Buying a firearm

[Whoaru99]

If you have a carry permit you do not need to get a permit to purchase, required in MN if you want to get a pistol or an assault rifle.

Yeah. My understanding that a carry permit does not provide any special privilege over a purchase permit, other than 5 year validity vs. 1 year, when buying.

[LightningBG]

Yeah. My understanding that a carry permit does not provide any special privilege over a purchase permit, other than 5 year validity vs. 1 year, when buying.

Other than if you actually want to carry the firearm.

edit: i see "when buying". yes, for the purchase, not much difference.

[davidbigreelz]

Here in Mn the carry/pruchase permits are simply a requirement for purchasing a handgun or ar style rifle. They dont change the checking or paperwork proceedure, we dont even inform the nics of any permit as those are state statutes and they dont care(although for state purposes they do write down the permit #). The same 4473 is still filled out. The only things that truely make the check go by faster is the social security number and even then, it only changes things if you have a common name. There were many many times where nics would give us a 3day hold while they "continue their checks" but again that was usually someone with a fairly common name, or someone on an immigration status of some kind.

[Whoaru99]

Picked up a new rifle yesterday. The background check was completed in a minute or two.