(2 Sep 2025)
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St. Paul, Minnesota – 2 September 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Frey, Minneapolis mayor:
“The first choice, of course, the first and best way of doing this is to have a statewide and or a federal ban on assault weapons and a ban on high-capacity magazines. But if you’re not able to do it or willing to do it there, give us the ability to keep our constituents safe.”
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Melvin Carter, St. Paul mayor:
“The emergency did not start when those two beautiful children, Minnesotan children, took their last breath. The emergency started when we found out that we live in a country in which the number one cause of death for children is gunfire.”
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Busse, Bloomington mayor:
“I’m old enough to remember when this country literally went to war over an incorrectly perceived threat of weapons of mass destruction. Now we have an immediate threat, a very local threat, from devastating weapons right here in our schools, our churches, our communities, and our neighborhoods. Weapons of war are in the hands of people who should never ever have the opportunity to use them and our communities are paying the price.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kathleen Anderson, Moms Demand Action Minnesota:
“And as a neighbor to the Capitol, I live just eight minutes away, I’m here all of the time during sessions, and I hear elected leaders on the other side say, ‘Well, these policies just don’t work for my constituents.’ The persistent threat of gun violence is not working for the children in my home, for the neighbors on my block, for the kids in my community, and all of the communities of the mayor standing behind me.”
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STORYLINE:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz plans to call a special legislative session to consider tougher gun laws following a shooting last week at a Catholic school in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 21 people injured.
The Democrat told reporters Tuesday, after welcoming children back to a public school in the Minneapolis suburb of Eagan, that he’ll be making calls to lawmakers and working on a plan over the next couple of days. Walz said he intends to propose a “very comprehensive” package that could include an assault-weapons ban.
But it’s not clear if any new restrictions on guns can pass the closely divided Minnesota Legislature. A special election this month is expected to restore a 67-67 tie in the House under a Republican speaker, and Senate Democrats have just a one-vote majority.
The mayors of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Bloomington held a news conference Tuesday to call on the Legislature to change a 1985 state law that prevents cities from enacting their own gun restrictions. The mayors support bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and say cities should be allowed to enact them if the Legislature won’t pass statewide bans.
“The first choice, of course, the first and best way of doing this is to have a statewide and or a federal ban on assault weapons and a ban on high-capacity magazines. But if you’re not able to do it or willing to do it there, give us the ability to keep our constituents safe,” said Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey.
Police over the weekend raised the number of injured to 21 — 18 children ages 6 to 15 and three adults — from Wednesday’s attack at the Church of Annunciation.
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