A new analysis of gun-related deaths in Minnesota shows firearm homicides fell nearly 20% in 2025 while suicides increased. Protect Minnesota, an organization dedicated to preventing gun violence, ...

New data shows that Minnesota saw a slight drop in gun deaths in 2025, but firearm suicides rose to make up 77% of those deaths.

Minnesota saw a decrease last year in the number of annual deaths involving a gun. The 2025 total was 549, which includes ...

Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday signed two executive orders to address gun violence in Minnesota. Under the orders, a Statewide Safety Council will be created to develop a blueprint to prevent mass violence.

Anthony Bettin is a web producer at CBS Minnesota. He primarily covers breaking news and sports, with a focus on the Minnesota Vikings. Gov. Tim Walz signed two executive orders on Tuesday he said are ...

Minnesota Democrats are renewing their pressure campaign to compel state Republicans to support new gun control laws after several high-profile fatal shootings last summer and a subsequent failed ...

Kordell, was killed in a shooting at the Hennepin County Government Center," Rachael Joseph writes. "We learned what generations of survivors before us already knew. Change rarely comes when it should ...

Following an afternoon of debate by senators on Monday, the package of bills was approved on a narrow 34-33 vote. The legislation includes bans on assault weapons, high capacity magazines, ghost guns, ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appeared on the verge of tears at a Capitol news conference earlier this month as he prepared to sign two executive orders designed to curb gun violence. These were not ...

As the administration works to expand gun rights, hospitals and community groups have lost funding, and reports on preventing ...