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Minnesota Carry Law

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Dakota County Sheriff Bellows Calls for Ban on High-Capacity Assault Weapons

Also, Sen. Al Franken will be at Eagan's Dakota Hills Middle School on Monday to discuss school safety.

Follow Mendota Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows said Friday that he supports a ban on the sale of high-capacity assault weapons. "I believe in the second amendment,” Bellows told Patch on Friday morning, three weeks to the day after the Newtown, Conn., massacre in which 20 children were killed. “I’ve signed, over the years, 9,000 permits to carry" firearms. “But does the second amendment extend all the way to assault weapons and high-capacity magazines?" Bellows asked. "I don’t think it does.”  On a separate but related note, Sen. Al Franken announced Friday that he will be at Eagan's Dakota Hills Middle School on Monday to meet "with several Minnesota …

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Friday, December 21, 2012

Gun Permit Requests in County Soar; Bellows Questions State's Gun Laws

Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows said Thursday that Minnesota’s permit-to-carry law allows some people with serious mental health issues to acquire firearms.

  • PUBLIC SAFETY
  • Zac Farber
  • Friday, December 21, 2012

Follow Mendota Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter In the days after the Newtown, CT, shooting, Dakota County has seen a big uptick in applications for permits to carry a pistol. Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows said the county received 30 requests Monday and 26 Tuesday—about three times higher than the seven-10 applications processed in a typical day. "We have the staff to handle" the upsurge in applications, Bellows said. But what does worry him is the fact that some of the people applying for permits may have serious mental-health issues. And under current law, there's nothing he can do about it. “Since 2008, we’ve seen a significant increase from year to year, and this year is going to be …

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Police Hope to ID Victims, Shooter in Newtown Killings Saturday (in Newtown Patch) and Eagan Police Chief Troubled by Increase in Mental Health Calls (in Eagan Patch)

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