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    Minnesota-based Scheels sued over man’s suicide by gun

    9.9.2024

      Minneapolis, MN (CN) – The mother of a man who killed himself inside a Minnesota sporting goods store claims in a lawsuit filed Monday that the store should have known not to give him a gun.

      In the lawsuit, Sarah Van Bogart says an employee of Scheels All Sports, Inc., gave her 19-year-old son Jordan Markie a handgun with no safety locking device and without first checking his identification to see if he was 21 years old, the minimum age in Minnesota to purchase a handgun. 

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      Did you know?

      30 percent of guns recovered by ATF in California have no serial number on them, making it impossible for law enforcement to trace.

      Stephens A. “Ghost Guns Are Everywhere in California”. The Trace. (2019). https://bit.ly/2DKkIlt