Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 3—MOORHEAD — Binary triggers, used in the killing of a Fargo police officer last year and three Burnsville responders in ...

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.

A Minnesota District Court judge on Monday struck down a ban on binary triggers on guns. Most commonly, binary triggers allow a firearm to shoot one round on the pull of the trigger and a second round ...

A judge is questioning the legality of a tax omnibus bill passed by lawmakers in 2024 as part of a ruling on binary triggers. The judge blocked the state ban on binary triggers included in the bill.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals handed down a major decision for the state's firearm owners, ruling that a recent ban on binary triggers violates the state constitution. The court affirmed a lower ...

A Ramsey County judge sided with the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus in a lawsuit that said the inclusion of the ban in a 1,400-page bill violates the Minnesota Constitution’s single-subject bill rule.

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 ...

Binary triggers are neat little devices. They allow a gun to fire when you pull the trigger and release it. Each counts as a separate action of the trigger, thus skirting the National Firearms Act ...

A Ramsey County judge has denied Minnesota’s request to allow the enforcement of a binary trigger ban while state attorneys appeal a ruling that declared the provision to be unconstitutional. During ...

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 ...

Despite the opposition of our local legislators, the passage of the law outlawing binary trigger devices is a good move forward. Binary triggers have an extra step in their mechanisms that allows the ...