A Michigan/ Iowa style beverage container program could be coming to Minnesota in 2026 as Minnesota House of Representatives takes first steps.
HF 3200 has been added to the agenda of the Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy committee of the Minnesota House.
The bill would add a surcharge to all bottles and cans sold in Minnesota which will be refunded once the can or bottle is returned to an approved retailer.
Starting in July 2026 the bill would add a charge of 5 cents for containers less than 24 ounces and 10 cents for containers of more than 24 ounces. Eventually raising the amount to 10 cents for containers less than 24 ounces and 15 cents for containers more than 24 ounces in 2030.
Are you looking forward to standing in line to return your bottles/cans just to get your money back? Let us know in the comments.
Here is a picture of what we get to look forward to if the bill passes.
Minnesota Democrats introduce bill to ban the sale or transfer of “semiautomatic military-style assault weapons”. The following types of firearms are currently on list to be banned. As well as any gun that meets the following criteria.
Gun List
Avtomat Kalashnikov (AK-47) semiautomatic rifle
Beretta AR-70 and BM-59 semiautomatic rifle
Colt AR-15 semiautomatic rifle
Daewoo Max-1 and Max-2 semiautomatic rifle
Famas MAS semiautomatic rifle
Fabrique Nationale FN-LAR and FN-FNC semiautomatic rifle
Galil semiautomatic rifle
Heckler & Koch HK-91, HK-93, and HK-94 semiautomatic rifle
Ingram MAC-10 and MAC-11 semiautomatic pistol and carbine
Intratec TEC-9 semiautomatic pistol
Sigarms SIG 550SP and SIG 551SP semiautomatic rifle
SKS with detachable magazine semiautomatic rifle
Steyr AUG semiautomatic rifle
Street Sweeper and Striker-12 revolving-cylinder shotgun
USAS-12 semiautomatic shotgun
Uzi semiautomatic pistol and carbine
Valmet M76 and M78 semiautomatic rifle
Other features resulting in a gun being banned.
(1) semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and has one or more of the following:
(i) a pistol grip or thumbhole stock;
(ii) any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand;
(iii) a folding or telescoping stock; or
(iv) a shroud attached to the barrel, or that partially or completely encircles the barrel, allowing the bearer to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand without being burned, but excluding a slide that encloses the barrel;
(2) semiautomatic pistol, or any semiautomatic, centerfire, or rimfire rifle with a fixed magazine that has the capacity to accept more than ten rounds of ammunition;
(3) semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and has one or more of the following:
(i) any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand;
(ii) a folding, telescoping, or thumbhole stock;
(iii) a shroud attached to the barrel, or that partially or completely encircles the barrel, allowing the bearer to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand without being burned, but excluding a slide that encloses the barrel; or
(iv) the capacity to accept a detachable magazine at any location outside of the pistol grip;
(4) semiautomatic shotgun that has one or more of the following:
(i) a pistol grip or thumbhole stock;
(ii) any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand;
(iii) a folding or telescoping stock;
(iv) a fixed magazine capacity in excess of ten rounds; or
(v) an ability to accept a detachable magazine;
(5) shotgun with a revolving cylinder; or
(6) conversion kit, part, or combination of parts from which an assault weapon can be assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control of the same person.
Semiautomatic military-style assault weapon does not mean any firearm described in this paragraph that has been made permanently inoperable.
The bill would also involve a buyback program. The penalty for violating the law would be a felony and punishable by imprisonment up to 5 years and/or a fine up to $25,000.
Nick Majerus breaks down how the DFL Minnesota House Tax Chairwoman was seen sitting court side at Gopher basketball game with two lobbyists who have business before her committee this year. Like Nick we have some serious questions.
The first individual she’s sitting with sure looks a lot like Nathan Jesson, a lobbyist who deals with Tax issues, LGA, and TIF.
A registered lobbyist may not give any gift valued more than 5 US Dollars to any legislator for any reason.
I wasn’t actually able to figure out how expensive a courtside ticket would be because they were all sold out. My best guess is at LEAST $1,000. That’s a tough ticket! pic.twitter.com/8NgurwnBgk
Regardless, this raises serious questions about the conduct of the tax chair in the weeks leading up to session. Do you think her constituents get that kind of facetime with her? pic.twitter.com/5lULb3cVJa
Former NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins (Dr. Fauci’s boss for most of the pandemic) is seen apologizing in a video. Stating they did not think of how their response to the pandemic on would affect Wilk and his family in Minnesota a thousand miles away from where the virus was hitting hard. Going on to say they were not thinking about the consequences for places that were not New York City or some other big city.
It’s about the Metro DFL whackjobs being so condescending and belittling of Greater MN that they can scream that the entire state is currently a racist hotbed going back to our founding and then start mandating that be taught in public schools. Belittling the entire state like that wasn’t good enough for them so they start using the govt to attack: mining, and logging, and livestock farmers, and manufacturing, and energy production, and gas lawnmowers, and atv’s, and gun ownership…..and not even blink an eye.
Because they have been allowed to walk all over us and our entire economic and cultural way of life, what the heck let’s just appoint a committee of our Mpls DFL buddies to hold a mail-in coloring contest and change the official flag and seal. The committee of haters even erased from the flag and seal when Minnesota became a state, since they don’t recognize that as legitimate either.
Does Minnesota need a new flag? Maybe. Maybe they should have asked us first. Maybe they should let the people vote. Maybe they should at least let the legislature we elected vote. But a hybrid Somali-LGBTQXYZ flag picked by mail-in coloring contest and fine tuned by a committee of Mpls DFL appointed race baiters that hate Minnesota ain’t the way to do it.
The urban DFL strikes again at Greater Minnesota with over 2 dozen members introducing a bill to ban mining on state lands in the Rainy River headwater area. Showing their true colors that they want to control our communities and our livelihoods.
One of the legislators that has introduced the bill that would kill 2000 new well paying mining jobs is Rep. Sandra Feist who stated early this session that “Not all students that menstruate are female” during a committee hearing for a bill that would require feminine products be provide in school bathrooms. Never forget this is the mindset of the people that think they know what’s best for you and your community.
This group will soon waste your state surplus on their pet projects. Giving you little to nothing back. While also working to destroy our local economies with their green agenda. They will only care when the money runs out.
With nearly everyone in this group being from the Metro it is becoming clear that those in Greater Minnesota will never get a chance to say what should happen in their own communities. The DFL is a on a mission to push their agenda, and that agenda doesn’t involve us being prosperous.
During a Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee hearing members of the DFL Party called for dismantling oppressive systems during a a land and labor acknowledgment. Watch the acknowledgment for yourself below.
Sadly the oppressive system they speak of is not the one that attacks your freedoms or the one that shut down businesses and churches in the name of fighting COVID. It’s not even the one that is set to steal YOUR state surplus. Their idea of a oppressive system is nothing but a virtue signaling delusion.
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The madness has arrived and it’s not even the worst of it. Check out this small sample of crazy from the last few days.
The DFL is attempting to make it legal to knowingly transmit AIDS or any other possibly deadly disease to someone. ➡️See the bill here⬅️
The DFL is attempting to give driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants while they brag about already voting! What do you think is going to happen after they are given government ids?
They are doing the above while also promoting the delusion that “Not all students that menstruate are female.”.
Sadly this is just the start. A lot worse and more impactful legislation has already been filed! Ranging from gun control to renewable energy mandates. The renewable energy mandates alone will increase electric bills on average by $1640 per year.
They will soon waste your surplus on their “One Minnesota” agenda and raise your taxes once the money is gone.
The only thing we can do now is not be silent. We must keep an eye on them, and let them know when their crazy is showing. Our state’s future depends on it.
