Minnesota Firearm News

New research from the Crime Prevention Research Center warns that artificial intelligence chatbots are increasingly acting as de facto megaphones for gun-control advocacy, presenting politically skewed positions as neutral fact. Despite citing correct data in some cases, many AI systems consistently frame issues like concealed carry, “assault weapon” bans, and red flag laws through a pro–gun control lens—often contradicting decades of peer-reviewed research.

For more than a decade, major banks have quietly used financial pressure to shape gun policy without passing a single law. From Operation Choke Point to modern-day debanking and purchase surveillance, lawful firearms businesses and gun owners have been targeted through behind-the-scenes coercion.

New Mexico lawmakers are advancing SB 17, a sweeping gun control bill that would ban the sale of most common semi-automatic firearms by targeting how they function—not how they look. By outlawing gas-operated firearms and standard-capacity magazines, the proposal would effectively eliminate much of the modern firearms market while imposing costly new mandates on local gun dealers.

Another law-abiding gun owner has been caught in America’s dangerous patchwork of firearm laws—underscoring why national concealed carry reciprocity can’t wait. Green Bay Packers lineman Rasheed Walker was arrested at LaGuardia Airport after properly declaring an unloaded, locked firearm at the airline counter, a process that is routine and lawful across most of the country.

Just days after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez, Hawaii lawmakers moved to blunt a potential loss by introducing new legislation that would force businesses to post government-mandated signage declaring whether firearms are allowed. The rushed bill, framed as a “public safety” measure, underscores growing concern that the Court may strike down Hawaii’s sweeping carry restrictions—and highlights a broader trend of states attempting legislative end-ru

Washington, D.C. officials are refusing to disclose how aggressively they are enforcing the city’s strict gun possession laws—even as federal prosecutors publicly promise zero tolerance. Neither local police nor federal prosecutors will release data on arrests or prosecutions where the only alleged offense is a technical gun-law violation, raising serious concerns about transparency, selective enforcement, and the targeting of otherwise law-abiding gun owners.