GUN STORAGE BILL PASSES MINNESOTA HOUSE GOES TO SENATE FOR CRUCIAL VOTE

by Ryan Honl

The Gun Storage Safety Bill, HF4300, passed the Minnesota State House this week and will head to the State Senate for a potential vote. Democratic Governor Tim Walz states that he will immediately sign the bill if it does pass the Senate and heads to his desk.

The bill passed the House 68-64 largely along partisan lines. No Republicans in the House or the Senate who are in the minority support the bill.

According to the text and explanation of the bill on the Minnesota House website, gun owners could be criminally charged for not securing guns outside of a locked safe in any place...