Overview
- Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced a consent judgment resolving the state's lawsuit accusing Fleet Farm of negligent gun sales to straw buyers.
- Fleet Farm will pay $1 million within 90 days and must file a sworn declaration within one year detailing policy, training and software updates.
- Required measures include a specific list of warning signs for employees, cross-store sales tracking software, unannounced compliance tests, and stricter discipline for violations.
- The agreement adds trace-request monitoring to alert staff when sales link to previously recovered crime guns, and Fleet Farm does not admit fault.
- The case followed ATF traces tying Fleet Farm sales to crime guns, including a weapon used in the 2021 Truck Park bar shooting, and a separate victims' lawsuit remains pending.