Minneapolis church shooting prompts new calls for statewide, federal gun bans

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A shooting at a Catholic church full of school children in Minneapolis has prompted calls for action by Minnesota's elected officials. But translating action into policy may be difficult in a state that mirrors the nation's partisan divisions and split opinions on how best to prevent mass shootings.

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00:14Families in Minneapolis are mourning.

00:18Our Greater Annunciation Fellowship is mourning.

00:22Our entire city is united in grief, and at the same time,

00:26based on this incredible group of people that has assembled here in City Hall,

00:31we are also united in action.

00:35We need a statewide and a federal ban on assault weapons.

00:43We need a statewide and a federal ban on high-capacity magazines.

00:49There is no reason that someone should be able to reel off 30 shots

01:06before they even have to reload.

01:09We're not talking about your father's hunting rifle here.

01:13We're talking about guns that are built to pierce armor and kill people.

01:20To the extent other levels of government are either unwilling or unable to keep cities safe,

01:30let us do it ourselves.

01:33We are responsible for 435,000 residents that call Minneapolis home,

01:41and many more that come and go.

01:45I think we'd be happy to ban assault rifles here in Minneapolis.

01:52I know we'd be happy to prevent a next mass shooting from taking place.

01:58We cannot call ourselves a free country when parents cannot send their kids to school

02:04without wondering if they will come home alive.

02:08Sending kids to school should not mean sending them into a war zone.

02:12Enough is enough.

02:14Our children deserve better.

02:17Our teachers deserve better.

02:19Our communities deserve better.

02:22And we know that this is not a uniquely Minnesota issue.

02:28It is a national issue.

02:30And as our Congresswoman Omar said over and over again,

02:34and has said, we need a national solution.

02:37So we are going to get to work here in Minnesota.

02:39We have been getting to work behind me,

02:41whether it's Representative Frazier, Representative Moeller,

02:44and many others that my colleague Senator Mohamed mentioned,

02:48have been working night and day, years after years.

02:52And we are going to get it done.

02:54But what we know is Washington has to solve this problem with us.

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