MCL 28.422 License to purchase, carry, possess, or transport pistol; issuance; qualifications; applications; sale
of pistol; exemptions; nonresidents; basic pistol safety brochure; forging application; implementation
during business hours.
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(7) This section does not apply to the purchase of pistols from wholesalers by dealers regularly engaged in the business of selling pistols at retail, or to the sale, barter, or exchange of pistols kept as relics or curios not made for modern ammunition or permanently deactivated. This section does not prevent the transfer of ownership of pistols that are inherited if the license to purchase is approved by the commissioner or chief of police, sheriff, or their authorized deputies, and signed by the personal representative of the estate or by the next of kin having authority to dispose of the pistol.