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Minnesota lawmakers aim to tighten firearm restrictions for abusers

On Tuesday, the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee unanimously advanced multiple bills to the Judiciary, Finance and Civil Law Committee, driven by bipartisan support to tighten firearm surrender rules for domestic abusers.
A 2015 Minnesota law allows removal of firearms from domestic abusers, but Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover, said implementation is not happening, citing statewide data showing 96% of cases lack court records of surrender.
Rep. Peggy Scott's HF391 would create follow-up compliance hearings, Rep. Dave Pinto's HF3350 would align state and federal lifetime firearm bans, and Rep. Kelly Moller's HF3946 would remove the 72-hour arrest limitation.
HF3946 passed unanimously and now heads to the Judiciary, Finance and Civil Law Committee after Jana Williams, family member who testified, detailed days before Allison's death.
Rep. Kelly Moller said Wednesday she hopes to combine HF4075 with Scott's HF391 to streamline enforcement, noting bipartisan collaboration is uncommon and survivors say offenders exploit the 72-hour rule by being 'gone on arrival'.

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Minnesota lawmakers aim to tighten firearm restrictions for abusers

ST. PAUL — A bipartisan coalition of state representatives is trying to tighten some of Minnesota’s existing laws that take firearms away from domestic abusers. A 2015 Minnesota law established the ability to remove firearms from domestic abusers, but Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover, said that law isn’t working as it should. Scott’s bill, HF391, which she is working on alongside Rep. Kelly Moller, DFL-Shoreview, would create a follow-up compliance h…

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