Can't find an electronic version of this story to post, but in the Sunday May 4, 2014 edition of the South Haven Tribune is a story mainly about one of the candidates. Seems he was stopped for illegally carrying a pistol in a vehicle he was driving at the time.
Lucas Koenig (26) stated, "Looks can be deceiving. I exercise my right to open-carry my firearm. They (the sheriff's department) say the way it was locked up (was incorrect). I had the gun unloaded and (locked) in a separate box."
Koenig states he was set up by the Bangor Chief of Police and the Sheriff's Department. Chief Baker denies the allegation.
Chief Baker became aware of Koenig carrying when Bangor City Council members expressed concern that he was coming to council meetings wearing a pistol.
The BIGGEST part of this story that grinds me is one more uninformed Editor and General Manager (reporter) from the SH Tribune who wrongly states:
"Michigan's open-carry law states that anyone 21 or older may obtain a license to carry a concealed pistol, so long as the person is not prohibited from owning a firearm, has not been found guilty of any felonies or certain misdemeanors within a time period of either three or eight years dependent upon the charge, and has completed state-approved firearms training. In addition, laws regulate how firearms may be transported in motor vehicles" - Becky Kark, Editor and General Manager - South Haven Tribune
I want to ask that reporter to cite "The Open-Carry Law". None of her statement has ANYTHING to do with this.
I do not know if he has a CPL or not.
Mosnar or autosurgeon... know anything about this? He was stopped March 10th in Lawrence.
Bob
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