Minnesota Legislation Thread

[roberth]

Subd. 5. Registration of assault weapons. (a) A person who legally owned or
9.15possessed an assault weapon before February 1, 2013, and who desires to keep ownership
9.16or possession of the weapon shall comply with the following requirements:
9.17(1) submit to a background check conducted by the chief of police of the
9.18municipality in which the person resides, or if there is no police department the sheriff
9.19of the county in which the person resides, to confirm the person is not prohibited from
9.20possessing a firearm under state or federal law; and
9.21(2) unless the person is currently prohibited by law from possessing a firearm,
9.22immediately register the weapon with the appropriate law enforcement agency.
9.23(b) A person described in paragraph (a) shall comply with all of the following:
9.24(1) safely and securely store the assault weapon pursuant to the regulations adopted
9.25by the appropriate law enforcement agency;
9.26(2) agree to allow the agency to inspect the storage of the weapon to ensure
9.27compliance with this subdivision;
9.28(3) annually renew the registration, subject to the completion of a new background
9.29check;
9.30(4) possess the weapon only on property owned or immediately controlled by the
9.31person, or while engaged in the legal use of the weapon at a duly licensed firing range, or
9.32while transporting the weapon in compliance with United States Code, title 18, section
9.33926A; and

(c) Registered assault weapons may not be purchased or transferred, except for
10.2transfer to the appropriate law enforcement agency for the purpose of surrendering the
10.3weapon for destruction.(d) The registered owner or possessor of an assault weapon may not purchase
10.5additional assault weapons.
10.6(e) The appropriate law enforcement agency may charge a fee for each registration
10.7and registration renewal pursuant to this subdivision.
10.8(f) Persons acquiring an assault weapon by inheritance, bequest, or succession shall,
10.9within 120 days of acquiring title, do one of the following:
10.10(1) surrender the weapon to a law enforcement agency for destruction; or
10.11(2) modify the weapon to render it permanently inoperable.
10.12(g) Each chief of police and sheriff shall do the following regarding assault weapons
10.13registered under this subdivision:
10.14(1) adopt regulations specifying how a person who registers a weapon shall safely
10.15and securely store it when it is not being used;
10.16(2) implement a policy of inspecting the storage of weapons; and
10.17(3) conduct background checks and implement a registration system.
10.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective September 1, 2013, and applies
10.19to crimes committed on or after that date.

Sec. 7. PERSONS POSSESSING ASSAULT WEAPONS ON EFFECTIVE DATE
10.21OF ACT; REQUIRED ACTIONS.
10.22Any person who, on February 1, 2013, legally owns or is in possession of an assault
10.23weapon has until September 1, 2013, to do any of the following without being subject to
10.24prosecution under Minnesota Statutes, section 624.7133:
10.25(1) remove the weapon from the state;
10.26(2) surrender the weapon to a law enforcement agency for destruction;
10.27(3) render the weapon permanently inoperable; or
10.28(4) if eligible, register the weapon as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
10.29624.7133, subdivision 5.
10.30EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Wow!! This is just the beginning for the rest of the nation.

Register the firearm or surrender the firearm without compensation.

Allow LEO into your home anytime LEO wants.

[palepainter]

That is total bulshit. I honestly do not understand how even those against guns, can not see how bad this is. I foresee a lot of shovels and PVC tubing being sold in Minnesota. MN does have a ton of lakes though.... Time for boating season too.

[Hound]

What this is doing is corraling gun owners. While they have a majority rule in these states (including Colorado) they are passing laws that either kick out gun owners, reduce those of us so we no longer "have a dog in the fight" or finally make criminnals out of the rest. Once we have moved to Alabama, Virgina and Texas this makes the votes in the Senate much easier to go against gun ownership. They are marginalizing us. In a country of over 300 million we have less than 15 thousand murders with any weapon (including bare hands). That is over a 99.9% succes rate but the media will play up those 15k to the max. We need to stay and fight. Don't dilude our numbers. We need to bring more into our ranks, yes that includes Democrats that own guns (they do exist). It also means getting 'hunters' that think 5 rounds is enough and they don't have an issue with the current laws to wake up. You can bitch as much as you want about how unfair this all is all the way to handing over your guns or going to jail or we can win this fight if we don't let them divide us.