Rob Doar

Public Defense, Crim/ConLaw Nerd | Law & Policy Communicator | Volunteer EMT/SAR Cmdr. | Pres.: MN Gun Owners Law Center | General Counsel: @mnguncaucus

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

Old account inadvertently nuked. Starting over after losing 16 years of tweets and 8k followers. 🤷‍♂️

Oh well. Here we go.

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

Agreeing to abide by the endorsement was a mistake from the start.

Democrats learned long ago that conventions don’t necessarily pick the strongest statewide candidates.

The MNGOP remains more committed to indulging its own sense of importance than producing a viable nominee.

[Michael Brodkorb @mbrodkorb]

How does Team Demuth think they walk this back? This is very clear language from Demuth in February about her pledge to abide by the endorsement.

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

Clean sweep.

[MN Gun Owners Caucus @mnguncaucus]

🚨 BIG WIN: Judge Castro just DENIED the City of Saint Paul's motion to dismiss our preemption lawsuit. Caucus v. City of Saint Paul is moving forward in Ramsey County.

The City argued it could pass a gun ordinance as long as it delayed enforcement. The Court wasn't buying it.

Judge Castro: the Legislature "preempts all authority" of cities "to regulate firearms... to the complete exclusion of any order, ordinance, or regulation."

And the line that says it all:
"There are no exceptions for contingent ordinances."

State law preempts local gun control. Period.

Next stop: a Motion for Summary Judgment to strike down and enjoin Saint Paul's illegal ordinance for good.

We beat tyrants in court because members like you make it possible.

Help us keep fighting.
📄 Read the order and every filing: https://t.co/IpLnlwpf6z

❤️ Donate to the Caucus and the MN Gun Owners Law Center: https://t.co/mImFg04I6l
#mnleg #2A

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: Multiple ICE warehouses were sold by people in Trump's circle who were sitting on the properties and losing money.

We dug into it, and found that some properties were bought by the feds for 10x their list price.

It's a new level of corruption — and you're paying for it.

[Ry-Guy @Ry_Gunn013]

All lawyer that practice in federal court should be eligible for a class action against whoever created Pacer

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

@SNienow 🤣 I started using em dashes in law school and never recovered. Before that, I was abusing ellipses to break up fragmentary thoughts—so this was less a transition than a lateral move.

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

Whenever I see that many — em dashes — from someone who doesn't regularly do legal writing, I know it's AI.

[Bryan Strawser @bryanstrawser]

As someone who has worked in emergency management for most of his professional career, this is really a dumb statement and factually wrong on how things work in this world.

And also... be better.

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

@SIUC_SPS @NadeauDanny @MyersVote and @RepJeffWitte did that. It was blocked in committee on a party line vote.

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

Bipartisan public-safety policy does not become stronger when it is stapled to divisive gun-control proposals. It becomes expendable.

6 of these 9 proposals could pass the #mnleg tomorrow. But the goal isn't to have them pass.

The goal is to make Republicans vote against gun control, then pretend they voted against safety.

Campaign mailers trump public safety... again.

[FOX 9 @FOX9]

Annunciation parents are urging House Republicans to allow a vote on a comprehensive gun safety bill that includes school safety funding, mental health support and bans on assault weapons after a mass shooting in August. https://t.co/hsBSzhZyLj

[Cully Stimson @cullystimson]

🚨🚨🚨 South Carolina Supreme Court overturns murder convictions of notorious attorney Alex Murdaugh because the Clerk of the Court Rebecca Hill committed misconduct during the jury trial, including...

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

The House DFL’s procedural sensitivities ring hollow... for some reason. #mnleg

[Minnesota House DFL @mnhouseDFL]

🚨Minnesota Republicans are literally hiding legislation in a desk drawer to prevent it coming up for a vote.

One of Speaker Demuth's deputies just admitted he was "instructed not to report" a bill banning assault weapons/high-capacity magazines that the Senate already passed.

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

@profpennpodcast Have you been watching this session?
Nothing @mnguncaucus said was incorrect

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

They're just making stuff up.
Section 7 of the bill requires a fee for "each certification" and the certification is specific to each "device".
They can charge you whatever fee they want, and apply it to each device you register.
@MichaelH_MN

[James Reeves @jjreeves]

"Why did my case get dismissed?"
"Well, we filed everything on time in the federal electronic CM/ECF system and the judge received the pleading in his inbox, but this particular judge orders a physical copy delivered to his office by 10 am the next day. We did that, but when we delivered the courtesy copy it was three hole punched at the left hand margin in the standard 9/32" hole size and not the oversized 12/32" hole size."
BTW this screen shot is from a 22 page document. I don't know why we still have standing orders like this in 2026.

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

@AnnaBower Ummm. What?

[Dan Conover @dbconover1]

@TheFIREorg @JonahDispatch

[Patrick Jaicomo @pjaicomo]

DOJ's indictment of James Comey is flagrantly unconstitutional and further evidence of why need to abolish prosecutorial immunity and ensure there is a constitutional cause of action against federal officials of all types.

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

No firm guidance. State law includes CO₂/air guns in the “pistol” definition unless it’s a BB (.18 cal or less)—and Byrna rounds are much bigger. So public carry likely requires a MN permit. At home is fine; in public, safe bet is to treat it like a pistol until someone tests it.

[Christopher Hooks @cd_hooks]

tip for younger reporters: point your camera at the thing that’s happening

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

Columbine happened half way through the assault-weapons ban.

Focusing on a single instrument of harm does not eliminate the underlying motive or the opportunity to act.

Identifying identifying threats upstream and limiting the ability to act on those threats is a far more effective strategy to prevent harm.

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

27 years since the Columbine High School massacre.
27 years of failing to protect our kids.
27 years without common-sense gun laws.

I watched it as a student. Now it’s only gotten worse for our kids.

We need an assault weapons ban.

[Rob Doar @robdoar]

A prohibited person applying for a permit is a unicorn. The permit system is useless at stopping unlawful carry, so I don't anticipate much effect at all from this bill.

On misuse; police already have access to records not readily available to the public. You sign an authorization of release of DHS data when you apply, and they check internal records of agencies you previously resided in.

If they were to deny solely based on an expunged record, without identifying a lawful prohibitor, that's an easy win on appeal.