit to purchase to be returned to the sheriff's office to be filed.
 
The original purpose for pistol registration and "safety inspection" was to prevent African Americans from owning guns. It was originally a Jim Crow law that was never done away with.

Michigan is actually not too bad when it comes gun rights, and we are taking back more every year.
 
Michigan's laws aren't that bad. Though getting the permit is aggravating. My grandfather gifted me a Ruger Mk II and I had to get a "permit to purchase" in order to take possession of it. Pretty ridiculous.

I think they leave the law in place so they can weed out morons honestly, when I was down at the GRPD there was a guy there being extremely impatient and very rude to the ladies behind the desk. In the end he stomped off like a maniac yelling how he would "just buy one anyway."

Yikes. :eek:

For me, it took about ten minutes to get the test and have the girl behind the desk rubber stamp it, this in a city PD in a city where private ownership of guns is not very well regarded (compared to the surrounding countryside)
 
At one time, I thought the 10 day purchase permit was ridiculous, then I thought, "They let anybody buy a gun?'". Now I'm glad there is at least one line of defense from keeping some people from getting one.
 
At one time, I thought the 10 day purchase permit was ridiculous, then I thought, "They let anybody buy a gun?'". Now I'm glad there is at least one line of defense from keeping some people from getting one.
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It WAS ridiculous, back when you applied for it, then when you got it it had to be used within 10 days and of course, the gun you wanted was nowhere to be found. Had that happen to me on my very first handgun purchase. Thankfully, I found one with 2 days to spare. Then they replaced that very useless idea with a letter saying your record was clear and it was good for a full year. Get as many permits-to-purchase as you want on that letter within a year. This way you could first find a gun, put a deposit on it, and go get your permit. Far better, but of course, a CPL is even better as it eliminates the permit altogether.
 
The officer who handles the purchase permits at the Ann Arbor police department is very friendly, he notarizes it himself without charge. They do run a federal check at the same time. It does force private sales to be background checked. The only real hassle is since they redid the A2 police department, the county court is in the same building so you have to lock up your cell phone before going through security.
 
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