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HF 3846

Introduction - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020)

Posted on 02/26/2020 02:42 p.m.

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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; repealing the ban on Saturday night special handguns;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 624.717; repealing Minnesota Statutes
2018, sections 624.712, subdivision 4; 624.716.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 624.717, is amended to read:


624.717 LOCAL REGULATION.

Sections 624.711 to deleted text begin 624.716deleted text end new text begin 624.7162new text end shall be construed to supersede municipal or
county regulation of the carrying or possessing of pistols deleted text begin and the regulation of Saturday
night special pistols
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Sec. 2. new text begin REPEALER.
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new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 624.712, subdivision 4; and 624.716, new text end new text begin are repealed.
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APPENDIX

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 20-6045

624.712 DEFINITIONS.

Subd. 4.

Saturday night special pistol.

"Saturday night special pistol" means a pistol other than an antique firearm or a pistol for which the propelling force is carbon dioxide, air or other vapor, or children's pop guns or toys, having a frame, barrel, cylinder, slide or breechblock:

(1) of any material having a melting point (liquidus) of less than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, or

(2) of any material having an ultimate tensile strength of less than 55,000 pounds per square inch, or

(3) of any powdered metal having a density of less than 7.5 grams per cubic centimeter.

624.716 SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIALS PROHIBITED; PENALTY.

Any federally licensed firearms dealer who sells a Saturday night special pistol, or any person who manufactures or assembles a Saturday night special pistol in whole or in part, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.