Posted on 08/10/2021 4:22:26 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
ST PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota group that advocates for the rights of gun owners is suing the organizers of the Minnesota State Fair for its policy banning gun owners with valid permits from carrying their firearms during the fair.
The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus filed suit in Ramsey County court on Tuesday, seeking an injunction against the fair's gun policy.
The lawsuit names the defendants as the State Agricultural Society, which is in charge of the Minnesota State Fair, as well as Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher, after the county agreed to provide security at the fair in 2021.
In addition to the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, the plaintiffs also include two individuals, both regular fairgoers, who are seeking the ability to legally carry a firearm onto the fairgrounds.
"Plaintiffs wish to exercise their fundamental, constitutionally and statutorily protected right to carry loaded, operable handguns on their person, at the annual Minnesota State Fair, for lawful purposes including immediate self-defense," the suit reads. "But they cannot because of the laws, regulations, policies, practices, and customs that Defendants have been enforcing and continue to actively enforce today."
The suit claims the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Minnesota law "supersedes ... any inconsistent local regulation," stating that the State Agricultural Society is a government entity. The suit also claims the policy, which has been in place for years, was never properly established in the State Agricultural Society's bylaws for the fair.
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This year they're putting metal detectors at the entrances. I doubt this issue will be resolved in time for the fair.
So, I won't be in attendance this year.
Are they putting up pantiesinawadfa detectors?
The gangbangers get to carry theirs because racism.
Boycott it. Don’t spend your money at venues who’s policies strip you of your rights and prevent you from defending yourself and your family. Not a penny!
Great Fair! I was able to get to it several years in the 1970’s. The neatest thing was the farm machinery, including the tractors, combines etc. The livestock areas were really cool for me, a suburban dweller, not even close to being rural. We used to stay in St.Paul at a hotel, that overlooked the Mississippi River, which had a rotating restaurant on the top floor. Ahhh memories. LOL
I’m going to my local county fair instead. No metal detectors. 😎
Back in the 50s and 60s the Minnesota State Fair boasted 40 acres of farm machinery. It seemed endless.
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