Minnesota Senate debating public safety package that includes tougher gun laws
Friday, the Minnesota Senate is debating a big public safety package. It includes two tougher gun laws. Caroline Cummings has the latest.
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Friday, the Minnesota Senate is debating a big public safety package. It includes two tougher gun laws. Caroline Cummings has the latest.
A key DFL leader in the Senate says his caucus has the votes to pass a public safety package that includes two gun policy reforms.
One would expand background checks for gun sales and transfers. The other would implement a "red flag" law allowing a court to temporarily take away a person's guns if deemed a harm to themselves or others.
Late last night, the Minnesota House passed the judiciary and public safety budget bill.
The Minnesota House passed a public safety bill Wednesday evening, which includes two gun control measures that Democrats have been pushing for years.
The Minnesota House reconvenes later this morning hoping to pass a bill on public safety.
Public safety with you and your family in mind is at the top of the agenda for Minnesota lawmakers today.
The Minnesota House is now focused on a sweeping public safety spending package as lawmakers piece together parts of the next two-year budget, including gun control measures that advocates have pushed for – for years.
There are several proposals out there to put extra guardrails on gun ownership. The focus is on two key priorities: expanding background checks and implementing a red flag law.
Lawmakers voted to expel two young Black representatives, but the motion to expel a White legislator failed by one vote.
Democrats all the way up to the White House accuse the Tennessee Republicans of focusing on political retribution over efforts to keep children safe.
Nearly 49,000 people died from gun violence in the U.S. in 2021, according to the CDC.
Resolutions have been filed against three representatives after they led chants from the House floor last Thursday.
The Democratic congressman discussed potential ways forward to reduce gun violence, in lieu of a full ban, on "Face the Nation."
As the country reels from another mass shooting, gun safety advocates in Minnesota could score two key policy victories this session they've been pushing for years in the state legislature: Expanding background checks and implementing a "red flag" law.
There’s a bill to expand background checks when buying firearms - and establish a red flag law.
There are once again calls for action in the wake of the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. Sonali Rajan, an associate professor of health education at Columbia University, spoke with CBS News' Errol Barnett and Lilia Luciano about what the nation can do to try to prevent further school shootings.
At the State Capitol today, supporters of gun rights rallied against proposed laws they say would hurt gun owners.
President Biden issued an executive order on Tuesday designed to increase the number of background checks conducted during gun purchases. Biden announced the executive order while in Monterey Park, California, the site of a mass shooting in January that left 11 people dead.
The move is a significant win for conservative groups and Second Amendment advocates who said tracking gun shop purchases would inadvertently discriminate against legal firearms purchases.
Moms Demand Action in Minnesota held its annual day of action in St. Paul, sharing stories of how lives have been profoundly impacted by gun violence.
Dozens of Minnesotans took to the capitol today demanding lawmakers pass tougher gun laws to make their communities safer.
Gun safety bills are advancing at the Minnesota Legislature, backed by Democrats who are hoping their new control of both chambers will help them pass proposals that Republicans were able to block in recent years.
The Supreme Court's expansion of gun rights in June — for the first time in a decade — is testing whether laws aiming to curb gun violence can withstand legal scrutiny.
Minnesota lawmakers are one step closer to passing several new gun control bills.
