2 Questions

[BuckKlier]

1. Is it legal to Deer hunt with a laser sight in Minnesota?

2. A friend asked me if it is legal to have a bayonet on a rifle? I asked him why would you want this?

[Snakeman721]

Good questions! I don't know and I don't know.

[yukonjasper]

Mndnr hunting regs are available on line.

[farmerj]

[farmerj]

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id ... at.97B.031

Subd. 2.Permit for organization; laser sights. (a) The commissioner may issue a special permit without a fee to a nonprofit organization to provide an assisted hunting opportunity to physically disabled hunters. The assisted hunting opportunity may take place:

(1) in areas designated by the commissioner under subdivision 1; or

(2) on private property or a licensed shooting preserve.

(b) The sponsoring organization shall provide a physically capable person to assist each disabled hunter with safety-related aspects of hunting and, notwithstanding section 97B.081, a person with a physical disability who is totally blind may use laser sights.

(c) The commissioner may impose reasonable permit conditions.

[andrewP]

a person with a physical disability who is totally blind may use laser sights.

I'm confused by this; how would a laser sight help someone who cannot see the dot it makes on the intended target? Am I misunderstanding terminology here? What does "totally blind" mean in a legal sense?

[BigBlue]

a person with a physical disability who is totally blind may use laser sights.

I'm confused by this; how would a laser sight help someone who cannot see the dot it makes on the intended target? Am I misunderstanding terminology here? What does "totally blind" mean in a legal sense?

"Assisted Hunt", probably meaning the blind person gets directed where to point the gun and the laser helps the assistant know where the gun is pointed.

[farmerj]

Doesn't take much to be "legally blind"


http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictio ... /blindness

[ex-LT]

Doesn't take much to be "legally blind"


http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictio ... /blindness

True. However, the MnDNR reg states "totally blind". There is a difference.

[Holland&Holland]

1. Is it legal to Deer hunt with a laser sight in Minnesota?

2. A friend asked me if it is legal to have a bayonet on a rifle? I asked him why would you want this?

On item 2, It is legal to have a bayonet on a rifle. Is his question while hunting? Or just in general?

[Squib Joe]

Some surplus military rifles are designed to be fired with bayonet affixed, and are more accurate .. they say.. with the pigsticker on there.

[BuckKlier]

1. Is it legal to Deer hunt with a laser sight in Minnesota?

2. A friend asked me if it is legal to have a bayonet on a rifle? I asked him why would you want this?

On item 2, It is legal to have a bayonet on a rifle. Is his question while hunting? Or just in general?

Yes while hunting.

[BuckKlier]

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So someone has to be blind to hunt with a Laser??????

[farmerj]

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So someone has to be blind to hunt with a Laser??????

According to the laws I found and posted. Unless someone can show otherwise or get a conservation officer to say otherwise.