Relating to firearms

ARTICLE 1 - PERMIT TO PURCHASE RENEWAL AND BACKGROUND CHECKS

Requiring the commissioner of human services to report mental health commitment information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the purpose of facilitating firearms background checks; creating a reporting requirement; extending time period for renewal of permit to purchase a pistol from a federally licensed dealer; providing for an annual background check; requiring courts to report certain data to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the purpose of firearms background checks; requiring a report to the legislature

ARTICLE 2 - AUTHORITY TO SEIZE WEAPONS

Clarifying and delimiting the authority of public officials to seize and confiscate firearms

ARTICLE 3 - SELF-DEFENSE; USE OF FORCE

"Defense of Dwelling and Person Act of 2011"; clarifying the use of force in defense of home and person (castle doctrine); defining certain terms; codifying and extending Minnesota's self-defense and defense of home laws; eliminating the common law duty to retreat in cases of self defense outside the home; expanding the boundaries of dwelling for purposes of self-defense; creating a presumption in the case of a person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth or force; extending the rights available to a person in that person's dwelling to a person defending against entry of that person's occupied vehicle

ARTICLE 4 - RECOGNITION OF OTHER STATES' PERMITS TO CARRY

Providing for the recognition by Minnesota of other states' permits to carry a pistol within and under the laws of Minnesota; specifying certain duties of the commissioner of public safety
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