First, the good news: in the last week or so, the Minneosta Gun Owners Caucus won its long legal battle to extend carry permits to citizens over 18 years old.\u00a0\u00a0 The Caucus has long held that it’s absurd that Minnesota restricts carry permits to people over 21 years old, when they can sign contracts, join the military, and are held fully responsible for their actions as adults at 18.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Several levels of courts agreed, and the US Supreme Court refused to hear Keith Ellison’s final round of appeals.\u00a0\u00a0 While I’m sure Minnesota’s regulatory state will squawk, qualified 18 year olds can now exercise the same rights, as citizens, that the rest of us do.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Which didn’t land quite the same way with everyone. <\/p>\n
“Lucky” Rosenbloom, who runs a…er, unique shop on Dale at Saint Anthony, just off I94 in Frogtown, a long-time permit trainer, isn’t going to take students below 21:<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s more important to have safety,\u201d Lucky Rosenbloom, a state-certified firearms instructor, said. \u201cThese kids are impulsive. They\u2019re not going to think. Some of these kids still think that they\u2019re invincible,\u201d he added about his decision to not have 18\u201320-year-olds in his classes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m ruling it out. I will not teach [them],\u201d Rosenbloom added. \u201cI\u2019m not worried about the backlash.\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, that backlash is already starting to roll in.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
And roll, it did:<\/p>\n\n\n\n