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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.
DFL-backed budget package boosts funding for public safety and courts by $880 million, introduces universal background checks and a “red flag” law.
The gunman killed eight people, including children, and wounded at least seven, before a police officer killed him, police said on Saturday.
The Fishing Fling event is an annual fundraiser to provide area high school students with thousands of dollars in scholarships.

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Ayden Furlong-Mulligan, 18, was charged Friday in Crow Wing County District Court with several felonies, including premeditated aiding and abetting first-degree attempted murder.
Universal background checks and “red-flag” court orders to temporarily remove guns from people deemed an imminent threat to themselves or others are another step closer to becoming state law.
If you have a relative or friend who is showing signs of mental illness and has a stockpile of weapons, it would be nice to inform the police to do a welfare check.
Minnesota law has restricted the permits to adults 21 and older who met other qualification standards.
None of these shooters would be considered a criminal until they committed these horrendous acts.
I do not have a solution for gun violence. The phrase, “it’s complicated” seems to be an understatement.

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No private citizen needs a military weapon to protect your house or kill an animal.
In a 50-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez ordered Minnesota to stop enforcing its ban on 18- to 20-year-olds from getting a permit to carry.
DFL legislators are advancing bills they say will help keep guns out of dangerous people’s hands.

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