Arts, Beats and Eats attempted to ban firearms last year, but our group pushed the issue before council, the city lawyer, and the police department until they agreed to acknowledge the law and allow us lawful carry in Royal Oak. There should be no issues in Royal Oak.
Michigan's Firearm Preemtion is MCL 123.1102 and was passed in 1990. In part it states:
"...A local unit of government shall not impose special taxation on, enact or enforce any ordinance or regulation pertaining to, or regulate in any other manner the ownership, registration, purchase, sale, transfer, transportation, or possession of pistols or other firearms, ammunition for pistols or other firearms, or components of pistols or other firearms, except as otherwise provided by federal law or a law of this state....."
A local unit of government, Livonia, clearly cannot then hire someone via a contract to ban firearms on Livonia owned property. By allowing the police to remove a law abiding citizen from local government owned property, the City of Livonia and the Livonia Police Department have clearly acted against teh Constitution of the United States of America, as well as the Michigan Constitution and should be fully held accountable.
