The topic has come up recently on the Minnesota politics discussion list. Archives are available here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mn-politics-announce/messages
The discussion there has been focused mainly around the primary bill and it's implications regarding mental health and discrimination. Most of the discussion has been fairly high level without much discussion of the law in question, and I haven't seen any comments regarding the Sheriff's Association compromise proposal. The only bills I could find were HF1360 and SF1395 which do not appear to have had action on them since last year. HF1360 passed (85-46) in the House 04/09/2001 and failed (23-40) in the Senate 04/11/2001. I believe that SF 1395 was the Senate's ammended version. SF1395 did not appear to have been voted on. I believe there was a vote early this year to bring it to the floor which failed 33-33. I found references to a compromise that Olmsted County Sheriff, Steve Borchardt has worked with on with advocacy groups since last year which apparently includes the following provisions: * Applicants: Must apply in person (or mail in a notarized application); must be at least 21 years of age; must be able to own a pistol under current law; must have training in safe firearm handling; and must successfully pass annual background checks. * All permit holders must have firearms training every three years by a certified instructor. Training will include: The fundamentals of safe pistol use; successful completion of live fire exercises; and briefings on the legal requirements of possession, use and self defense. There will also be a process to certify that applicants have passed the course requirements. * If an applicant is denied a permit, the applicant can appeal the decision in court. * Residents would apply to either the chief of police or sheriff. * The issuing law enforcement authority would have three options: 1) Issue a permit; 2) Deny by objective criteria (criminal offenses, mental illness, etc.); Or, 3) deny on the grounds that there is a substantial likelihood that the applicant may be dangerous to the public if granted a permit. According to brief web research, if it goes to a "shall issue" status, the start up cost to implement will be approximately $1.6 million and each Sheriff's department will have to spend about $40,000 which would be covered by local property taxes. - Jason Goray, Minneapolis --- "Lopez, Juan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there! I was interested in getting some > information about the proposal to adopt a law to > allow Minnesota's permission to carry a concealed > weapon. It is my understanding that this bill failed > on a tied Senate vote in committee. I do not know if > it passed in the House side. I also understand > thathe Sheriff's Association is supporting a > "compromise bill" which would give Sheriff's and > Police Chief's discretion to issue concealed weapons > permits. Am I on target or can you educate me more? > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
