Carrying Continued
Generally, a concealed carry permit is not required of a person:
- To keep or carry a handgun about the person's place of business, dwelling, house, premises, or on land possessed by the person.
- To keep or carry from a place of purchase to his dwelling, house or place of business, or from his dwelling, house or place of business to or from a place where repair is done to have the handgun repaired.
- To carry a handgun between his dwelling house and his place of business.
- To carry in the woods or fields or upon the waters for hunting or target shooting in a safe area.
- To transport in a motor vehicle, snowmobile or boat if the firearm is unloaded and in a closed and fastened case, gun box or securely tied package.
- To carry on guard duty or otherwise engaged in an assigned duty while on guard at an adult correctional institution.
Application for a permit to carry concealed by a Minnesota resident is made to the local Sheriff. Nonresidents may apply to any Sheriff.
Application is made on a statewide standardized form. The application must include applicants name, residence, telephone number, driver's license number or state identification number, physical characteristics, date of birth and a list of the applicant's past 10 year residency history.
Applications include an authorization for the release of information from the Commissioner of Human Services regarding any commitment history of the applicant.
The application fee shall not exceed $100. Applications must be submitted in person. A permit shall be issued or denied within 30 days of application. Applicants must be 21 or older, be citizen of the United States or a permanent resident, not fall into any of the disqualifying factors listed above under Possession and demonstrate evidence of firearms safety training.
A basic firearms training course offered by a certified instructor must include:
- Instruction in the fundamentals of handgun use.
- Successful completion of an actual shooting qualification exercise.
- Instruction in the fundamental legal aspects of handgun possession, carry and use including self-defense and the restrictions on the use of deadly force.
Certified instructors include any person who is certified in the past five years by an organization or government entity that has been approved by the Department of Public Safety in accordance with the department's standards.
Concealed carry is prohibited in certain locations. These include:
- All school properties, which are defined as public, private, elementary, middle or secondary school buildings or grounds, including properties under the temporary exclusive control of a school.
- Any licensed childcare center during a time when children are present.
- Any private property where the owner or operator has posted a notice which reads, "(the owners name) BANS GUNS IN THESE PREMISES."
- Any other location prohibited by federal or state law.
Upon the request of a peace officer, a permit holder must disclose to the officer whether or not the permit holder is currently carrying a firearm.
The firearm carrying restrictions do not apply to antique firearms carried or possessed as curiosities or for their historical significance or value. Except for handguns carried pursuant to a carrying permit, rifles and shotguns transported in a motor vehicle, airplane, or snowmobile must be unloaded in both barrel and magazine and cased unloaded in a car trunk or the rearmost location of the vehicle.
Except when engaged in lawful hunting or when at a target range operating under a permit from the Department of Natural Resources, it is unlawful to be in possession of a rifle or shotgun outdoors unless it is unloaded and either cased or broken down.
Antlques and Replicas
Antique firearm means any firearm, including any handgun, with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system manufactured before 1899 and any replica of any firearm described therein if such replica is not designed or redesigned, made or remade, or intended to fire conventional rimfire or centerfire ammunition or uses conventional rimfire or centerfire ammunition which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.
Machine Guns
A machine gun is any firearm designed to discharge, or capable of discharging automatically more than once by a single function of the trigger.The following persons may own or possess a machine gun or machine gun conversion kit or trigger activating device increasing the rate of fire to that of a machine gun or a shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches or an overall length of less than 26 inches:
- Law enforcement officers or armed forces personnel for use in the course of their duties.
- Wardens of correctional facilities and authorized personnel, for use in the course of their duties.
- Persons possessing machine guns or short-barreled shotguns which, although designed as weapons, have been determined by the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension or his delegate by reason of the date of manufacture, value, design, or other characteristics to be primarily collectors items, relics, museum pieces or objects of curiosity, ornaments or keepsakes, and are not likely to be used as weapons.
- Manufacturers of ammunition who use and possess machine guns for testing ammunition to be used by law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities.
- Federally licensed dealers and manufacturers who use such weapons to train peace officers or sell to law enforcement agencies.
A person owning or possessing a machine gun or short-barreled shotgun shall, within ten days after acquiring ownership or possession, file a written report with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension showing his name, address, official title and position, if any, a full description of the arm, the purpose for which it is owned or possessed, and such further information as the Bureau may reasonably require.
