Records show that Minnesota sheriffs have issued a record number of handgun permits in 2020.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's annual Permit to Carry Report lists 96-thousand-554 permits issued last year. That figure is nearly double the amount from 2019.

Hennepin County issued the most permits in Minnesota followed by Dakota County, Anoka County, Ramsey County, and Washington County.


In 2019, 51,404 permits were issued.

The BCA says over three-thousand crimes in 2020 were committed by people with firearms permits.