Greetings all,
Just last spring I was stopped by a Minnesota Highway Patrolman for not having my seatbelt fastened. At the time, I had a pistol in my glove box that I legally purchased. Per Minnesota law that requires a "concealed carrier" to notify an officer that they are armed, etc. It was bad enough that upon notifying the officer, that she pee'd herself and shoved her glock 19 in my face, that I had then found my Carry Permit was expired by a month. As far as the charge of having pistol without a permit, I have my defense lined up for that though another issue remains that they collected my firearm for evidence. The question I have is that I once discovered a Minnesota statute back in 2009 which includes the language, "...State is expressly prohibited from confiscating a firearm that is not used to perpetuate a violent crime." I was hoping someone who is well studied in legal research could find this statute and aid me in settling this.
Cheers.
Just last spring I was stopped by a Minnesota Highway Patrolman for not having my seatbelt fastened. At the time, I had a pistol in my glove box that I legally purchased. Per Minnesota law that requires a "concealed carrier" to notify an officer that they are armed, etc. It was bad enough that upon notifying the officer, that she pee'd herself and shoved her glock 19 in my face, that I had then found my Carry Permit was expired by a month. As far as the charge of having pistol without a permit, I have my defense lined up for that though another issue remains that they collected my firearm for evidence. The question I have is that I once discovered a Minnesota statute back in 2009 which includes the language, "...State is expressly prohibited from confiscating a firearm that is not used to perpetuate a violent crime." I was hoping someone who is well studied in legal research could find this statute and aid me in settling this.
Cheers.
