A gun shop is a business within which a federally-licensed firearms dealer is engaged
in the sale, lease, trade or other transfer of firearms. Excepted from this definition
are: (1) federally-licensed firearms dealers engaged only in gunsmithing, repair,
cleaning or other maintenance of firearms; (2) federally-licensed firearms dealers
engaged only in processing Internet-based or mail-order sales to other licensed dealers
where neither the display, inspection nor physical transfer of the firearm occurs
on or near the premises; and (3) single retail businesses, which are federally-licensed,
with more than fifty thousand (50,000) gross square feet of floor area for which the
sale of firearms is projected to account for less than ten (10) percent of its annual
gross sales.
Standards and conditions:
(a)
The gun shop or shooting gallery shall be located at least one thousand (1,000) radial
feet from any residentially zoned property and from any "protected use," defined as:
a group day care center which has a business sign indicating this use; a house of
worship; a public library; a school (public, parochial or private elementary, junior
high or high school); a public regional park or parkway, public park, public recreation
center or public specialized recreation facility as identified in the parks and recreation
element of the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan. The distance shall be measured in a
straight line from the closest point of the property line of the building in which
the gun shop is located to the closest point of the property line of the protected
use.
(b)
The gun shop or shooting gallery shall meet the required firearms dealers security
standards as mandated by Minnesota Statutes, section 624.7161.
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