House Judiciary & Civil Law Committee Advances 2 Gun Safety Bills

A bill requiring background checks for private sales of firearms is advancing in the Minnesota House.  Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus V-P Rob Doar says it’s an additional hurdle for law abiding gun owners that criminals will continue to walk around:

“All of this being said…according to data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics only eight percent of criminally acquired firearms come from private sales.”

D-F-L Representative Brion Curran of Vadnais Heights noted the overall number of gun deaths in the U-S:

“45 thousand plus people per year. Eight percent of 45 thousand people is three thousand-600 people.”

The House Judiciary and Civil Law Committee also passed the so-called ‘red flag’ law and sent it to Ways and Means.