The Minnesota Senate approved stronger penalties for gun straw buyers Thursday along with a ban on binary triggers, ending weeks of uncertainty about prospects for new gun restrictions this session.

FARGO — North Dakota lawmakers made sure binary triggers were legal in the state four years before a gunman who likely planned a mass shooting in Fargo used the device to kill a police officer. The ...

House lawmakers passed two of more than a half dozen proposed bills to regulate the possession of guns and dangerous weapons in the state. Rep. Ben Koppelman, R-West Fargo, looks at the voting tally ...

The Minnesota Senate on Thursday passed a bill to increase criminal penalties for people who buy guns on behalf of those ineligible to do so themselves. Boosting the penalty for so-called “straw ...

DFL legislators are pushing a variety of gun regulations through the statehouse as they work in their second year of their state government trifecta. Data from the Minnesota Department of Health ...

Those who buy guns for people prohibited from owning them will face more serious consequences in a safety measure highlighted Monday by Gov. Tim Walz at a ceremonial signing at St. Paul police ...