NFL Secures a Rare Legal Victory in Minnesota, in Firearm Case

A Minnesota state appeals court delivered a victory to the National Football League (NFL) and the Minnesota Vikings by reversing the order of a lower court, which prevented the Vikings from blocking the entry of armed, off-duty police officers in its stadium.   At odds in the case was the Minnesota Citizens' Personal Protection Act of 2003 (PPA), Minn. Stat. § 624.714 (2014) and the NFL’s recently passed Firearms and Weapons Policy (the policy), which provides that firearms are strictly