Minnesota DFL Presses Vote on 34-33 Gun Bill as Session Nears Sunday End
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Updated · KSTP · May 17
Minnesota DFL Presses Vote on 34-33 Gun Bill as Session Nears Sunday End
5 articles · Updated · KSTP · May 17
36 hours into a House floor sit-in, Minnesota DFL lawmakers and gun-violence advocates rallied at the Capitol on Saturday to force a vote on SF 4067 before the session ends Sunday.
SF 4067 cleared the Senate by a 34-33 vote and bundles an assault-weapons ban, high-capacity magazine limits, ghost-gun and binary-trigger restrictions, safe-storage rules, and school mental-health funding.
Annunciation Catholic School families joined the push after two students were killed in an August shooting, arguing even a small drop in gun violence would save lives.
House Speaker Lisa Demuth said the package stalled after failing on party-line committee votes, while GOP leaders accused Democrats of tying bipartisan school-safety measures to gun restrictions without cross-party support.
With lawmakers returning for the session's final day Sunday, DFL members say the impasse is denying Minnesotans a recorded floor vote and the bill is unlikely to advance.
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