Tim Walz’ Gun-Control Bill Goes Down In Flames Despite Dems’ Sit-In Protest

A sit-in and heated confrontations were to no avail as a gun-control bill pushed by Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz died Monday.

A motion by Democratic members of the state House of Representatives to force a vote on a companion bill to SF 4067, a package of gun control legislation demanded by Walz in the aftermath of a deadly shooting targeting a back-to-school mass at Annunciation Catholic School, failed in a 67-67 vote Thursday, prompting heated arguments on the floor. After the failed vote, Democratic lawmakers held a sit-in to demand that Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth bring the bill for a vote, but the legislation died at midnight CDT with the end of the legislative session.

“We’ve greatly appreciated Speaker Demuth’s unwavering defense of the Second Amendment throughout the 2025-2026 Legislative Biennium,” the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus posted on X Sunday, shortly before the session’s end. “That leadership has mattered most over the past two weeks, as she has stood firm against the Senate’s sweeping gun ban omnibus bill, SF 4067.”

Walz pushed for the package of gun-control laws, which included a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms, a “red flag” law and a prohibition on so-called “ghost guns” after the shooter opened fire