Legal Opinion
Application of Atkinson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 4, 1980No. 50089PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAHL, Justice.
On June 1, 1978, plaintiff Berton Atkinson filed an application with the Chief of Police of the City of Bloomington for a permit to carry a pistol, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 624.714 (1978). His application was denied for failure to demonstrate a “personal safety hazard,” as required by the statute, § 624.714, subd. 5(c). The Hennepin County Municipal Court affirmed the denial. A three-judge panel of the district court affirmed the municipal court’s order, and plaintiff appealed by leave of this court. We affirm.
Appellant Atkinson, a law-abiding citizen, seeks a handgun permit to…
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