State Capitol weapons screening stops over 50 illegal items this session

ST. PAUL, Minn. – It appears the new weapons screening plan at the State Capitol is working.  

New numbers show out of more than 121,000 visitors entering the building since Feb. 17, security has stopped 52 illegal items from coming into the capitol.  

“Those would include knives that aren’t allowed into the capitol building. Someone brought a camping skewer, a marshmallow skewer that was turned away. I believe there was a screwdriver but the majority of them would be knives, things like that people carry in their pockets,” State Patrol Colonel Christina Bogojevic says.   

Bogojevic says 548 gun owners have entered the State Capitol and had the proper permits with them.