Overview
- City Council voted 7–0 to approve an ordinance banning assault-style weapons, high-capacity magazines, binary triggers and unregistered ghost guns within city limits.
- The measure also limits firearms in many city-owned spaces, requires signage, and outlines penalties and enforcement that would activate only if state law changes.
- Because Minnesota Statute 471.633 preempts local firearm regulation, the ordinance will not take effect unless the Legislature repeals or amends that law.
- The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus and the Minnesota Gun Owners Law Center filed suit within hours, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and arguing the ordinance is unlawful.
- Mayor Melvin Carter says the city is ready to act if preemption is lifted, and City Attorney Lyndsey Olson defends contingent ordinances as a common legal tool as other cities in a 17-city coalition, including Edina, weigh similar steps.