Minnesota reports sharp drop in gun-carry permits Minnesota saw a surge in the number of permits issued in 2020, but the trend appears to be easing. Minnesota enacted its permit-to-carry law in 2003.

A permit to carry in Minnesota is issued by your county sheriff and is good for five years. Police have not confirmed whether Castile had a permit to carry in this case.

Minnesota doesn’t have a “concealed carry” permit, per se. The state’s permit-to-carry law allows for the concealed and open carrying of firearms.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The State of Minnesota has officially recognized restricted enhanced permit holders who are under 21 years old, meaning South Dakota Restricted Enhanced Permit hold… ...

More than 3,000 people from Scott and Carver counties applied for permits to carry firearms in public last year. Most of these were granted – 1,133 in Carver County and 1,852 in Scott County … ...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota sheriffs issued more than 106,000 permits to carry a firearm in 2021, setting a record for the second year in a row. The trend presents itself in counties both rural and ...