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March 2, 2004, 08:04 AM
Concealed handguns in Minnesota: 15,000 permits in first 7 months
Associated Press
Published March 2, 2004 GUN02
www.startribune.com/stories/462/4639368.html
More than 15,000 people applied for permits to carry concealed handguns in Minnesota in the first seven months after the state made them easier to get. Of 15,873 who applied for the permits in 2003, 139 were denied, according to a Bureau of Criminal Apprehension report released Monday.
Another 20 permits were suspended, revoked or canceled. In three cases, they were taken away because permit carriers were under the influence of alcohol. In two other cases, holders were under restraining orders for stalking or threatening people. In one case, a permit was suspended over the reckless discharge of a gun. Another wrote a bad check.
Of those who had a permit application denied, most -- 84 -- were rejected because applicants were considered a danger to themselves or others. Many of the others that were rejected were because the applicants didn't take required gun safety and training courses or had been convicted of domestic violence.
The report shows a sharp increase in the number of people allowed to carry handguns, although it also shows the state is not on track to meet a prediction that 90,000 would get permits in three years.
Under the old law, 11,381 Minnesotans had been licensed to carry as of the end of 2002.
Until the new law took effect on May 28, police chiefs and sheriffs had broad discretion to deny permits to carry, and some of the metropolitan counties issued few permits.
The change showed in the report. Most of the new permits were issued in metro counties. Hennepin County, for example, issued 2,710 permits while Ramsey County issued 1,188. Anoka, Dakota and St. Louis counties also issued more than 1,000 permits each in the law's first seven months.
The new statute guarantees a permit to practically any adult who gets the required gun training and safety classes, pays an application fee and passes a criminal and mental health background check.
Former Gov. Arne Carlson is planning a joint effort with former Vice President Walter Mondale to get the law repealed, KARE-11 reported Monday.
Former Gov. Arne Carlson is planning a joint effort with former Vice President Walter Mondale to get the law repealed, KARE-11 reported Monday.
These buttheads just will not let this die. Who thinks this has any success?
I Don"t:fire:
Associated Press
Published March 2, 2004 GUN02
www.startribune.com/stories/462/4639368.html
More than 15,000 people applied for permits to carry concealed handguns in Minnesota in the first seven months after the state made them easier to get. Of 15,873 who applied for the permits in 2003, 139 were denied, according to a Bureau of Criminal Apprehension report released Monday.
Another 20 permits were suspended, revoked or canceled. In three cases, they were taken away because permit carriers were under the influence of alcohol. In two other cases, holders were under restraining orders for stalking or threatening people. In one case, a permit was suspended over the reckless discharge of a gun. Another wrote a bad check.
Of those who had a permit application denied, most -- 84 -- were rejected because applicants were considered a danger to themselves or others. Many of the others that were rejected were because the applicants didn't take required gun safety and training courses or had been convicted of domestic violence.
The report shows a sharp increase in the number of people allowed to carry handguns, although it also shows the state is not on track to meet a prediction that 90,000 would get permits in three years.
Under the old law, 11,381 Minnesotans had been licensed to carry as of the end of 2002.
Until the new law took effect on May 28, police chiefs and sheriffs had broad discretion to deny permits to carry, and some of the metropolitan counties issued few permits.
The change showed in the report. Most of the new permits were issued in metro counties. Hennepin County, for example, issued 2,710 permits while Ramsey County issued 1,188. Anoka, Dakota and St. Louis counties also issued more than 1,000 permits each in the law's first seven months.
The new statute guarantees a permit to practically any adult who gets the required gun training and safety classes, pays an application fee and passes a criminal and mental health background check.
Former Gov. Arne Carlson is planning a joint effort with former Vice President Walter Mondale to get the law repealed, KARE-11 reported Monday.
Former Gov. Arne Carlson is planning a joint effort with former Vice President Walter Mondale to get the law repealed, KARE-11 reported Monday.
These buttheads just will not let this die. Who thinks this has any success?
I Don"t:fire: