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Article: ALMANAC; Change sought to cased gun law.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- February 22, 2009
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Byline: DOUG SMITH; STAFF WRITER
It has been illegal for Minnesota hunters and shooters to transport loaded or uncased firearms in a vehicle for more than 80 years.
The Department of Natural Resources says it should stay that way. But Rep. David Dill, DFL-Crane Lake, says the law is unneeded and it's time to change it.
Dill is author of a bill that would allow people to transport uncased and unloaded rifles, shotguns and bows in their vehicles. The bill -- which was approved last week by the House Game, Fish and Forestry Division Committee, chaired by Dill -- was amended to require that the guns be unloaded. Another amendment clarifies that ...