08-09-2026 23:40 via startribune.com

Gaps in Minnesota laws allowed a mass shooter with a violent history to get a gun permit

Carlton Johnson II had a criminal record and a recent restraining order for threatening to kill the mother of his child, but the only way to deny him a gun permit would have been a sheriff’s investigation.
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