NEARLY 400K MINNESOTANS ARE NOW LICENSED TO CARRY

For the second consecutive year, a record number of handgun carry permits were issued last year in Minnesota.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on Tuesday released its annual permit to carry report, which showed 106,488 permits were issued in 2021 on 110,078 applications. That’s up nearly 10.3% from 2020, when a record 96,554 permits were issued.