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A handful of Republicans in the Michigan House have introduced a package of bills to toss out the state’s concealed carry license.
State Representative Jim Runestad, R-White Lake, is the lead sponsor and says if someone doesn’t need a license to open carry then why make them get one to carry a concealed gun?
He calls the current fee of $110 every five years a coat tax, mocking the fact the only difference between open carry and concealed carry is the gun is usually hidden under a coat.
But State Representative Jeff Irwin, an Ann Arbor Democrat, fears the bills would do more than just eliminate a tax.
He says the legislation would blow one more hole in what he considers already weak gun laws in Michigan.
The measures have been assigned to a committee but no hearing has been held.
