[cripplecreek]

A good friend of mine was a vice-principal in a school in Warren, MI. For a number of years he and several male teachers carried concealed weapons until a state law banned them.

That's a good point. Guns weren't banned in Michigan schools until the 90s I believe. I know they weren't banned when I was in school in the 80s because we students were allowed to bring them for hunting after school.

Things were pretty different then. When one of our classmates little sister's accidentally shot and killed herself (at home), we didn't have an assembly to discuss it or offer counseling. We accepted it as a tragedy, learned from it and moved on.

[Hot Tabasco]

The only thing I could find on when Michigan banned firearms from schools is this paragraph from a 2nd Amendment website:

Recently a bill was introduced in Michigan to repeal the pistol free zones that were part of the Concealed Pistol Act that was passed in 2000 and became effective in 2001.

[Darren McCarty]

The criminal empowerment zones were created when CPL laws were changed from may issue to shall issue statewide. In general, the changes were good but the CEZs were a tough pill to swallow, especially if you were in one of the few counties that were already shall issue (Macomb, Huron - Clinton and Monroe were lenient). Most counties just gave out “Hunting and Target” carry permits.