false statement on application for license to purchase firearm; using or attempting to use
false identification or identification of another person to purchase firearm; penalties.
Sec. 232a.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person who obtains a firearm in violation of
section 2 of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.422, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who obtained a pistol in violation of section 2
of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.422, before March 28, 1991, who has not been convicted of that
violation, and who obtains a license as required under section 2 of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.422,
within 90 days after March 28, 1991.
(3) A person who intentionally makes a material false statement on an application for a
license to purchase a firearm under section 2 of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.422, is guilty of a
felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than
$2,000.00, or both.
(4) A person who uses or attempts to use false identification or the identification of another
person to purchase a firearm is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not
more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both.§ 750.232aObtaining firearm in violation of MCL 28.422; intentionally making material
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