A Minnesota Senate working group will meet Monday morning to discuss a variety of proposed solutions to deter gun violence following a Minneapolis mass shooting last month.
The hearing is the first public meeting about policy changes since the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School that left two dead and many injured last month. It could set the table for an anticipated special legislative session addressing violence prevention.
Gov. Tim Walz held closed meetings with legislative leaders last week to assess what could advance in the narrowly divided Legislature. Before those meetings concluded, he said he planned to call lawmakers back no matter what and hoped to get them on the record on proposals to ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines…