Politics & Government
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Confirms He Intends To Call Special Session On Guns After Annunciation Shooting
A senior administrative official told WCCO last week Walz was considering a special session on gun control as early as this month.
CBS Minnesota
September 3, 2025
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday confirmed he is talking to legislators and intends to call a special session to address gun violence after a mass shooting at a Minneapolis church.
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"The sad reality of it is that what happened last week is preventable, because so many nations around the world do it," Walz said while attending the first day of school at Deerwood Elementary in Eagan. "And we cannot resign ourselves to believe that our little ones can't be safe in what should be and always is the most safe environments they can possibly be in."
A shooter firing through the windows of Annunciation Catholic Church during a school Mass killed two children and injured 21 other people — most of them also kids — on Wednesday morning. Since then, parents, community members and other elected officials have called for change.
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