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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Winter is usually Mick Sharpe’s slow season.
The founder of Protection Far Left of Center teaches firearms and self-defense training courses for people who lean left, politically. He typically holds two or three concealed carry classes a month with between five and eight participants in each course.
But in the weeks since Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has blanketed the Twin Cities, and federal agents killed two people, Sharpe has held twice-weekly classes for between 25 and 30 participants. And he is booked into July.
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