Blue-State City Just Had Its Local Gun Ban Trashed By Judge

July 22, 2026 2:32 PM ET A Minnesota gun-rights organization has fought a legal battle with St. Paul in state court for the past six months, arguing that the city unlawfully passed a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms.The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus (MNGOC) sued the capital city in November after it passed the ordinance targeting so-called “assault weapons” — which St. Paul drafted to only take effect if the state’s firearms preemption law is repealed. The gun-rights organization argued that the city should not be allowed to keep the measure on the books due to the “profound legal uncertainty” that “chills the present exercise of their fundamental right to keep and bear arms,” according to the complaint. (RELATED: Liberal Court Unleashes ‘Unserious Screed’ Against Conservative-Majority S