Walz calls for special session on gun control after Catholic school shooting

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is asking Minnesota's legislature to return to special session

so that lawmakers can debate and possibly pass stronger gun control laws, according to reports

The move comes after a gunman opened fire at Annunciation Catholic Church and School on August 27th

Two children, aged 8 and 10, were killed and 21 others were injured

After attending back-to-school events Tuesday, Walls told reporters that he'll be calling lawmakers in the coming days to work on a detailed plan covering several aspects of gun legislation

One part of the plan might be a ban on assault weapons. The sad reality of it is that what happened last week is preventable because so many nations around the world do it

And we cannot resign ourselves to believe that our little ones can't be safe in what should be and always is the most safe environments they can possibly be in

So there's more work to do there. Wall said, as reported by KSTP News, the governor hasn't fully explained his proposals yet

but said that they won't infringe on Americans' Second Amendment right to bear arms

He said that he is willing to consider suggestions from Republicans. It uncertain whether new gun laws would even get enough votes to become law The state legislature is nearly evenly split between Democrats and Republicans making it hard to pass controversial laws The House is expected

to be tied 67 to 67 with Republicans in charge, and the Senate has a very narrow Democratic

majority with just one vote. As disappointing as it is that the governor is doing this in such an

overtly political way, House Republicans stand ready to protect students and schools. Minnesota

House Speaker Lisa DeMuth said in a statement on X, I hope we can have a real conversation about

all aspects of safety, including things like the school security funding that was denied by the

DFL trifecta in 2023 and more funding for desperately needed mental health resources

instead of vague demands for policies that have not stopped gun violence in other states

the Cold Spring Republican added. 23-year-old Robin Westman carried out the mass shooting at

the Catholic school in Minneapolis on August 27th. Officials said Westman used a rifle

a shotgun, and a handgun to fire more than 100 shots through the decorative glass windows of the

church while students were attending mass. For Straight Arrow News, I'm Lauren Keenan

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