Steps to Protect us from Gun Violence
In June last year, State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed; State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot multiple times but survived. They were attacked in their homes.
Two months later, on August 27, two children were killed, 24 other children and three adults wounded in church before classes started during the first week of school at Annunciation School in Minneapolis.
549 people died by a gun in Minnesota in 2025.
36 people in Minnesota have died by gun so far in 2026
The families of Annunciation students have urged the Minnesota Legislature to pass laws that would ban firearms that are designed to inflict mass casualties.
The Minnesota Senate passed Senate File 4067 by 34 votes to 33. All DFL senators voted for the bill. All Republican senators voted against it.
The bill includes:
Banning dealers from selling assault style weapons and ammunition magazines that carry more than 17 rounds
Requiring current owners of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines to certify those weapons and ammunition every three years with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Banning binary triggers, which double a gun’s rate of fire
Making it illegal to to sell so-called ghost guns or firearms without serial numbers
$2.7 million for grants to schools to address behavioral health
$19 million for school safety aid
$37,000 to support an anonymous reporting system
The Minnesota House, which is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, has not given the bill a hearing. Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth was quoted as saying: “This [bills to ban guns] is not going to bring these kids back and that’s all these families want.” Representative Demuth is running for governor.
Our Call to Action
Contact House Speaker and gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth.
Say who you are and that you will be voting in the election for Minnesota’s next governor
Key points of your message:
The House should not duck a vote on gun safety. Bring House File 3874 to a vote in the House.
We need laws that keep all of us safe from guns and our schools safe from killings.
Add a statement about why this is important to you:
Have you been threatened by someone with a gun?
Has someone you know been hurt or killed in a shooting?
Have you changed where you go or when because of fear of a mass shooting?
Do you teach or work in a school?
Do you have children in a school?
Contact information:
Phone number – 651-296-4373
Toll Free: 1-800-947-8264
Email: rep.lisa.demuth@house.mn.gov
Resources
https://protectmn.org/2025-lethal-gun-violence-factsheet
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/SF/4067/
Text of the bill: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/SF/4067/versions/2/pdf/
