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     624.7161 Firearms dealers; certain security measures 
  required. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definitions.  (a) For purposes of this 
 section, the following terms have the meanings given. 

    (b) "Firearms dealer" means a dealer federally licensed to 
 sell pistols who operates a retail business in which pistols are 
 sold from a permanent business location other than the dealer's 
 home. 

    (c) "Small firearms dealer" means a firearms dealer who 
 operates a retail business at which no more than 50 pistols are 
 displayed for sale at any time. 

    (d) "Large firearms dealer" means a firearms dealer who 
 operates a retail business at which more than 50 pistols are 
 displayed for sale at any time. 

    Subd. 2.    Security measures required.  After business 
 hours when the dealer's place of business is unattended, a small 
 firearms dealer shall place all pistols that are located in the 
 dealer's place of business in a locked safe or locked steel gun 
 cabinet, or on a locked, hardened steel rod or cable that runs 
 through the pistol's trigger guards.  The safe, gun cabinet, 
 rod, or cable must be anchored to prevent its removal from the 
 premises. 

    Subd. 3.    Security standards.  The commissioner shall 
 adopt standards specifying minimum security requirements for 
 small and large firearms dealers.  By January 1, 1993, all 
 firearms dealers shall comply with the standards.  The standards 
 may provide for: 

    (1) alarm systems for small and large firearms dealers; 

    (2) site hardening and other necessary and effective 
 security measures required for large firearms dealers; 

    (3) a system of inspections, during normal business hours, 
 by local law enforcement officials for compliance with the 
 standards; and 

    (4) other reasonable requirements necessary and effective 
 to reduce the risk of burglaries at firearms dealers' business 
 establishments. 

    HIST: 1992 c 571 art 15 s 11; 2003 c 28 art 2 s 34 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.