Minnesota Governor Refuses To Call Special Session

By Tom Knighton

The governor of Wisconsin has decided for no particular reason whatsoever to waste state resources by calling for a special legislative session on gun control. The state’s Republicans have essentially directed him to go and pound sand. As well they should. They might have to show up, but it’s going to look just like what happened in Virginia when that state’s governor tried this nonsense.

However, a couple of days ago, another state’s governor had something to say about the potential for doing the same thing, only this time in Minnesota.

Gov. Tim Walz said Monday he will not call Minnesota lawmakers into a special session over gun control because the refusal of Republican senators to consider the issue would make it futile.

“At this point in time, I don’t think calling a special session would move us any further along,” Walz told reporters gathered in his state Capitol reception room. “But it’s our intent to continue to ask to come together around this.”

In making his decision, Walz took the opposite strategy from fellow first-term Democratic Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin. Evers on Monday said he was calling lawmakers in his state into a …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms