Mager v. Dep't of State Police

In Mager v. Dep't of State Police, 460 Mich 134, 146 n 22; 595 NW2d 142 (1999), the Court held that the privacy exemption applied to prevent the plaintiff, who sought to recruit other gun owners to his cause of changing certain laws relating to firearms, from receiving the names and addresses of persons who complied with the statutory requirement that handguns be registered. Id. at 135-136, 146-147. In Mager, although the Court spoke in terms of the fact of gun ownership being of a personal nature, what the Court prevented disclosure of was the gun registration information that was requested, i.e., names and addresses. Mager, supra at 135, 144, 147.