COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS v. CITY OF FERNDALE

Docket No. 242237.

662 N.W.2d 864 (2003)

256 Mich. App. 401

MICHIGAN COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS, Jean Bruce, Alexander Kasa and Greg Neu, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF FERNDALE and Karen Pedro, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided April 29, 2003, at 9:10 a.m.

Released for Publication June 13, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.L.C. (by T. Joseph Seward and Karen M. Haapala), Livonia, for the defendants.

Bambery Law Offices (by M. Carol Bambery), Dewitt, for the plaintiffs.

Secrest, Wardle, Lynch, Hampton, Truex and Morley (by Gerald A. Fisher and Thomas R. Schultz), Farmington Hills, for the Michigan Municipal League.

Before JANSEN, P.J., and HOEKSTRA and GAGE, JJ.


HOEKSTRA, J.

At issue in this case is whether local units of government are precluded from enacting and enforcing ordinances that make local public buildings gun-free zones. We hold that M.C.L. § 123.1102 preempts local regulation of this kind, and contrary to defendants city of Ferndale and city clerk Karen Pedro's argument, M.C.L. § 28.425c does not return to local units of government the authority to regulate...

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