A Ramsey County judge has denied Minnesota’s request to allow the enforcement of a binary trigger ban while state attorneys appeal a ruling that declared the provision to be unconstitutional.
During the 2024 legislative session, DFL lawmakers sought to ban binary triggers — devices that allow someone to fire a gun on both the pull and release of the trigger — after its use in a shooting that killed three Burnsville first responders.
The provision was slipped into a 1,500-page tax omnibus bill, a factor that the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus contended violated the Single Subject and Title Clause of the Minnesota Constitution…