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Michigan Firearms History: From Fort Pontchartrain to Constitutional Carry

admin · 2026-03-16T23:04:14.030Z

Michigan's firearms history tends to get flattened into "hunting state with some gun laws" in most conversations I've heard at the counter of basically every gun shop between Boise and Nampa. This piece covers a lot of ground — from Cadillac's cannon placement in 1701 all the way to the Arsenal of Democracy era — and there are a few things worth pulling out before we get into the constitutional carry end of the timeline. Whoever controls the water controls the territory, and controlling terr...

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Michigan Firearms History: From Fort Pontchartrain to Constitutional Carry

Michigan's relationship with firearms doesn't start with statehood. It starts with a cannon pointed across a half-mile of river. When Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac established Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit on July 24, 1701, his site selection was expl

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