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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Guns

Crime and Justice

Father of daughter shot in Las Vegas not mad at gunman

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 4, 2017, 7:27 AM Oct 4, 2017
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‘I’m a Second Amendment person. The weapon didn’t do it. It was the person behind it,’ the man said at his daughter’s bedside.
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Crime and Justice

MN Court: Law against carrying gun while drunk doesn’t extend to car console

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 31, 2017, 11:52 AM Jul 31, 2017
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a district court judge’s decision to dismiss a charge against Christopher Prigge, who was stopped by a Maple Grove police officer for suspected driving under the influence in April 2016. A later search of the car discovered the gun in the center console, and, thus, the additional charges. Read more →

Politics

NRA to media: ‘You do more harm to the country with a keyboard than NRA members with guns’

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 17, 2017, 3:59 PM Jul 17, 2017
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The NRA’s Grant Stinchfield, a conservative talk show host, said the Washington Post does ‘more damage to our country with a keyboard than every NRA member combined has ever done with a firearm.’
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Economy

With no fear of gun control, people lose jobs at ammo maker

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 23, 2017, 11:36 AM Jun 23, 2017
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The fear that the Obama administration would take guns and ammunition away from Americans was great for the guns and ammunition business.

Now that Donald Trump, a strong gun rights advocate, is in the White House, times are tough.
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Crime and Justice · Politics

NRA still silent on Castile shooting, verdict

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2017, 8:33 AM Jun 19, 2017
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When Philando Castile was shot to death last July, many people expected the National Rifle Association to leap to the defense of Castile, who had a permit to carry the gun he was carrying. It’s what the NRA does, of course.

But not this time. Why not? Read more →

Education

School trap-shooting team photo banned from yearbook

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 27, 2017, 9:55 AM Apr 27, 2017
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The Big Lake school board will meet tonight and they most certainly will remove a roadblock preventing the Big Lake High School’s trap shooting team photo from appearing in the yearbook. This, of course, assumes there’s a shred of common sense in Big Lake. Read more →

Economy

Tough times for the gun industry

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 31, 2017, 6:48 AM Mar 31, 2017
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An Anoka ammunition manufacturer is cutting jobs. People aren’t afraid of losing their guns, and it’s killing the industry. Read more →

This or That

Lead closes Hibbing gun range

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 23, 2017, 7:01 AM Jan 23, 2017
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The Hibbing School Board and the Hibbing Rifle and Pistol Club intended to give a new deal to use the Lincoln Elementary gun range a year’s test.

It lasted not quite two weeks after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration reported elevated levels of lead at the gun range. Read more →

Regional history

Rifle maker apologizes for Mankato-themed gun

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2017, 10:30 AM Jan 20, 2017
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A custom rifle manufacturer has apparently decided to halt the sale of a Mankato-themed rifle after complaints that it used a noose to depict the Dakota Conflict. Mankato was the site of the largest mass execution in history when thirty-eight Dakota men were hanged.
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Politics

ND proposal would allow gun owners to carry without permit

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2017, 8:22 AM Jan 10, 2017
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Rep. Rick Becker, R-Bismarck, says gun owners could still get a permit — and undergo the required training — if they want to. Read more →

Crime and Justice · Politics

MN Supreme Court: BB guns are not a firearm

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 19, 2016, 10:24 AM Oct 19, 2016
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The Minnesota Supreme Court today settled a long-running dispute over whether a BB gun is a firearm under Minnesota’s weapons laws.

It’s not, the court ruled, overturning a ruling from the Minnesota Court of Appeals, and reversing the conviction of a Ramsey County man. Read more →

Crime and Justice

La Crosse judge orders cops to disarm when testifying

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 13, 2016, 8:23 AM Oct 13, 2016
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A county judge in La Crosse has police seething over her order that when they testify in her courtroom, they can’t have their guns nor duty belts with them.
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Crime and Justice

Texas gun law made it harder to tell good guys from bad

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 11, 2016, 8:20 AM Jul 11, 2016
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The New York Times reports today that people openly carrying their legal weapons at last week’s assault on Dallas police made it tougher for police to fight back. It introduces a new wrinkle in an old debate: If everyone has guns, how do you tell the good from the bad? Read more →

Crime and Justice

After bad job of parking, man pulls a gun at gas station

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 6, 2016, 7:31 AM Jul 6, 2016
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There’s a little something for everybody in the Pioneer Press story about the arrest of a man who allegedly pointed a gun at a person at a gas station on Sunday evening. Read more →

Politics

Wis. lawmaker wants liability penalties for businesses banning guns

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 23, 2016, 8:23 AM Jun 23, 2016
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Rep. Bob Gannon, R-Slinger, is proposing legislation that would triple the damages for any shootings that occur at a business where guns are banned. Read more →

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