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New Law Requires Police to Trace Guns Recovered from Crime Scenes Following WCCO Investigation
By Jennifer MayerleUpdated on: June 5, 2025 / 10:47 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota
"A new law is aimed at solving more crimes and creating safer communities. Starting this summer, all police agencies in Minnesota will be required to trace all guns recovered from crime scenes.
Gov. Tim Walz signed the change into law following a WCCO investigation where we took you inside the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' National Tracing Center. We discovered not all agencies use the free tracing system to gain investigative leads. And even fewer shared their information. The new law will change that."
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New law requires police to trace guns recovered from crime scenes following WCCO investigation
The law requires agencies in Minnesota to trace crime guns. And to check an often overlooked box to share that trace information state-wide.
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