{"id":2617036,"date":"2026-06-21T21:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T01:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-amendment-groups-target-purple-states-decades-long-permission-slip-scheme-with-new-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T21:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T01:51:15","slug":"second-amendment-groups-target-purple-states-decades-long-permission-slip-scheme-with-new-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-amendment-groups-target-purple-states-decades-long-permission-slip-scheme-with-new-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Amendment Groups Target Purple State&#8217;s Decades-Long &#8216;Permission Slip&#8217; Scheme With New Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecond-amendment-groups-target-purple-states-decades-long-permission-slip-scheme-with-new-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2617036&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Michigan gun rights organizations,including michigan Open carry,Michigan Gun Owners,the Michigan Coalition for Responsible gun Owners,and the NRA,have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Michigan\u2019s permit-to-purchase law. They argue that the law, which has been in place as 1927, violates the Second Amendment by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-w-smith-how-new-york-is-trying-to-gut-the-second-amendment-at-the-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Mark W. Smith: How New York is Trying to Gut the Second ... at the Supreme Court\">requiring law-abiding citizens<\/a> to obtain government permission before exercising their constitutional right to firearm ownership. Thirteen states have similar permit-to-purchase or gun licensing laws, with some facing legal challenges on Second Amendment grounds.The lawsuit follows a June 2022 Supreme Court ruling that has emboldened Second Amendment advocates to challenge gun regulations they deem burdensome. The case highlights concerns over procedures that make exercising gun rights more burdensome,costly,and time-consuming. Michigan&#8217;s Attorney General, Dana nessel, has not commented on the lawsuit.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Michigan gun-rights groups are teaming with the National Rifle Association to challenge the state\u2019s permit-to-purchase law in a federal lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Open Carry, Michigan Gun Owners (MGO), the Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners (MCRGO) and the NRA filed the suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Michigan Open Carry said in a Sunday X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MichOpenCarry\/status\/2066353097530638734\">post<\/a>. An attorney for one of the gun-rights organization said the scheme, which dates back to <a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/Laws\/MCL?objectName=MCL-28-422\">1927<\/a>, clearly violated the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichigan cannot require law\u2011abiding citizens to obtain a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >discretionary government permission slip<\/a> before exercising a fundamental constitutional right,\u201d MGO attorney James Makowski said in the release.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Individual gun owners and firearm\u2011rights organizations have filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taking-woke-education-to-court\/\" title=\"Taking Woke Education To Court\">federal civil rights lawsuit<\/a> in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan challenging the constitutionality of the state\u2019s firearm license\u2011to\u2011purchase and pistol registration scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The suit\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michigan Open Carry (@MichOpenCarry) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MichOpenCarry\/status\/2066353097530638734?\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thirteen states have some form of permit-to-purchase or gun licensing provisions, <a href=\"https:\/\/giffords.org\/lawcenter\/gun-laws\/policy-areas\/owner-responsibilities\/licensing\/\">according<\/a> to Giffords Law Center. Illinois, which has a broader licensing process, was sued in May by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which is seeking to have the scheme tossed on Second Amendment grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Supreme Court\u2019s June 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, pro-Second Amendment organizations have vigorously been challenging both newly-enacted laws and statutes that have been on the books for decades, including the National Firearms Act of 1934.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe newly filed case in Michigan highlights the growing trend of multi-layered and redundant permitting schemes which have popped up around the country,\u201d Second Amendment Foundation Senior Director of Legal Operations William Sack told the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cThe intent of these permit regimes is clear: make the exercise of law abiding Americans\u2019 fundamental rights more burdensome, more expensive, and more time consuming. This sort of treatment would never be tolerated in the context of any other rights, and it cannot be tolerated for people\u2019s Second Amendment rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is named as a defendant in the lawsuit, did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the DCNF.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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