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House rejects urgency motion to take up comprehensive gun package after hours of debate
Summary
After hours of floor debate and emotional testimony, the Minnesota House failed to declare urgency to consider a comprehensive gun violence prevention package (motion failed 67-67). Sponsors said the package would ban certain "weapons of war," restrict ghost guns and binary triggers and expand prevention measures; opponents raised concerns about drafting, penalties and unintended criminalization of lawful owners.
The Minnesota House on May 14 failed to declare an urgency to take up a comprehensive gun violence prevention and child safety package, rejecting a motion to suspend the rules after an hours-long floor debate and a roll call that ended in a 67-67 tie.
Representative Long moved the suspension to recall House File 51 40 and pressed for an immediate vote, saying Minnesotans want action after the August school shooting in which children were killed and wounded. Representative Green, the bill's floor sponsor, framed the package as a multipronged response that would "prevent, intervene and reduce the harm of gun violence," and urged colleagues to "move our feet" rather than defer action.
Opponents repeatedly pressed the bill author on drafting details. Representative…
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