Posted on 03/01/2022 12:11:30 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
For the second consecutive year, a record number of handgun carry permits were issued last year in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on Tuesday released its annual permit to carry report, which showed 106,488 permits were issued in 2021 on 110,078 applications. That’s up nearly 10.3% from 2020, when a record 96,554 permits were issued.
According to the BCA, 176 permits were suspended last year, 40 were revoked, 1,165 voided and 1,627 denied.
More permits were issued in Hennepin County last year than any other county, by a wide margin. The five counties that issued the most permits in 2021 were Hennepin (16,888), Ramsey (7,467), Anoka (6,988), Dakota (6,744) and Washington (5,761).
The BCA’s report also lists the number of reported crimes by permit holders — 3,863 last year. That number is also the highest since the state’s Personal Protection Act was enacted in 2003. However, the percentage of permit holders who committed a crime remained on par with past years at 1%. Of those crimes, just over 2% involved the use of a firearm while the vast majority (over 61%) were DWIs or traffic offenses.
As of Tuesday, the BCA listed 387,013 valid gun carry permits in Minnesota. The state doesn’t track permits to buy firearms.
Minnesota would never consider Constitutional Carry.
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I’m predicting the streets of Minnesota will be littered with dead bodies after the snow melts this Spring.
Defund the police, let the ferals riot, see gun sales go up, wonder how that happened.
I just noticed that the gun they have in the article is locked and cocked, with a magazine. Is that gun loaded?
They certainly will find lots of 9mm casings.
“That is a stunningly bad way to make that statement. Crime by permit holders, which were mostly DWIs and traffic offenses.”
It’s done that way for a reason.
“I just noticed that the gun they have in the article is locked and cocked, with a magazine. Is that gun loaded?”
The correct answer is “YES”.
I was surprised that they pictured something other than the usual evil Glock.
No, I understand you treat every gun as loaded, but how in the world did the journalist get the stupid idea to place it that way for the picture.
Seriously could turn into an Alec Baldwin moment.
I’m sure that it’s a stock photo. Staged to terrorize the uninformed lefty pearl clutcher.
I worked with a plumber this summer that wore his holstered gun while he worked all day. He told me he didn’t wear it when he had to work in a Minneapolis liberal household.
I’m trying to figure out why this would be....but, it remains a mystery.
😉
Justin Trudeau will not be visiting Minnesota.
So, .02% of the permit holders were accused of a crime involving a firearm.
I bet most of those were "process" crimes, such as carrying a firearm into a place which is supposed to be a "gun free" zone, such as a school or while under the influence of alcohol.
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