Patel's Remarks Conflict With Minnesota Gun Law

Minnesota allows individuals with a permit to carry a gun in public, concealed or not, and there is no state law against having a gun while at a demonstration. That contradicts FBI Director Kash Patel's claim suggesting that "you cannot bring" a loaded firearm "to any sort of protest" in the state.

There are more than a dozen U.S. states with laws prohibiting the open or concealed carry of firearms at a protest or similar event. Minnesota is not one of them.

"This is completely incorrect on Minnesota law," the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, a gun rights advocacy group, said in a social media post responding to Patel's remarks. "There is no prohibition on a permit holder carrying a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines at a protest or rally in Minnesota."