Gun Laws and Protests

Legal experts say Fourth Amendment protections constrain ICE searches and seizures amid a surge of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, advising residents they can refuse consent to searches and request warrants. A separate PBS fact-check found FBI Director Kash Patel’s blanket claim that guns are barred at protests is incorrect under Minnesota law — the state is a permit‑to‑carry jurisdiction that generally does not ban otherwise lawful firearms at demonstrations — and Patel later narrowed his remarks to say the FBI isn’t targeting peaceful, lawful gun owners absent threats.