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FLINT TWP, MI -- A Flint Township man has filed a lawsuit on claims he had to spend Christmas in jail when he was stopped by police while legally openly carrying his pistol.
Flint Township police argue the man's gun was concealed when he was stopped and the officer was within his rights to detain the man.
 
John David McMorris filed the lawsuit in February in Genesee County Circuit Court against Flint Township police. The case was moved to Detroit U.S. District Court March 17 by Troy-based attorney G. Gus Morris, who is representing police in the case.
McMorris, 21, claims that he was walking alongside Torrey Road near Bishop International Airport around 11:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve with his .40-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol openly carried in a holster on the outside of his clothing and coat when he was stopped by a Flint Township police officer.
 
Grand Blanc-based attorney Craig L. McAra, who represents McMorris, said his client lives near where he was stopped and was walking to the store.
 
"He had (the gun) for his personal protection," McAra said.
 
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