SF 3473

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/25/2022 10:39am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; excluding ownership, possession, and operation of
short-barreled shotguns from criminal violation; modifying ownership and
possession of machine guns or short-barreled shotguns by dealers and
manufacturers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.67, subdivisions
2, 3.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.67, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Acts prohibited.

Except as otherwise provided herein, whoever owns, possesses,
or operates a machine gun deleted text begin , deleted text end new text begin or new text end any trigger activator or machine gun conversion kit deleted text begin , or a
short-barreled shotgun deleted text end may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or
to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.67, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Uses permitted.

The following persons may own or possess a machine gun or
short-barreled shotgun provided the provisions of subdivision 4 are complied with:

(1) law enforcement officers for use in the course of their duties;

(2) chief executive officers of correctional facilities and other personnel thereof authorized
by them and persons in charge of other institutions for the retention of persons convicted
or accused of crime, for use in the course of their duties;

(3) persons possessing machine guns or short-barreled shotguns which, although designed
as weapons, have been determined by the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension or the superintendent's delegate by reason of the date of manufacture, value,
design or other characteristics to be primarily collector's items, relics, museum pieces or
objects of curiosity, ornaments or keepsakes, and are not likely to be used as weapons;

(4) manufacturers of ammunition who possess and use machine guns for the sole purpose
of testing ammunition manufactured for sale to federal and state agencies or political
subdivisions;

(5) dealers and manufacturers who are federally licensed to buy and sell, or manufacture
machine guns or short-barreled shotguns deleted text begin and who either use the machine guns or
short-barreled shotguns in peace officer training under courses approved by the Board of
Peace Officer Standards and Training, or are engaged in the sale of machine guns or
short-barreled shotguns to federal and state agencies or political subdivisions deleted text end ; and

(6) persons employed by the Minnesota National Guard as security guards, for use in
accordance with applicable federal military regulations.