Awesome.

Dear Mr. Lookingbill,

In your letter you state "Neither of the statutes cited [Minn. Stat. §471.633 and §624.714, Subd. 23] denies Ramsey County the authority to regulate the presence of weapons on county property". Can you please explain to me why you believe that §624.72 Subd. 23's statement "No sheriff, police chief, governmental unit, government official, government employee, or other person or body acting under color of law or governmental authority may ... limit the exercise of a permit to carry" fails to "den[y] Ramsey County the authority to regulate the presence of weapons on county property" when those weapons are being carried in accordance with §624.72? Could you also please explain how a ban on county property does not constitute a "limitation on a permit to carry"

I am also curious how you can construe §471.633 "The legislature preempts all authority of a home rule charter or statutory city including a city of the first class, county, town, municipal corporation, or other governmental subdivision, or any of their instrumentalities, to regulate firearms, ammunition, or their respective components to the complete exclusion of any order, ordinance or regulation by them" to "apply only to a Countywide regulation of firearms".

You cite Adderly v. Florida as an example of "the right of municipalities to pass reasonable regulations with respect the use of their property" but Adderly specifically states that the defendants were on a nonpublic driveway whereas Ramsey County Public Safety Ordinance 2003-214 specifically applies to public property.

Finally Brown v. Louisiana actually supports my belief that your ordinance is unlawful when it states in paragraph 3 of the holding "Regulation of libraries and other public facilities must be reasonable and nondiscriminatory, and may not be used as a pretext for punishing those who exercise their constitutional rights." Since the "legislature of the state of Minnesota recognizes and declares that the second amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees the fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms" your ordinance is discriminatory in that it attempts to punish those who exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms in accordance with Minn. §624.72.

Thank-you for your time.

Sincerely,

Bruce W. Krafft