MN: ATF Background Check Change

[JohnSW]

April 28, 2017

"Minnesota residents with a permit to carry may now purchase a firearm from a licensed dealer without the normally required background check, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced Friday.

The ATF has determined that the state’s requirement for getting a permit to carry complies with the background check requirements under federal law for purchasing a firearm.

Any carry permits with expiration dates of Aug. 1, 2019, or later now qualify as alternatives to the usual FBI instant background checks.

ATF Assistant Director Marvin Richardson wrote a letter to all state federal firearms licensees to announce the change.

In the letter, Richardson said the new change, however, does not apply to the Minnesota permit to purchase."

ATF: Minnesota permit to carry now satisfies background check for buying guns - StarTribune.com