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As gun-carrying permits reach historic levels in Minnesota, related crimes remain in check
StarTribune.com ^ | 8/22/15 | David Chanen

Posted on 08/22/2015 5:12:54 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

A record 200,000 Minnesotans now have permits to carry handguns, an increasingly diverse group that includes two men who recently made split-second, life-altering decisions to fire their weapons.

In 2003, the year Minnesota passed its permit-to-carry law, 15,000 five-year permits were issued. The number issued annually then decreased for several years. But by 2014, 184,985 Minnesotans held permits. Today, one in 20 Minnesotans has a permit, 19 percent of them women.

Opponents had feared that the law would lead to a surge in shootings and gun deaths. But Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension data show that fatalities involving permit holders are rare. In the past five years, there have been five deadly or nonlethal instances of justifiable use of a firearm by permit holders.

From 2013 to 2014, gun crimes reported to the BCA involving permit owners dropped in half. While the numbers may not tell the full story — law enforcement can’t track all gun owners who flash weapons only if needed for self-defense — gun rights advocates say they’re telling.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; minnesota; wildwest
Blood in the streets never happened as was predicted by the left.
1 posted on 08/22/2015 5:12:55 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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Meanwhile, three people were stabbed in the parking lot of a bar last night, not 5 minutes from where I’m sitting.

http://www.startribune.com/3-men-injured-in-stabbing-at-eagan-restaurant/322585101/


2 posted on 08/22/2015 5:14:10 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Please donate to FR)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
You mean that rag StarTrib actually reported a sliver of the truth?
3 posted on 08/22/2015 5:20:28 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Opponents had feared that the law would wouldn't lead to a surge in shootings and gun deaths.

Fixed. You can thank me later.

4 posted on 08/22/2015 5:22:26 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: Fungi

Sliver would be the operative word. They tried to make us all evil here, but it didn’t work out for them.


5 posted on 08/22/2015 5:23:27 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Please donate to FR)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

MN is interesting, lots of liberals, lots of guns, Al Franken, and Jesse Ventura.


6 posted on 08/22/2015 5:30:46 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: bigbob

Marx Dayton...


7 posted on 08/22/2015 5:32:51 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Please donate to FR)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Shouldn’t that read, “Death altering decisions”, as in ‘cheating near certain death by defensive use of a firearm’?


8 posted on 08/22/2015 5:36:58 PM PDT by Company Man (I say we take off, and Trump the site from orbit. ItÂ’s the only way to be sure.)
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To: Company Man

Chanen is a closet bed-wetter.


9 posted on 08/22/2015 5:38:49 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Please donate to FR)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I’ve got to remember to get my CCL.

By the way, does anyone know the law concerning carrying a pistol and a squirrel rifle in an auto from Texas to Oklahoma?


10 posted on 08/22/2015 5:40:47 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Since you're so much smarter than me, don't waste your time insulting me. I won't understand it.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I wish they’d honor our Iowa permits.


11 posted on 08/22/2015 5:42:17 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: 2111USMC

Until constitutional carry is the law of the land...


12 posted on 08/22/2015 5:45:37 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Please donate to FR)
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To: VerySadAmerican
"By the way, does anyone know the law concerning carrying a pistol and a squirrel rifle in an auto from Texas to Oklahoma?"

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If you have a TX CHL, no problem with your sidearm. OK & many other States

honor Tx CHLs.

Long guns should be no problem. No doubt, hundreds of rifles & shotguns cross the OK/TX border every day without interest by either State.

I expect you'd be wise to have a Hunting License for both States, though, if you're going hunting and expect to transport game back home...

13 posted on 08/22/2015 6:45:28 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: TXnMA

Minnesota no longer honors TX CHL’s.


14 posted on 08/22/2015 6:59:35 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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Thanks! TXCHIA.ORG needs to update their map...

Fine. Despite having relatives there, I'll stay clear of libMN...

BTW, do you know why MN pulled back their reciprocity?

15 posted on 08/22/2015 7:16:54 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: TXnMA

Texas now allows those 19 and over with military service to have CHL. This versus MN law stating 21 and over. Thus according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, reciprocity is no longer recognized. Source: Texas Law Shield e-mail bulletin.

I lived in Minnestoopid for ten years. Hated the place. They do hate Texans.


16 posted on 08/22/2015 7:41:07 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

The left is for arming criminals only.


17 posted on 08/22/2015 9:49:43 PM PDT by vpintheak (Man up and bring it politicians!)
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To: VerySadAmerican

If your guns are unloaded and locked in the trunk, you can travel just about anywhere in the US with no problem. If your vehicle doesn’t have a trunk, invest in an airline approved lockable gun case.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title18/html/USCODE-2011-title18-partI-chap44-sec926A.htm


18 posted on 08/23/2015 6:15:17 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Thanks for the info.


19 posted on 08/24/2015 12:55:44 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Since you're so much smarter than me, don't waste your time insulting me. I won't understand it.)
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