STATE
MINNESOTA GUN LAWS
In recent years, Minnesota has enacted several strong gun safety measures, including expanded background checks, an Extreme Risk Protection Order law, and laws blocking access for domestic abusers under restraining orders. However, Minnesota is still missing a number of lifesaving policies that can combat gun violence in the state.
Scorecard Grade
In 2024, Minnesota had the eighth lowest gun death rate among the state. In an average year, 551 people die from gun violence in the state. That means someone dies from gun violence every 16 hours. Seventy-one percent of those deaths are gun suicides, and 26% are gun homicides. In Minnesota, the rate of gun deaths increased 32% from 2015 to 2024, compared to a 15% increase nationwide.
EXPLORE MINNESOTA’S GUN LAWS
WHO CAN HAVE A GUN
OWNER RESPONSIBILITIES
CHILD & CONSUMER SAFETY
GUNS IN PUBLIC
HARDWARE & AMMUNITION
OTHER LAWS & POLICIES
What Minnesota Does Well
- Permit-to-purchase for handguns
- Certain assault weapon restrictions
- Certain domestic violence gun laws
- Certain waiting period laws
- Certain open carry regulations
- Child access prevention laws
- Disarming procedures
- Partial handgun dealer regulation
- Ammunition sale regulation
- Extreme risk protection orders
- Community Violence Intervention (CVI) funding
- Universal background checks for most firearms
What Minnesota Is Missing
- Permit-to-purchase for long guns
- Large capacity magazine ban
- Lost & stolen firearm reporting
- Prohibit armed intimidation at polling places, drop boxes, and where votes are counted
- Bulk firearm purchase restrictions
- Enact a gun industry accountability law
- Require gun owners to safely store firearms
SPOTLIGHT
GUN VIOLENCE STATISTICS
Explore facts, figures, and original analysis compiled by our experts. To end our gun violence crisis, we need to better understand where, how, and why violence occurs.
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