Ramsey County judge strikes down ban on binary triggers for firearms
A Ramsey County judge struck down a ban on a firearm device that can double the rate of fire, siding with a gun rights group that argued the way by which state lawmakers approved the law was unconstitutional.
Binary triggers are devices that allow a gun to shoot one shot on the pull of the trigger and a second shot when releasing it. Federal prosecutors said the guns used in the February 2024 shooting that killed two police officers and a paramedic in Burnsville had these triggers.
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The language was tacked on in a last-minute amendment to a large tax bill before the DFL-controlled Legislature adjourned for the 2024 session. The 1,400 page legislation included many policies from taxes to rideshare regulations to licensing for veterinary technicians.
The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus this February filed a lawsuit challenging the provision, arguing it had nothing to do with operating and financing the state's government and that including it in that bill violated the section of the Minnesota Constitution that states "No law shall embrace more than one subject, which shall be expressed in its title."
