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I was wondering about the legality of transporting my AR-15 in a soft case with the pouches on the side for the magazines. Is it legal to have the AR-15 in the case, unloaded, with 30 round mags loaded in the magazine pouches, in the back seat of my car? Thanks!
 

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Not in the back seat!!!!!!! It has to be in the trunk, or "unaccessable". The gun and ammo have to be seperated, therefore to be legal...the gun has to be in the trunk and the ammo has to be locked in the glove compartment.
 

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I thought that rule was for handguns only. I have been pulled over several times with a cased rifle in the front seat and ammo in my pocket and the only thing the police ever asked was is that gun loaded? If not they said no problem.
 

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If I'm not mistaken, any firearm (unless having a CCW) has to be "unaccessable" while in a vehicle.
 

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Copied from the DNR website:

This says your good to go.
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Transporting - Carrying Firearms and Bows and Arrows
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Except as noted below, you must have your hunting license with you when you carry or transport any firearm, slingshot or bow and arrow where there are wild birds or animals.

A hunting license is not required while traveling to a target, trap or skeet range, or shooting trap or skeet, or when target practicing or sighting-in a firearm at an identifiable, artificially constructed target, and there is no attempt to take game. This applies to public lands open to these activities and to private lands with the permission of the owner or lessee if the owner or lessee is not compensated for allowing these activities. A hunting license is not required if transporting or carrying a pistol with a concealed pistol license for personal protection and there is no attempt to take game.

At all times, rifles, shotguns, muzzleloading and other firearms and bows and arrows carried in or on any type of motor vehicle must be unloaded in both barrel and magazine, and either enclosed in a case or carried in the trunk. These rules apply whether your vehicle is parked, stopped, moving or is on private or public property. Exception: Pistols carried under authority of a concealed pistol license may be exempt.

A percussion cap muzzleloading longarm is considered unloaded if the percussion cap is removed. A flintlock muzzleloading longarm is considered unloaded if the cock is left down and the pan is open. Black powder handguns must be transported as stated in the Statewide Handgun Regulations.

If you transport a firearm in a motor-propelled boat or sailboat, it must be unloaded in both barrel and magazine when the motor is operating or the boat is under sail and may not be loaded until the momentum of the boat has ceased.

Firearms must be unloaded in the barrel, and all arrows must be in a quiver when a hunter is afield outside the legal hunting hours.
 

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I would call the Michigan State Police, but here is a link to some info on their website :

Firearms Laws in Michigan

It could be a crappy thing to get busted for if you were wrong...
 

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Good idea, Kb! Hate for this guy to run into an anti-gun cop!!!
 

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I thought I read in the DNR question forum here it was okay to transport your rifle with the ammo in the same case, just not readily accessable. There was no clear mention on the ammo storage except for hanguns.
 
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