ST. PAUL (WCCO)-- Like all 50 states, Minnesota gun dealers are required to do a background check on weapons purchases. Minnesota's better than many states, but there are gaping holes in the system.

Joined by gun control advocates, lawmakers and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords at the state Capitol on Friday, DFL Gov. Tim Walz signed a public safety bill with the new gun policies into law. Gov ...

ST. PAUL — In the wake of a deadly school shooting this week in Nashville, new gun restrictions are moving forward in the Minnesota Legislature after years of stalling under a divided government.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- The state of Minnesota has set a new record for the number of criminal background checks for gun buyers in one month. According to the FBI, there were more than 85,000 criminal ...

A strong majority of Minnesota voters support universal background checks on all gun sales and a ban on semiautomatic military-style rifles like the AR-15, a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll has found.

The Minnesota House was considering a "red flag law" on Tuesday to allow the temporary confiscation of guns from people judged to be an immediate threat to themselves or others, as well as a proposal ...

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The governor’s office missed some standard background check steps before its botched appointment of Erin DuPree as Minnesota’s first cannabis director last fall, the state’s legislative auditor ...