After a straw-purchased gun was used in a St. Paul, Minnesota, bar shootout that injured more than a dozen people and killed a bystander, the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday they’ve reached a settlement with Fleet Farm.
The lawsuit, filed in October 2022 against Fleet Farm, alleged the Wisconsin-based retailer sold at least 37 firearms to two people over 16 months, often selling multiple guns either in single transactions or over short time periods.
“I took Fleet Farm to court after the company put the lives of Minnesotans in danger by ignoring clear warning signs and selling guns to straw buyers,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a Tuesday statement. “The warning signs that Fleet Farm ignored were so clear that Fleet Farm themselves went on to use those sales as examples of obvious red flags in internal trainings.”…