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In a victory for vengeful wackos statewide, the Minnesota legislature has *finally* managed to pass the aptly named 'Minnesota Personal Protection Act', also known as 'The Crazyass New Law that Makes it Legal for Tons of People to Carry Concealed Handguns'. [article]

This one totally baffles me.

Minnesota now stands eighth-lowest in the nation in the rate of firearm deaths from homicide, suicide and accident. All of the states with better rates have gun laws similar to the one Minnesota is abandoning. The dozen states with the highest rates of firearm deaths all have the system Minnesota is adopting.

Huh.

Estimates are that that 2% of the population will apply for the new permits. On a big day at the State Fair, 150,000+ people pour into the fairgrounds. For those too lazy to do the math, that means that next fall there will be 3000+ guns going through the turnstiles with the rest of us fatsos. Remind me stopping begging strangers for a free Sweet Martha's Cookie. They might pop a cap in my ass.

On a good note, there's this analysis:

"It probably isn't Armageddon," said Sen. Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, with a sigh.

It 'probably' isn't Armageddon? Well that's 'probably' good news, then.

Prediction: in 5 years this law will officially be labeled 'stupid'.