HF 3330

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to game and fish; requiring a report on uncased firearms.

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

Section 1. new text begin UNCASED FIREARMS REPORT.
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new text begin The commissioner of natural resources shall submit a report to the legislature by
January 1, 2009, on uncased firearms that answers the questions listed below.
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new text begin (1) How many other states have laws like Minnesota's governing uncased firearms?
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new text begin (2) Are there any studies that prove that uncased firearms laws like Minnesota's
reduce firearm-related accidents?
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new text begin (3) Is there evidence that more accidents occur loading and unloading firearms and
putting firearms in and out of cases than would occur if the firearms were not required to
be cased?
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new text begin (4) Are there any studies to prove that having a cased gun law reduces other criminal
violations? For example, there are thousands of tickets written for uncased guns every
year; is this the activity the state is trying to stop or is the state trying to reduce other
crimes? Is there any proof that by issuing tickets Minnesota is stopping other crimes?
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new text begin (5) If the state cannot verify that it is reducing accidents or reducing other criminal
violations by writing uncased gun tickets, why is the state writing them?
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new text begin (6) If the state is reducing other wildlife crimes such as shooting from the roadway,
how is it doing this?
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new text begin The report must comply with Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.195 and 3.197, and be
submitted to the chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over the
environment and natural resources.
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