2002 Minnesota Statutes

     97B.020 Firearms safety certificate required. 

    (a) Except as provided in this section and section 97A.451, 
 subdivision 3a, a person born after December 31, 1979, may not 
 obtain an annual license to take wild animals by firearms unless 
 the person has a firearms safety certificate or equivalent 
 certificate, driver's license or identification card with a 
 valid firearms safety qualification indicator issued under 
 section 171.07, subdivision 13, previous hunting license, or 
 other evidence indicating that the person has completed in this 
 state or in another state a hunter safety course recognized by 
 the department under a reciprocity agreement.  A person who is 
 on active duty and has successfully completed basic training in 
 the United States armed forces, reserve component, or national 
 guard may obtain a hunting license or approval authorizing 
 hunting regardless of whether the person is issued a firearms 
 safety certificate. 

    (b) A person born after December 31, 1979, may not use a 
 lifetime license to take wild animals by firearms, unless the 
 person meets the requirements for obtaining an annual license 
 under paragraph (a). 

    HIST: 1991 c 63 s 1; 1999 c 231 s 125; 2000 c 341 s 9; 2002 c 
 323 s 6