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Subdivision 1. Restrictions. (a) A person may transport an uncased, unloaded firearm in a motor vehicle unless
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within the
2.14 boundaries of a home rule charter or statutory city, including a city of the first class,
2.15 county, town, municipal corporation, or other government subdivision that has prohibited
2.16 the discharge of a firearm under section 471.633, in which case a firearm must be unloaded
2.17 and in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm, and the case must fully enclose the
2.18 firearm by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened, and without any
2.19 portion of the firearm exposed.

Subd. 51.Unloaded.

"Unloaded" means, with reference to a firearm, without ammunition in the barrels and magazine, if the magazine is in the firearm. A muzzle loading firearm with a flintlock ignition is unloaded if it does not have priming powder in a pan. A muzzle loading firearm with percussion ignition is unloaded if it does not have a percussion cap on a nipple.

Tony,

I read through the new draft for HF0128. Unfortunately I won't be able to make the committee meeting on Monday to express my views. My middle son starts firearms safety training that evening.

Any chance of getting the bolded text below or something similar amended?

Subdivision 1. Restrictions. (a) A person may transport an uncased, unloaded firearm in a motor vehicle unless
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within the
2.14 boundaries of a home rule charter or statutory city, including a city of the first class,
2.15 county, town, municipal corporation, or other government subdivision that has prohibited
2.16 the discharge of a firearm under section 471.633, in which case a firearm must be unloaded
2.17 and in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm, and the case must fully enclose the
2.18 firearm by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened, and without any
2.19 portion of the firearm exposed.
(b) For the purposes of this section, a "firearm" does not include a pistol as defined
2.21 in section 624.712, subdivision 2. <b>and "person" does not further restrict those with permits to carry pistols, rifles or shotguns under 624.714, 624.7181</b>

Sincerely you constituent,

If enough of us go, can we get it back to the original language?

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baby steps?

I dunno, aren't we taking a step backwards with this, by allowing cities and townships to decide their own rules?

This would not be a step back. This would be a state law that would still pre empt them. If you can't discharge a firearm within a city, there's really no need to carry uncased. It would be nice, but it would make too much of a stink and cause cities to fight the bill. I'd actually rather just say that this bill did not apply in any city. Meaning everything just stays the way it is now. We'll see where that goes, however.

If you can't discharge a firearm within a city, there's really no need to carry uncased.

I am the scourge of Homies everywhere
By Combat Controller

I figure enough time has passed that I can share this with you now.

Recently, I was driving to NM in a truck, towing a small U-Haul with some stuff in it for a friend. Just as I pulled into town at about 2330 hours I decided to get some diesel before hitting my final destination. As I came up some back roads, there are very few places to buy said fuel. The first one I thought of was a Shell station, and although it was closed I figured the pumps would take my credit card.

As I was going through the process of pulling in, getting out, etc, three cars pull into the lot of the deserted station on the edge of town. Two are filled with young girls who got there first and were calling out to each other and trying to find a party or something. They were on the opposite side of all the pumps form me and the giant truck. The third car pulls in, a four door job with metallic purple paint and low reverse hub wheels, an Aspire or some such. It circles around a bit and comes to a halt in front of my truck 10 meters or so away. Out pours 8 homies between 16 and 20 years of age, in the usual homie gear. Allow me to repeat the conversation I had, and the resulting fracas.

Homie #1: What’s in the trailer?

CC: Pardon?

Homie #1: What’s in the trailer, ese?

(Allow me to break in for a moment here. I know where this conversation is headed, I have had it dozens of times growing up around this area. The bullies have to pump themselves up first, gathering courage from each other, and then attack like the savage pack they become. Now, I may be able to kill a goat with my mind, or give a mechanic in Alaska a bad case of the hiccups, but I cannot fight off 8 homies in the prime of youth, all pumped up in front of the girls. I will get very hurt. It is icy out. I have driven for 12 hours. I am cranky that I have to deal with this. I will now demonstrate that old and crafty beats beats youth and vigor 9 times out of 10, and that I am very old and wicked in my ways.)

CC: Bodies.

Homie #1: Huh?

Homie #2: What did he say?

CC: {Pulls AK 47 out from behind seat and in best Irish accent says:}All right lads, now you’ve fooked with the Irish Mob, and you’d better clear off before I add you to the collection!