A lawsuit filed by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison alleging Fleet Farm negligently sold firearms and other charges tied to gun trafficking will proceed to trial, court documents filed Wednesday show.

According to the 2022 civil lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of Minnesota, Fleet Farm stores sold 37 guns to two individuals — Jerome Horton and Sarah Elwood — between 2020 and 2021. Elwood and Horton have since been arrested and charged. Ellison said shortly after filing the lawsuit that the company should have known they were being resold.

The state in the lawsuit accused Fleet Farm of public nuisance, aiding and abetting, negligent entrustment, negligence, negligence per se and violating the Minnesota Gun Control Act.

A judge on Wednesday ruled that the court w

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