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Roostercrown's instructor is
almost correct. Last session, the MN Legislature passed a
very screwed-up law, modifying sudb. 3 of 97B.045, that allows hunters to carry their long guns uncased -- but unloaded -- in a motor vehicle while coming and going from hunting, EXCEPT in three counties, within city limits of towns over 2,500 people, or in city limits where shooting is prohibited.
http://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=97B.045
Since that makes it nearly impossible for someone to know where it is and isn't legal, I recommend casing a long gun at ALL times when in a motor vehicle.
If you have a permit to carry, having a pistol loaded and uncased in your gun is always legal (well, except, perhaps, on federal property, but that is a separate can of worms).
madrevar wrote:
roostercrown wrote:
my carry instructor told me(i believe) there are a couple(5 or 7) counties that ban gun rack carrying. those counties contain mostly the twin cities. also i am highly considering getting a GSG-5, what do you think of it?
I thought we had premption of all firearms laws except discharge. I would like to know who your instructor was. If you have a permit you can have a PISTOL however you want in the vehicle. If you did get the rifle version of the GSG-5, it needs to be unloaded, and cased if not in the trunk.