Walz's plan for special legislative session on gun violence murky

Walz’s gun plan wouldn’t stop shootings, but it might shred civil liberties

Walz is proposing stricter standards for safe storage, increased funding for mental health treatment, and expanding Minnesota's red flag laws.

Walz's plan for special legislative session on gun violence murky

If anyone wants Gov. Tim Walz to call a special legislative session to take on gun violence, you’d think it would be Ron Latz.  The St. Louis Park DFLer chairs the Minnesota Senate’s Judiciary and Public Safety Committee and has written perhaps the state’s most ambitious gun control legislation ever, a 2023 law that lets courts take away guns from people judged to be a threat to themselves or others.  But while Walz is preaching urgency, Latz is…

MCC: Special legislative session would be a first step in addressing gun violence

Jason Adkins — executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) — said Sept. 5 that Gov. Tim Walz’s call for a special legislative session to address gun violence in the wake of the Annunciation church shooting would be a first but insufficient step to address all issues involved. Equitable school safety funding for all students — including those in nonpublic schools — must be addressed, Adkins said in a written statement for MCC, t…