With Minnesota Democrats in full gun-ban mode, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is warning that the only thing standing between lawful gun owners...

With Minnesota Democrats in full gun-ban mode, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is warning that the only thing standing between lawful gun owners and a sweeping ban on guns and magazines is the state House of Representatives. “Minnesota’s 2026 firearm policy fight is no longer about what anti-gun lawmakers would like to do,” the NSSF wrote in a recent alert. “It is about what they are actually moving. Senate Democrats already advanced Senate File 3655, a sweeping proposal targeting possession of firearms the bill defines as ‘semi-automatic military-style assault weapons’ and standard-capacity magazines, while the tied Minnesota House of Representatives remains the one institution that has not yet matched that momentum. That split-chamber reality is...