The rifle used in the July 2023 shooting that killed a Fargo officer was equipped with a binary trigger. One was also used in a Burnsville shooting that killed three first responders in 2024. North ...

First of all, there is no such thing as a “fully semi automatic firearm” as stated in a June 29 Reader Opinion letter. Binary triggers do not allow a firearm to fire at twice the rate of a standard ...

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.

House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth and Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson spoke at a press conference shortly after the legislative session ended on May 20, 2024. The GOP leaders denounced the 1,400 ...

A Minnesota District Court judge on Monday struck down a state law that bans what are known as binary triggers on guns, ruling the way legislators tucked the change inside a massive budget bill was ...

Ramsey County Judge Leonardo Castro struck down Minnesota’s binary trigger ban Monday, citing a violation of the state’s “single subject” clause — and sparking conversation over the Minnesota ...

Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison have petitioned the Minnesota Supreme Court to decide a case that could transform how the Minnesota Legislature writes and passes legislation. In ...