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Gun violence resulted in 564 deaths in 2024, a number that is alarming people like Maggiy Emery with the gun violence protection group Protect Minnesota.
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Alarming Trend: Minnesota saw 564 gun deaths in 2024, a 6% increase over 2023 with the majority coming from suicides

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Utah bill could see gun safety taught to kindergartners
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Utah bill could see gun safety taught to kindergartners

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The Transportation Safety Administration is out with new numbers showing the amount of guns stopped at checkpoints so far this year.
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TSA out with new numbers on guns found at security checkpoints and 90% were found loaded

TSA spokesperson Jessica Maylee says travelers who bring guns to the security checkpoint are in for a long day
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Burrell, at his home in Minneapolis two days after being released from prison in 2020.
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After having 18-year prison sentence commuted, Myon Burrell found guilty of drug and firearms charges

Burrell was accused in the 2002 murder of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards and his sentence was commuted in 2020
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is asking for a review of a recent decision by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld the right of adults younger than 21 to obtain a permit to carry a firearm.
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Attorney General asks for review of decision allowing under 21-year old permit to carry firearms

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says the issue needs to be looked at with more "common sense"
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People in multiple southern states can now buy ammo out of AI-powered vending machines
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People in multiple southern states can now buy ammo out of AI-powered vending machines

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July 4 turns deadly at Yellowstone National Park
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July 4 turns deadly at Yellowstone National Park

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A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) worker screens passengers at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) on the day before Thanksgiving, the nation's busiest travel day on November 22, 2017 in New York City.
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TSA finds more than 1,500 firearms at airport security in first quarter of 2024

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Senate Republican blasts Democrats for trying to take credit for bill making straw purchase of firearms a felony

Last week a Burnsville woman was indicted for the straw purchase of firearms used to kill three first responders
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Burnsville woman indicted for supplying guns used to murder two police officers and firefighter-EMT in February

According to court documents, Ashley Anne Dyrdahl conspired with Shannon Gooden to acquire firearms illegally
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9-year-old boy brings loaded handgun to school, woman charged

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120,000 gun safes recalled over concerns children can open them

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Travelers line up to enter a security checkpoint at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on December 23, 2023 in New York, New York.
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More than 6,700 firearms found by the TSA in 2023, most of them loaded

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Gun found at MSP Airport checkpoint, this time from airline employee

"Firearm owners always know where their weapons are and we want to remind people not to make this mistake"
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A member of the media and IDF soldiers walk past a Hamas militant who was killed days earlier after attacking this kibbutz where dozens of civilians were killed near the border with Gaza, on October 10, 2023 in Kfar Aza, Israel. Israel has sealed off Gaza and conducted airstrikes on Palestinian territory after an attack by Hamas killed hundreds and took more than 100 hostages. On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza by land, sea, and air, killing over 700 people and wounding more than 2000. Israeli soldiers and civilians have also been taken hostage by Hamas and moved into Gaza. The attack prompted a declaration of war by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and ongoing retaliatory strikes by Israel on Gaza killing hundreds.(Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
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Israel allows citizens to carry guns for self defense

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd during a campaign rally on September 25, 2023 in Summerville, South Carolina.
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Donald Trump foiled in attempt to buy handgun

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Gun deaths for kids skyrocketed in 2021

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