Govenor Tim Walz at IT AGAIN

The first hearing of the Minnesota special legislative session called by Democrat Gov. Tim Walz to ban millions of privately owned firearms and force several other infringements upon state gun owners revealed some of the measures that will likely be considered.

According to a report at grandforksherald.com, the September 15 meeting included not only lawmakers, but also parents of children that were hurt in the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church, where a trans man fired into the windows of the church during the school’s first Mass of the year.

At the top of the wish list, of course, is banning so-called “assault weapons,” popular semi-auto firearms owned by millions of Americans who use them for sporting shooting, hunting, competition and other legal purposes. Of course, when a deranged criminal uses such rifles to kill children he has barricaded into a church, suddenly it’s the gun that is the culprit.

Interestingly, reports from law enforcement following the attack indicated that the perpetrator also used a shotgun and handgun, along with a rifle. It’s unclear whether Democrat lawmakers will call for a total ban on shotguns and handguns as a result.

Other Democrat proposals mentioned during the hearing include a re-enactment of the state’s binary trigger ban, which was struck down last month by a district court, a requirement for serial numbers on guns, safe storage requirements, gun safety training and the creation of a civil commitment division in the Attorney General’s Office. Incidentally, there have been no reports that the attacker at Annunciation Church used a binary trigger, a gun without a serial number or a gun that was stored unsafely.