Lawmaker: Ban guns from Capitol (MN)

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http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/120161479.html

A state lawmaker introduced legislation Monday to bar most people from bringing guns to the State Capitol.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Michael Paymar, DFL-St. Paul, comes on the heels of a report early this month that found potential threats lurking around the Capitol.

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Minnesota law allows people to carry guns in the State Capitol if they have the proper weapons permit and they inform the commissioner of Public Safety. A spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, Doug Neville, said 418 people have notified the commissioner that they plan to bring weapons to the Capitol complex in the past six years. The names of those people are not public.

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One of those lawmakers is Public Safety Committee Chairman Tony Cornish, R (edit: moran) -Good Thunder, who called Paymar's bill a "terrible idea" on Monday.

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