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    Default Rifle Law

    My question involves criminal law for the state of:Michigan
    My friend's parents let me move into their house after they moved out. They left a ton of stuff in the house. My friend and was cleaning the house. A rifle was found. My friend told me I can have it because his father is too weak and old for the rifle.

    What are the laws of owning a rifle in Michigan?

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    Default Re: Rifle Law

    I guess nobody knows.

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    Default Re: Rifle Law

    You know that instruction about not replying to your own thread? Can you guess whether or not that's supposed to apply to everybody, as opposed to everybody but you?

    It depends upon the characteristics of the weapon. Read this, starting around #16.

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    Default Re: Rifle Law

    Oh, it applies to the Grammar Host too, my bad.

    The rifle does not have a collapsible/folding stock. The stock is solid. The total length of the rifle is 36 inches. The barrel is 9 inches total. So it's ok?

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    Oh, it applies to the Grammar Host too, my bad.

    The rifle does not have a collapsible/folding stock. The stock is solid. The total length of the rifle is 36 inches. The barrel is 9 inches total. So it's ok?

    did you miss this?

    Attorney General's opinion #6280: if the firearm is less than 26 inches in overall length or the barrel is less than 16 or 18 inches respectively, the firearm is considered a short-barreled rifle or shotgun and is illegal to possess.

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    Default Re: Rifle Law

    I did not miss that, but I was hoping it was referring to a collapsible/folding stock.

    I might not be measuring all the barrel. I am just measuring the steel piece showing out of the wood. Check out this photo for example: http://www.fotosearch.com/CSP038/0386546/ Would it be considered a 5 inch barrel? Do I just measure the steel piece outside the wood or include the wood the steel barrel is inside of going down to the chamber?

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    Default Re: Rifle Law

    Barrel Length - The length of a barrel as measured from the muzzle to the standing breech in a break-open gun or to the bolt face in a bolt-action rifle, including the chamber. A revolver barrel measurement does not include the cylinder, only the barrel itself.
    On a rifle, you would measure from the back end of the barrel to the front tip of the barrel. What and where the stock covers is irrelevent. You include the firing chamber which is where the shell sets when it is actually being fired.

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    Default Re: Rifle Law

    Ok, thanks. The minimum length of the barrel from the front tip to the front end of the chamber is 18 inches. The maximum length of the barrel from the front tip to the back end of the chamber is 21 inches. So everything is ok. But it still feels odd having a firearm in the house without any registration.

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