Gun Policy News
Minnesota Bill Aims to Close Gun Show, Private Weapon Sale Loophole
19 February 2009
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St Paul)
Gun control advocates are taking another stab at changing a state law that allows people to buy handguns and assault rifles without a background check from unlicensed dealers.
A similar bill got nowhere in the legislature last year, but chief sponsor Rep. Michael Paymar, DFL-St. Paul, said he hopes tweaks in the bill's language will satisfy the measure's opponents.
"It's a good bill, a simple one designed to keep dangerous guns out of the hands of dangerous people,"... (GunPolicy.org)