FAQ on Permit to Carry

Created: 12/19/2012 3:09 PM KSTP.com By: Cassie Hart

Where am I prohibited from carrying my pistol?

• School property

• A childcare center while children are present

• Public colleges and universities – may have policy restricting the carrying of weapons on their premises by employees and students while on campus

• Private establishments that have posted a sign banning guns on their premises

• Private establishments who have personally informed the permit holder that guns are prohibited and demands compliance

• Places of employment, public or private, if employer restricts the carry or possession of firearms by is employees

• State correctional facilities or state hospitals and grounds (MN Statute 243.55)

• Any jail, lockup or correctional facility (MN Statute 641.165)

• Courthouse complexes, unless the sheriff is notified (MN Statute 609.66)

• Offices and courtrooms of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals

• Any state building in the Capitol Area of St. Paul described in MN Statute Chapter 15B unless the commissioner of public safety is notified (MN Statute 609.66)

• In federal court facilities or other federal facilities (Title 18 U.S.C.§ 930)

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