Judge Allows Man To Openly Carry A Gun At His Daughter’s Elementary School

Judge Allows Man To Openly Carry A Gun At His Daughter’s Elementary School
by Ian Millhiser
Aug 17, 2015 8:00am

A Michigan judge held last week that a Grand Rapids man may carry a gun inside his daughter’s school — provided he carries it out in the open where it is most likely to panic students and teachers.

Kenneth Herman sued the Clio Area School District after his daughter’s elementary school refused to grant him access while he was openly carrying a pistol.

Though this ruling may seem unusual, it is not entirely clear that it is wrong (at least as a matter of law) given the hodgepodge of restrictions and exceptions contained in Michigan’s gun laws. Though one provision of law provides that “an individual who possesses a weapon in a weapon free school zone is guilty of a misdemeanor,” for example, that provision also includes an exception for individuals “licensed by this state or another state to carry a concealed weapon.”

Herman has a concealed carry license.

Another provision of the state’s law prohibits such license holders from carrying “a concealed pistol” on their person while on school grounds, but that provision is silent on openly carried firearms — hence the apparent loophole permitting Mr. Herman to bring a gun on campus so long as he displays it openly.

More:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/08/17/3692093/judge-allows-man-to-openly-carry-a-gun-at-his-daughters-school/

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