The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a state law requiring individuals to possess a permit to carry a handgun in public is constitutional and does not contravene the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The ruling comes as President Joe Biden presses for a ban on so-called assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and for more background checks, as Biden’s controversial nomination of anti-gun activist David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) flounders in the U.S. Senate. On Aug. 7, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) implored Biden to withdraw the nomination saying the Senate “has spent quite enough time flirting with this profoundly misguided nomination.” The case at hand, State of Minnesota v. Hatch, court file A20-0176, was decided by the Minnesota Supreme Court Aug. 4. Nathan Ernest Hatch’s truck broke down Jan. 8, 2018, as he was driving to work. Metropolitan Airport Commission police stopped to …