SF 3655 would also outlaw firearm magazines with more than 10 rounds.
Democrats in the Minnesota Senate held a marathon committee hearing on Friday where they advanced a major gun control bill to the next stage of the legislative process.
That bill, SF 3655, would ban the possession, sale, transfer, or ownership of a “semiautomatic military-style assault weapon.” The specific language of SF 3655 would ban a wide swath of firearms including the AR-15, the most popular firearm in America.
Authored by DFL Sen. Zaynab Mohamed, SF 3655 would also ban what it calls “large-capacity magazine[s].” The bill defines a “large-capacity magazine” as “any ammunition feeding device with the capacity to accept more than ten rounds.”
Under Mohamed’s bill, current owners of guns prohibited by SF 3655 would need to alert the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) that they own one of those firearms, obtain a “certification of ownership,” and renew that certificate every three years.
The bill does allow an individual to inherit one of the would-be banned guns if they pursue the certification process. In short, Mohamed’s bill would require Minnesotans to either get rid of any firearms banned by SF 3655 or register them with the BCA.
SCOTUS will not stand for this.