Minnesota Gun Violence Prevention

The U.S. Senate failed to reach the 60 votes needed to pass the first major gun violence prevention bill in decades. Protect MN is supporting universal background checks before all gun sales. A compromise bill amendment proposed by Sens. Toomey and Manchin covered only gun sales in commercial settings, like gun shows and internet sales. While we support all bills that improve our background check system, as Toomey-Manchin does, we urge the adoption of background checks before all gun sales. See below for a summary of the compromise bill.

There will be a news conference at 9:30 a.m. at Hennepin County Library (Ridgedale), 12601 Ridgedale Dr., Minnetonka, featuring Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, Chaska Chief Scott Knight, and Accent Signage shooting survivor John Souter. Call on Thursday: Rep. Erik Paulsen at (952) 405-8510; tell him you support background checks before all gun sales; a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines; and making gun trafficking a crime.