Minnesota Governor-Elect Amy Klobuchar Says the ‘Gun Safety Bill Is Going to Get Passed’ and Calls It a Top Priority

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ST. PAUL, MN — Minnesota Governor-elect Amy Klobuchar says a gun bill is coming, and she wants it near the top of the agenda. “Well, I think the gun safety bill is going to get passed, and I am so excited to be working with the leaders on this, and it certainly should be one of our top priorities,” Klobuchar said in a video clip the National Rifle Association posted to Facebook.

The NRA called the remarks one of her first acts as governor-elect. In the same post, NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commerford said the group “will fight this every step of the way in St. Paul, and if Klobuchar gets her way, we will see her in court.”

In the clip, Klobuchar did not name a bill or say what it would contain. The clearest look at what a Minnesota “gun safety bill” has meant on paper is Senate File 4067, from the Legislature’s 2025-2026 session. Here is what that text contains.

Rifles, pistols, shotguns and magazines

SF 4067 rewrites Minnesota’s definition of a “semiautomatic military-style assault weapon.” The new definition covers any semiautomatic rifle that takes a detachable magazine and has any one of these features: a pistol grip, a thumbhole stock, a folding or telescoping stock, a protruding grip for the support hand, or a barrel shroud. Similar feature tests apply to semiautomatic pistols and shotguns. The bill also deletes the current exemption for firearms recognized as suitable for sporting purposes.

It defines a large-capacity magazine as any feeding device that holds more than 17 rounds. Tube magazines on .22s and lever-action rifles are excluded.

Licensed dealers could not sell either one. A private sale would require a transferee permit, proof the seller legally acquired the item, and a certification from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), the state’s criminal investigation agency. Selling more than 10 covered guns or magazines within 180 days is a felony.

Anyone who already owns a covered firearm or magazine would have to get it certified by the BCA and renew that certification every three years. The BCA may charge a fee. Possessing an uncertified item is a gross misdemeanor on a first offense and a felony after that.

Home builds and 3D printing

The bill bans possession of “ghost guns.” It defines those as any firearm or frame without a serial number engraved in metal, any gun that is undetectable by a metal detector, and any gun made on a 3D printer or CNC mill by someone who is not a licensed manufacturer. Possession carries up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Unlicensed builders would be capped at three firearms a year and would need a serial number from a federal firearms licensee before starting. They could not use a 3D printer or CNC machine at all. Selling or distributing 3D-printer design files for a ghost gun to anyone in the state other than a licensee is also a crime.

Storage, schools, red flag orders and binary triggers

Today it is a gross misdemeanor to negligently leave a loaded firearm where a child is likely to get it. SF 4067 extends that to anyone prohibited from possessing firearms. On school property, the bill removes the current exception for people who keep or store pistols in a vehicle under Minnesota’s permit to carry law. It also extends the school gun ban to posted venues hosting Minnesota State High School League events.

The bill also changes Minnesota’s red flag law, the extreme risk protection order process that lets a court order someone to give up their guns:

• Any law enforcement agency or city or county attorney’s office could file a petition.
• Orders could be extended for up to five years in repeat cases.
• The requirement that agencies pay fair market value for permanently surrendered firearms is deleted.

The bill also reenacts the state’s binary trigger ban retroactively to Jan. 1, 2025.

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The SF 4067 text sets effective dates in 2026 and 2027. Any new bill would carry its own language and dates, and Klobuchar has not said whether hers will follow SF 4067.

I will continue tracking the bill as it takes shape in St. Paul.

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