Order online, pick up at a licensed dealer in Kent County. Grand Rapids is the furniture and medical-device city of West Michigan, the second-largest in the state. Kent County dealers run the federal check or take a licence to purchase, and a pistol sales record goes to the police.
Pick an FFL dealer near you that accepts shipped transfers and name it at checkout. We confirm their license and ship the firearm to them. Ammunition, optics and parts ship straight to your door where Michigan law allows.
Michigan dealers may sell a handgun on the federal check alone or against a licence to purchase or a concealed pistol licence, and a pistol sales record goes to the police within ten days. Since February 2024 every firearm sale in Michigan, private or dealer, needs a background check. There is no waiting period; federal age limits apply, 21 for a handgun from a dealer and 18 for a long gun. Michigan's 2024 safe storage law applies wherever a minor may be present.
Dealers in these communities all work for Grand Rapids-area buyers:
Michigan requires a concealed pistol licence to carry concealed; open carry of a registered pistol is lawful without one. Schools, courtrooms, hospitals and posted property remain off limits. Licences are issued by the Kent County Clerk to residents 21 and over who complete a training course.
Michigan's firearm deer season runs November 15 to 30 statewide, with archery from October 1 and muzzleloader in December. Antlerless licences are sold by deer management unit. In the Limited Firearm Deer Zone across the southern Lower Peninsula only shotguns, muzzleloaders, handguns and straight-walled rifle cartridges are legal; centerfire rifles are legal further north.
Kent County is in the Limited Firearm Deer Zone, so deer are hunted from November 15 with shotguns, muzzleloaders, handguns and straight-wall rifles; the Rogue River and Cannonsburg areas are the local public ground.
Michigan needs a concealed pistol licence to carry concealed; the DNR's staffed ranges are east toward Lansing, and the local deer guns are slug shotguns and straight-wall rifles.
These ranges are run by or officially listed by a state wildlife agency, a state forest or a national forest. Most ask for a hunting licence, a range permit or a small day fee, and hours change with the season, so check the agency page before you go.
Source: State wildlife agency, state forest and U.S. Forest Service public range listings, September 2026. Distances are approximate; call or check the agency site before you drive out.
Yes. Order here, name a licensed FFL dealer in Wyoming, Kentwood, Walker, Grand Rapids or anywhere in Kent County, and we ship the firearm to them. You fill out ATF Form 4473 at their counter and they run the background check.
Your dealer can run the federal check, or you can bring a licence to purchase or a concealed pistol licence. Either way a pistol sales record is filed with the police.
No. Concealed carry needs a concealed pistol licence from the Kent County Clerk. Open carry is lawful.
Only outside the Limited Firearm Deer Zone. In the southern Lower Peninsula it is shotguns, muzzleloaders, handguns and straight-walled cartridges.
A .308, 6.5 Creedmoor or .243 in a bolt-action covers deer anywhere; check whether your state restricts rifles to straight-walled cartridges first.
Each dealer sets its own fee, commonly $20 to $75. Call before you order to confirm the price and that they accept firearms shipped from an online store.
General information, not legal advice. Rules current as of September 2026. See our buying guide and check with Kent County Clerk (concealed pistol licences) or a local attorney about your own situation.