“This is why I work to protect Minnesota. My husband would be with me today had that gun not been two feet away from him.”
Minnesota had 356 firearm suicides in 2018, or nearly one per day. Most of Minnesota’s gun suicides are white men; Greater Minnesota has a higher suicide rate than the 7-county metro area.
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Learn how Minnesota’s Extreme Risk Protection Orders work, who can file a petition, and how ERPOs can help prevent gun violence.
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Review Protect Minnesota’s policy fact sheets to reduce gun violence, prevent firearm deaths, and support safer communities across Minnesota.
Protect Minnesota’s 2025 fact sheet on lethal gun violence in Minnesota breaks down firearm deaths by suicide, homicide, age, race, and geography.
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