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  • Once a Progressive State, Minnesota Is Now a Fief of the N.R.A.

    09/04/2006 11:19:03 PM PDT · by neverdem · 91 replies · 2,477+ views
    The New York Times ^ | September 5, 2006 | VERLYN KLINKENBORG
    Editorial Observer A couple of weeks ago, I checked into a hotel in Bloomington, a Minneapolis suburb framed by the airport and the Mall of America. On the hotel door was a sign: “Firearms Banned on These Premises.” The next day I drove to St. Joseph, an hour west of the Twin Cities, where I saw the same sign. Slowly the logical conclusion sank in. If firearms are banned on these premises, then they must not be banned in other places. Sure enough, a year ago the State Legislature passed a “concealed carry” law, which means that it’s legal to...