Minnesotan’s 2nd Amendment Right to bear arms is under assault throughout our state. The left has become obsessed with making criminals out of law-abiding gun owners while letting the real criminals run free. While a city has no right to ban gun ownership of certain firearms, Minnesota’s Capital city of Saint Paul is giving it a shot.

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter is up for reelection this year and is doing his best to shore up support from the far left. Despite proving his incompetency time and time again, the Mayoral race remains competitive between himself and self-described illegal immigrant Kaohly Vang Her. 

Previous A4L reporting on the mayoral race was written before Carter got the endorsements of Tim Walz, Peggy Flanagan, Keith Ellison, and three state legislators. These endorsements and Carter’s push for radical gun control appear to be his desperate attempts to cling onto power as Vang Her grows her base of support. Three other St. Paul Mayor candidates are running including conservative business owner Mike Hilborn, liberal scientist Yan Chen, and bike lane obsessed leftist Adam Dullinger.

Melvin Carter participated in a press conference at the Minnesota Capitol with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and other local officials presenting plans to ban so-called “assault” weapons, binary triggers, high-capacity magazines, and “ghost” guns. The full proposal can be read here. However, this is all NONSENSE that cannot be enforced just like their bogus “safe storage” city ordinance.

MN Statute §471.633 blocks local governments from issuing gun control since that authority is vested only in the state legislature. This means that Melvin Carter’s unconstitutional gun control is NULL and VOID. Counties and cities cannot trump state law and St. Paul cannot restrict firearms. Even the city of St. Paul has admitted this fact!

As seen in previous A4L reporting, “ghost” gun laws is the left’s new way of turning a law-abiding gun owner into a criminal. In the case of then 20 year old Walker Anderson, he did not violate the law but leftist prosecutors STILL tried to send him to prison! Luckily, Anderson kept fighting the legal system and the charges were dropped. We do not need laws on the books that would’ve allowed his prosecution and many others to lead to a conviction.

The gun control agenda is set to be discussed at today’s (Wednesday, October 22nd) St. Paul city council meeting. As seen in public comment, each of the all-female 7 St. Paul City Councilmen support these policies. 

Radical leftists are showing conservatives that Republicans cannot cave an inch on gun control. Our Rights and freedom comes from God and nature, not the government. Patriots must reject this ridiculous, unconstitutional, and unenforceable gun control. Action 4 Liberty will continue to hold the line and stand firm to protect our liberties.