 believe that a permit to carry would have weighed into his calculus about the attack at all. Doar says permit to carry holders in Minnesota are 8 to 10 times more law-abiding than the general public, and 18 to 20-year-olds would have to go through the same training and background checks as everyone else. A.G. Ellison says the law in question remains in effect until the appeals process is concluded and his office is weighing its options.