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Minnesota Set New Record for Handgun Carry Permits in 2020 quickcountry.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from quickcountry.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published: 11:09 AM CST March 2, 2021 Updated: 1:23 PM CST March 2, 2021
ST PAUL, Minn. Minnesota sheriffs issued more firearms permits in 2020 than in any other year, a newly-released state report shows.
It matches up with a nationwide trend, which some experts attributed to the pandemic and to civil unrest after the killing of George Floyd.
A report from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) shows that more than 96,000 permits were issued last year, the most since permits became legal in 2003 and nearly twice as many as were issued in 2019.
The previous high in recent years came in 2016, when 71,156 carry permits were issued.