Derrick Scott gets 30-year sentence for trafficking fentanyl, possessing automatic weapon
A Maple Grove man will spend 30 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl and possessing a prohibited firearm.
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A Maple Grove man will spend 30 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl and possessing a prohibited firearm.
Cannabis is still considered an illegal substance under federal law, despite Minnesota becoming the 23rd state to legalize it earlier this week.
Minnesota's move to legalize cannabis earlier this week is now posing some challenges for gun owners.
The federal agency that regulates the firearms industry sent an advisory on Tuesday warning that Minnesotans who use marijuana cannot legally own firearms, despite a new state law legalizing recreational use.
A Richfield man pleads guilty to illegally possessing a firearm with an attached "switch," making it a fully automatic weapon.
Allen Henry reports on what St. Paul's gun ordinance requires, and why some are questioning its legality.
A criminal complaint states a student found the guns inside Derrick Lind's bag at Loring Community School on April 23.
After serving a search warrant, investigators found a number of firearms, suspected homemade silencers, ammo, and a "suspected destructive device."
One would expand background checks for gun sales and transfers. The other would implement a "red flag" law allowing a court to temporarily take away a person's guns if deemed a harm to themselves or others.
Authorities announced the amnesty as part of a crackdown on gun ownership after 17 people were killed in 2 separate attacks, including a school shooting.
The gunman from Saturday's shooting was identified by police as Mauricio Garcia, 33. A source said he was a security guard with no prior serious criminal record.
The suspect was shot and killed by a responding officer who was at the mall on an unrelated call, police said.
So far this year law enforcement officers have taken 330 firearms off the streets from people who shouldn't have them.
The woman had to undergo an emergency C-section after the shooting, police said.
People of color were more likely to have experienced gun violence, according to the study.
The shooting took place at an Old National Bank branch in Louisville. Police said the gunman, 25, worked at the bank.
There are once again calls for action in the wake of the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. Sonali Rajan, an associate professor of health education at Columbia University, spoke with CBS News' Errol Barnett and Lilia Luciano about what the nation can do to try to prevent further school shootings.
"We strongly believe there was going to be some other targets, including maybe family members, and one of the malls here in Nashville," said Nashville Police Chief John Drake.
The bill from state Reps. Dave Armstrong, Treig Pronschinske and James Edming and Sen. Romaine Quinn would designate the Henry All-Weather .45-70 as Wisconsin's official state rifle.
The executive order seeks to ensure U.S. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a bipartisan gun control law enacted last summer.
The move is a significant win for conservative groups and Second Amendment advocates who said tracking gun shop purchases would inadvertently discriminate against legal firearms purchases.
The number — roughly 18 per day — is sparking concern at a time when more Americans are armed.
The Supreme Court's expansion of gun rights in June — for the first time in a decade — is testing whether laws aiming to curb gun violence can withstand legal scrutiny.
Police submitted almost two million "crime guns" to the ATF to trace since 2017, with a quarter of those guns being used in a crime within a year of purchase, federal data shows.
Gun control proposals are back on the table in the Minnesota legislature, and with a newfound trifecta in the state government, Democrats see an opportunity to pass those measures this session.
