The Minnesota Senate approved stronger penalties for gun straw buyers Thursday along with a ban on binary triggers, ending weeks of uncertainty about prospects for new gun restrictions this session.

First of all, there is no such thing as a “fully semi automatic firearm” as stated in a June 29 Reader Opinion letter. Binary triggers do not allow a firearm to fire at twice the rate of a standard ...

The rifle used in the July 2023 shooting that killed a Fargo officer was equipped with a binary trigger. One was also used in a Burnsville shooting that killed three first responders in 2024. North ...

A Ramsey County district judge on Monday struck down the state’s ban on binary triggers because of how the provision was inserted into a nearly 1,500-page tax omnibus bill. A binary trigger is a gun ...

A Ramsey County judge struck down a ban on a firearm device that can double the rate of fire, siding with a gun rights group that argued the way by which state lawmakers approved the law was ...

Ramsey County Judge Leonardo Castro struck down Minnesota’s binary trigger ban Monday, citing a violation of the state’s “single subject” clause — and sparking conversation over the Minnesota ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Minnesota Senate approved stronger penalties for gun straw buyers Thursday along with a ban on binary triggers, ending weeks ...

A Ramsey County judge sided with the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus in a lawsuit that said the inclusion of the ban in a 1,400-page bill violates the Minnesota Constitution’s single-subject bill rule.