“We represent the 90 percent!” chanted activists at the State Capitol Rotunda Tuesday, demanding universal background checks on gun sales, plus a so-called “red flag” law allowing courts in some cases to take guns away from those with mental health problems. The Reverend Nancy Nord Bence with Protect Minnesota says, “We have confidence that Governor Walz really believed it when he told those that voted for him that he strongly supports comprehensive criminal background checks.”
Republicans, who control the Minnesota Senate, generally oppose univeral background checks, arguing they do little to reduce mass shootings.