On March 7th there will be a MUCC Quarterly Policy Board Meeting at the Ashley Sportsman Club (8554 S Mason Rd, Bannister, MI 48807) from 10:00 to 4:00
I will be speaking and presenting this resolution in order to rescind an outdated MUCC policy.
The outdated policy hindered the efforts of a pro 2A State Representative recently and it may come into play again.
If MGO's Proposed Resolution #S gets approved on 3/7/20, then I will be speaking in front of hundreds in June to get them to approve.
If you can join me on 3/20, please do! The MUCC committees meet from 10-noon, then lunch, then the voting begins.
At this time, this meeting does not afford MGO a vote, but I'm working on that between elections and appointments.
MGO has two votes at the June MUCC annual convention - we just have to get it there first!
As Submitted for MUCC PB Consideration
Proposed Resolution #S
Submitted by: JackAm, Michigan Gun Owners
MUCC Region: 9
Proposed: March 7, 2020 Conservation Policy Board Meeting
Title: Rescind Outdated MUCC Policy AC740676 and AC760676 Regarding Firearm
Transportation in a Vehicle
1 WHEREAS, Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) passed two resolutions in 1976 to require that
2 all guns be encased, and the case be inaccessible when being transported in a motor vehicle and all guns be
3 locked in the trunk when being transported in a motor vehicle; and
4 WHEREAS, based on the rise of SUV and pickup truck sales the majority of vehicles driven on Michigan’s
5 roads no longer have separated trunks; and
6 WHEREAS, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) has language that allows for various
7 legal alternatives to transporting firearms in a trunk (hunting and trapping digest page 21); and
8 WHEREAS, the Michigan Legislature has since passed laws allowing firearms to be transported uncased
9 in the passenger area of the vehicle; and
10 WHEREAS, MUCC supports the safe handling of firearms; and
11 WHEREAS, twenty-five states allow firearms to be transported uncased in a vehicle; and
12 WHEREAS, transporting an unloaded firearm inside the vehicle has not been documented as a safety issue
13 in any of the states in our nation that allow it; NOW,
14 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Michigan United Conservation Clubs’ outdated policy that
15 all firearms being transported in a motor vehicle must be encased and the case positively secured from
16 access to vehicle occupants, policy AC740676 be rescinded; and
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Michigan United Conservation Clubs’ outdated policy that all
18 firearms being transported in a motor vehicle must be in the trunk of a vehicle, policy AC770676 be
19 rescinded.