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Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 750 - MICHIGAN PENAL CODETHE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE
Subchapter - FIREARMS
Section 750.224 - Weapons; manufacture, sale, or possession as felony; violation as felony; penalty; exceptions; "muffler" or "silencer" defined

Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.224

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Current through Public Act 171 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 750.224 - Weapons; manufacture, sale, or possession as felony; violation as felony; penalty; exceptions; "muffler" or "silencer" defined
(1) A person shall not manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or possess any of the following:
(a) A machine gun or firearm that shoots or is designed to shoot automatically more than 1 shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
(b) A muffler or silencer.
(c) A bomb or bombshell.
(d) A blackjack, slungshot, billy, metallic knuckles, sand club, sand bag, or bludgeon.
(e) A device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance designed to render a person temporarily or permanently disabled by the ejection, release, or emission of a gas or other substance.
(2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or a fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:
(a) A self-defense spray or foam device as defined in section 224d.
(b) A person manufacturing firearms, explosives, or munitions of war by virtue of a contract with a department of the government of the United States.
(c) A person licensed by the secretary of the treasury of the United States or the secretary's delegate to manufacture, sell, or possess a machine gun, or a device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance described in subsection (1).
(4) As used in this chapter, "muffler" or "silencer" means 1 or more of the following:
(a) A device for muffling, silencing, or deadening the report of a firearm.
(b) A combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer.
(c) A part, designed or redesigned, and intended only for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer.

MCL 750.224

Amended by 2006, Act 401, s 1, eff. 12/28/2006.
1931, Act 328, Eff. 9/18/1931 ;--CL 1948, 750.224 ;--Am. 1959, Act 175, Eff. 3/19/1960 ;--Am. 1978, Act 564, Imd. Eff. 12/29/1978 ;--Am. 1980, Act 346, Eff. 3/31/1981 ;--Am. 1990, Act 321, Eff. 3/28/1991 ;--Am. 1991, Act 33, Imd. Eff. 6/10/1991.