Minnesota Finishes Legislative Session With No New Gun Laws

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

Anti-gun legislators in Minnesota desperately wanted to pass a little gun control this year. They worked their butts off, trying to make it happen. I have to give them that.

However, the legislative session ended without new gun control laws being passed.

The finish was messy and long negotiations behind closed doors stirred up indignation, but Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota legislative leaders found a way to work together for deals on taxes, spending and policy to finish the essential work of the 2019 session.

The Democratic governor from Mankato rolled into office cheerleading his vision of “One Minnesota” and argued for new taxes to pay for it. In the end the leaders split their differences over taxes and spending, and dropped most of the controversial policy proposals that went too far for the other side to accept such as gun control.

When anti-gun lawmakers take office, they tend to believe that the people who they now represent are universally supportive of all their positions. That’s not remotely true, of course.

In a case like gun control, I’ve found that those who support it don’t rate it as that critical to their decision-making when voting while those who oppose it …Read the Rest

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