US EditionAs Gun Control Stalls at the Capitol, Gov. Walz, Gabby Giffords Kick Off Town Halls
- Gabby Giffords and Governor Tim Walz launched town halls discussing gun violence, attracting about 850 attendees at Waconia High School on October 25.
- Giffords emphasized, 'Stopping gun violence takes courage, the courage to do what's right.'
- Governor Walz may propose an assault weapons ban, which received applause from attendees affected by the Annunciation Church shooting.
- Local elected officials were invited, but some declined to attend, and the event did not take audience questions.
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Duluth News Tribune
As gun control stalls at the Capitol, Gov. Walz, Gabby Giffords kick off town halls
WACONIA, Minn. — With negotiations in the Minnesota Legislature at a standstill, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords joined Gov. Tim Walz on Saturday, Oct. 25, to kick off a series of DFL-led town halls to discuss gun violence. The first of the series drew roughly 850 Minnesotans to the Waconia High School auditorium, where Giffords implored them to be “courageous.” In 2011, Giffords was shot by a gunman at a constituent event in Tucson, Arizona…
A Fresh Look/Cass County DFL: Gun violence against children hits close to home
The shooting and killing at Annunciation School hit very close to home for this writer. One of the children shot was my first cousin's granddaughter. She was shot in the neck and still has shrapnel embedded in her neck, which as of this writing, still cannot be removed. She spent days in the hospital. She says that she will never be able to go into a building with stained glass windows again. The following was not written by her nor was it writt…
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