[M1Tanker]

Michigan has a "Shall issue" CCW system, but it is expensive (over $100) and one must fill out a lot of paperwork. But most of all, one must have the local police conduct "safety inspections" on all handguns owned (re: overt, un-Constitutional registration).

I just PCS'd to Detroit from Kentucky and feel a who lot less safer there (I think per capita, Fallujah is safer for US citizens than Detroit). My wife grew up in Detroit and is somewhat blind to the perils since she was raised in Harper Woods. I, of course feel differently and will carry everywhere I go.

Michigan, a Red state with 3 Blue counties (2 in Detroit). Unfortunatly those three counties do their best to screw up the rest of the state.

[ElkGroveDan]

I was an account exec for a medical company in the late 80s-early 90s. I went to Michigan with our sales rep for the area and he took me around the state to see some major accounts. We had exactly one account to see in Detroit. The sales rep insisted that I drive with him and also that we not wear suits and ties that day. We stopped at a gas station a few miles away and called ahead. When we got there someone was waiting at a barbed wire topped fence to open the gate and let us in so that we would never have to get out of the car. (Wish I could tell you what part of town it was, but that was a long time ago).

[quantim]

My wife grew up in Detroit

LOL, just about the only good thing to come out of Detroit in the last generation was my wife too!  We're tucked away safely in one the west-side red 'burbs.

We've got our retirement chalet up north, lots of acres.

Talk about a state of contrasts - the best of the best and the worst of the worst.