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Permit To Carry Classes and Other Firearms Training Classes in Minnesota

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MN Permit To Carry Requirements

What are the requirements for obtaining a Minnesota Permit To Carry?

If you have been considering a carry permit, you might be asking “what are the MN Permit To Carry requirements?”. The requirements for your Minnesota Permit To Carry are defined in Minnesota statute 624.714.  This statute is the primary document that defines the requirements and restrictions involved with carrying a pistol in Minnesota.

To get started, you must take a Permit To Carry class in Minnesota that meets the requirement of “training in the safe use of a pistol”.  The Minnesota Department of Public Safety keep a register of instructors that are approved to teach firearm training classes in Minnesota that meet the statute requirements.

Classes vary by instructor, but all approved instructors will develop their curriculum to meet the permit to carry training in Minnesota requirements.  It is typical to see classes run from 3 to 4 hours and will include a live fire component.

There is an age restriction to qualify for the Minnesota Permit To Carry.  You must be 21 years of age to apply for your permit.  There is no maximum age restriction in the Minnesota Permit To Carry statue.

You must complete an application, The Uniform Firearm Application Permit To Carry A Pistol, and submit the completed application to the county sheriff where you live.  The application is found on the Department Of Public Safety website or you can find a link to the application on the HatTrickTraining.com website.  Along with the completed application, you need to provide a copy of your identification, a copy of your certificate of completion from a qualified training class, and the application fee.  The fee has a defined maximum amount in the 624.714 statue, but each county sets their own fee amount.  Check with your county sheriff department to see the fee for your county.

When you apply for your Minnesota Permit To Carry, your sheriff’s office will run a state level background check as well as the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) on you.  There is a long list of disqualifiers that could prevent you from being approved for your Minnesota Permit To Carry. There is also a requirement that you are not listed in the criminal gang investigation system.

Your sheriff will have 30 days to either reject or approve your application for a permit to carry.  Your MN Permit To Carry card will be mailed to you once approved.  Your sheriff will run the background check on a yearly basis.  Although there is a 30 day limit to process your application, many sheriff offices will process application in less time.

The process to get your Minnesota Permit To Carry is simple and relatively inexpensive.  If you have any questions, contact us through the HatTrickTraining.com website.

National Train A Teacher Day 2025

8th Annual

NATIONAL TRAIN A TEACHER DAY

6/21/2025

http://www.nationaltrainateacherday.com

National Administrator:

Klint Macro                       klint@triggerpressersunion.com                            818-618-8326

Local Volunteer Instructor:

Doug Taylor                      train@HatTrickTraining.com                                   612.940.1580

In response to mass murder events, firearm safety and defensive trainers, instructors, and coaches from all across the United States have come together as a unified front to offer training free of charge to teacher, school administrators, school staff, and those that work with youth in a leadership capacity (athletic coaches, Sunday school, clergy, religious leaders). Saturday, June 21st, 2025 is declared to be the 8th Annual National Train A Teacher Day.

The National Train A Teacher Day movement began shortly after the Parkland tragedy. Firearm safety and defense Instructors, Grant Gallagher and Klint Macro set about organizing instructors from across the country to offer free training on a specific date. The 1st Annual NTATD went off without a hitch in 2018. In 2019 more volunteers joined the effort and even more end users were trained. The 3rd Annual NTATD, in 2020, youth leaders (scouts, church, extracurricular) were added as individuals eligible for training. The 3rd Annual NTATD was reschedule from its original date in June to August because of the pandemic and even though less than ½ of the volunteer cadre were able to offer a program due to local restrictions, training was still provided to hundreds of end users across the nation. The 4th annual NTATD saw much of the same difficulty as the previous year with mandates and restrictions, however, despite these challenges, over 1,000 Americans received training from volunteer instructors across the country in 2021 and 2022, even more end users took advantage of the educational opportunities provided by National Train A Teacher Day.

The United States Concealed Carry Association became an official sponsor of NTATD in 2019, and in 2020 Sabre Red joined the effort. Both have pledged to continue to offer free resources to Certified Instructors who are teaching their respective curriculum on the 6th annual NTATD.

In 2020 and 2021 millions of Americans purchased a firearm for the first time and that trend continued into 2022 and to this day; many of these Americans are teachers, school staff, administrators, and youth leaders. “We are eager for the opportunity to help these people not only be responsibly armed but also ‘Well-Regulated’ and trained as their own defenders”, said, Klint Macro, NTATD Co-Founder.

The overall purpose of NTATD is to empower those who are entrusted with the care and education of our children and to give them the insight, knowledge, and skills to perhaps act instead of react, so that they can save lives.

Training opportunities may cover a host of areas from first aid, Stop the Bleed, crime prevention, firearm safety, concealed carry, unarmed defense, Taser, pepper spray, purpose-built school defense, run-hide-fight, and defensive tactics.

We encourage teachers, school staff, administrators, and youth leaders to look at what’s available in their area and take advantage of these educational opportunities. Similarly, professional trainers in any discipline, are encouraged to volunteer and offer their expertise to help make the 8th Annual NTATD an even greater success. Visit the website often, because each week more instructors volunteer to offer training on June 21st, 2025.

For more information and to connect with a trainer, or to volunteer your expertise, visit the National Train A Teacher Day website at www.nationaltrainateacherday.com.

Let us ALL work together to educate, empower, and protect.

LOCAL Courses Offered by Hat Trick Training on National Train A Teacher Day:

Class: Pepper Spray For Self-Defense at 8:00 am

Class: Minnesota Permit To Carry at 11:00 am

Class Location: Prior Lake VFW

National Train A Teacher Day

The mission of National Train A Teacher Day is to protect kids. Educating and empowering teachers, staff, and admin will help us to realize that mission and perhaps as an added bonus create informed advocates that can influence legislators and school boards in changing policies and laws. 

The protection and security of our children is NOT a “gun” debate. Educational opportunities offered on NTATD include awareness, medical, unarmed, and deterrence training as well as firearms instruction. NTATD is a means to actual solutions that will protect children and stop evil mass murders from happening in our schools. 

We are not advocating an “Armed Teacher Program”, we simply want to abolish Gun Free Zones and allow Teachers, Staff, and Admin to have the ability to arm themselves through all legal means to protect themselves and others just as they can in public, at the mall or in the park. We (Professional Firearms Trainers) are proactively doing “Something” … EDUCATING our fellow Citizens.

For more information and to register, click here.