A central Minnesota school district where two students were killed in a 2003 shooting is getting a new device that officials hope adds another layer of defense should a gunman enter school grounds: bulletproof whiteboards.
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April 24, 2013
April 22, 2013
Sponsor drops Emmer and Davis for Newtown, Conn comments
Conservative host’s rant losing Clear Channel money
Conservative commentator Bob Davis said the parents who lost children during the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school massacre have no right to advocate for new gun restrictions. During his rant he said he’d “stand in front of them all, and tell them, ‘Go to hell.’”
A Newtown resident has offered to pay for Davis to come to their town to do that, but Davis hasn’t accepted the offer.
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April 15, 2013
Bob Davis to Newtown shooting victims: Go to hell
Conservative commentator Bob Davis said the parents who lost children during the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school massacre have no right to advocate for new gun restrictions.
Bob Davis had some heinous things to say to victims of those impacted by gun violence during Friday’s installment of AM 1130′s Davis & Emmer show.
When the topic turned to how some of those affected by December’s mass school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut have become gun control advocates, Davis said, “I would stand in front of them all, and tell them, ‘Go to hell.’”
via City Pages.
March 21, 2013
Background checks at gun shows expected in revamped Minn. House bill
March 1, 2013
Minn. House rolls out bill to address gun violence
“After hours-long hearings on gun violence in both chambers this month, Rep. Michael Paymar has released a package of policy changes that focuses on expanding background checks and stepped up penalties for gun crimes, but tosses out proposed bans on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazine clips,” via Politics in Minnesota.
February 19, 2013
Minn. Senate panel digs into background checks
Hearing will focus on background checks, avoid limits on guns and magazine sizes.
Sen. Ron Latz, DFL-St. Louis Park, said he will focus on a variety of proposals that would keep guns out of the hands of people that shouldn’t have them.
“I think most people agree that universal background checks is the first place we should start,” Latz said in a news release. “We need to focus on what we can accomplish right now to make our state safer. The outright banning of guns is a conversation that is more suited on the federal level.”
via Capitol View.
February 12, 2013
Devin Aryal, 9, shot last night on way home from daycare
Devin Aryal, 9, loved soccer, wanted to be astronaut before gunman took his life on way home from daycare last nite. twitter.com/timnelson_mpr/…
— Tim Nelson (@timnelson_mpr) February 12, 2013
Neighbor near Oakdale slaying says shooter “had to have fired at least 20 shots” at passing cars near suburban home, strip mall.
— Tim Nelson (@timnelson_mpr) February 12, 2013
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February 5, 2013
Photos: Scenes from a gun hearing
Minnesota lawmakers are considering changes to the state gun laws. Tuesday marked the first of three days where members of the state house held public hearings on the matter. Attendance was high.
Just left totally crowded gun control hearings, 2 overflow rooms.#packed #heated #packingheat twitter.com/bengarvin/stat…
— bengarvin (@bengarvin) February 5, 2013
January 30, 2013
Quick takes from Senate hearing on gun legislation
January 24, 2013
Democratic Sens. face gun owners roused by talk of new laws
Facing re-election challenges, some prefer to keep their position undefined.
Senator Al Franken of Minnesota, one of the Senate’s most reliable liberals, has not said definitively whether he would vote for the ban, instead signaling only his support for “the principle” of one.
via New York Times.
January 16, 2013
Pine County sheriff: will not enforce Obama gun regulations
Minnesota sheriff says additional regulation of firearms would be illegal.
On a day when President Obama was preparing a slate of proposals to stem gun violence in America, Minnesotas Pine County Sheriff Robin Cole said he would consider any new federal regulation on guns to be illegal and would “refuse to carry it out.”
via Grand Forks Herald.
January 10, 2013
Gun from Minn. ATF agent found near bloody battle in Mexico
“A semi-automatic pistol found near the scene of a gun battle in Mexico where five people died, including a Mexican beauty queen, has been traced to a former federal gun agent in Minnesota who was part of the government’s controversial Fast and Furious border gun-tracking operation,” via Star Tribune.
January 8, 2013
One Minnesotan killed per day via gun
More than 300 young people — including small children — have died from gunshots in Minnesota since the year 2000.
Add the adults killed by gunfire, and the numbers reveal a bloody routine: On average, one Minnesotan dies every day by firearms while another suffers injuries.
Even in relatively peaceful Minnesota, more than 3,600 people died from gun-related homicides, suicides and accidents between 2000 and 2010, according to estimates by the Minnesota Department of Health. Firearms are the state’s second leading cause of traumatic brain injury deaths, officials said in a comprehensive health report.
Tallying gun deaths: one Minnesotan killed every day by firearms minnpo.st/Wu7Fks by @jeffhargarten
— MinnPost (@MinnPost) January 8, 2013
January 3, 2013
Carrying a gun gets cheaper in Meeker County
Hundreds of Meeker County gun owners learned last month that they won’t have to pay as much this year to obtain a permit to carry a firearm.
Starting Jan. 1, county residents pay only $40 for a carry permit and pay only $35 to renew a permit, which expires after five years. Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin, who sent letters to permit holders on Dec. 6 informing them of the fee reduction, said he could no longer justify charging a $100 fee for a permit.
