February 17, 2018

Minnesota blends background checks, high gun ownership, low violent crime rate

CBS Minnesota -  Minnesota set a record last year for the number of gun background checks the FBI conducted in the state.

More people are carrying guns than ever before, but the crime rate remains relatively low.

Minnesota’s violent crime rate hit a 50-year low in 2016, according to the FBI.

And in 2017, the state set a new record for firearms background checks.

Minnesota set another 2017 record, too. The State Department of Public Safety reports 283,188 Minnesotans now have permits to legally carry firearms in public.

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