Minnesota doctors demand assault-weapon ban
At a news conference at the State Capitol, physicians who treated victims of the Aug. 27 Annunciation Church mass shooting in Minneapolis urged lawmakers to call a special legislative session and enact statewide gun measures, including bans on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines, mandatory locked-and-unloaded storage, and removal of the state preemption preventing local governments from adopting stricter firearm rules.
đ Key Facts
- Minnesota Medical Association leaders and trauma surgeons who treated Annunciation victims held the press event at the Minnesota State Capitol.
- They demanded four specific policy actions: ban assault-style weapons; ban high-capacity magazines; require firearms be stored locked and unloaded with ammunition stored separately; lift state prohibition on localities enacting stricter gun rules.
- GOP House leaders signaled they favor measures on school safety and mental-health funding but did not include further gun restrictions in their stated priorities.