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MN GOP House Minority Leader's gun was used by his friend in felony assault case
House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt involved in dispute over car sale
By Doug Belden
dbelden@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 01/10/2014 12:01:00 AM CST | UPDATED: 17 MIN. AGO
The state's top Republican House member was facing questions Friday over his role in a confrontation last fall in Montana involving a car deal gone bad, but Kurt Daudt wasn't talking much.
He released a three-paragraph statement saying his role in the incident -- in which a friend pulled Daudt's gun and wound up charged with three felonies -- was to try to defuse the situation.
Daudt, 40, of Crown, who became minority leader a year ago after one term in the House, said he was handcuffed initially as police sorted things out but that he was soon told he wasn't being accused of wrongdoing.
His friend, identified in court documents as 24-year-old Daniel Benjamin Weinzetl of Cambridge, was charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and criminal endangerment.
By Doug Belden
dbelden@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 01/10/2014 12:01:00 AM CST | UPDATED: 17 MIN. AGO
The state's top Republican House member was facing questions Friday over his role in a confrontation last fall in Montana involving a car deal gone bad, but Kurt Daudt wasn't talking much.
He released a three-paragraph statement saying his role in the incident -- in which a friend pulled Daudt's gun and wound up charged with three felonies -- was to try to defuse the situation.
Daudt, 40, of Crown, who became minority leader a year ago after one term in the House, said he was handcuffed initially as police sorted things out but that he was soon told he wasn't being accused of wrongdoing.
His friend, identified in court documents as 24-year-old Daniel Benjamin Weinzetl of Cambridge, was charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and criminal endangerment.
http://www.twincities.com/crime/ci_24885335/house-minority-leader-kurt-daudt-involved-montana-dispute
This is the type of "responsible gun owner" the NRA has chosen to write our laws for us.
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