HF 872

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/25/2021 05:43pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; increasing penalties for gang members who possess
firearms in public without a permit to carry; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020,
section 624.714, subdivision 1a.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 624.714, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

Subd. 1a.

Permit required; penalty.

A person, other than a peace officer, as defined
in section 626.84, subdivision 1, who carries, holds, or possesses a pistol in a motor vehicle,
snowmobile, or boat, or on or about the person's clothes or the person, or otherwise in
possession or control in a public place, as defined in section 624.7181, subdivision 1,
paragraph (c), without first having obtained a permit to carry the pistol is guilty of a gross
misdemeanor. A person who is convicted a second or subsequent time is guilty of a felony. new text begin
A member of a criminal gang, as defined in section 609.229, subdivision 1, who is convicted
of violating this section is guilty of a felony.
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