Minnesota Gun Control Advocates Press Lawmakers in Final Days of Session
The measure would ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines while providing $20 million in school safety aid and mental health funding.
- On May 4, the Minnesota Senate narrowly passed a 34-33 gun violence prevention package banning semi-automatic assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines, investing $20 million in school safety aid and $2.7 million in mental health grants.
- The legislation follows a series of deadly shootings in Minnesota over the past year, including the Annunciation Catholic Church mass shooting in Minneapolis that killed 10-year-old Harper Moyski in August 2025.
- Bryan Strawser, chair of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus Support, rejected the bill's gun control provisions, arguing they infringe on Second Amendment rights and would not have prevented the Annunciation tragedy.
- House Speaker Lisa Demuth is blocking the Senate-passed bill from a floor vote, with the House GOP caucus prioritizing single-subject legislation that can pass the tied chamber.
- With the legislative session ending in two weeks, gun violence prevention advocates renewed pressure on lawmakers Tuesday to bypass House committees and force a floor vote on the package.
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Minnesota gun control advocates press lawmakers in final days of session
ST. PAUL — Minnesota gun violence prevention advocates renewed pressure on lawmakers Tuesday to take up a Senate-passed gun violence prevention package in the final days of the session. Over 20 healthcare professionals, including anesthesiologists, physicians and nurses, walked through a simulation to show what it takes to treat a single child with a gunshot wound. Trish Valusek, who was the pediatric trauma surgeon at Children’s Minnesota on Au…
Minnesota Gun Reform Bill Senate Passes Narrow Vote House Uncertain
A sweeping gun reform bill banning semi-automatic assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines passed the Minnesota Senate 34-33 on May 4, but faces an uncertain future in the House as the legislative session nears its end. The post Minnesota gun reform bill stalls in House with two weeks left in session appeared first on Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
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