To the OP, sorry about your Stang dude and glad to hear you guys were not seriously hurt. Since nobody else has asked I'll be the one to ask was your buddy drinking or Stoned or was he just not paying attention?
Wow here in VA if a game warden catches you spotlighting deer at anytime they can confiscate every possession you have with you at the time including your car, even if there is no gun or other hunting weapon with you.
And for the "POP" question, I dated a woman from MI last summer and she was teaching me to speak "Midwestern" so I got that one..
EDIT:
I almost forgot. As far as the bat is concerned, in this state, if you are caught with a bat in your car and not going to or comming from a Baseball game you can be arrested for carrying a weapon in your car. If you hit anyone (or 3) with the bat it is considered "Pre-Meditaded assault with a dangerous or deadly weapon" and can cause you a lot of trouble in court.