{"id":2606629,"date":"2026-05-25T11:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-gun-control-bill-goes-down-in-flames-despite-dems-sit-in-protest\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T11:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:49:17","slug":"tim-walz-gun-control-bill-goes-down-in-flames-despite-dems-sit-in-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-gun-control-bill-goes-down-in-flames-despite-dems-sit-in-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Walz&#8217; Gun-Control Bill Goes Down In Flames Despite Dems&#8217; Sit-In Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftim-walz-gun-control-bill-goes-down-in-flames-despite-dems-sit-in-protest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2606629&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A gun-control package backed by Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz-including a ban on \u201cmodern\u201d semiautomatic firearms,a \u201cred flag\u201d law,and restrictions on so-called \u201cghost guns\u201d-failed to pass during the 2025-2026 legislative session. democrats in the Minnesota House attempted to force a vote on a companion bill to SF 4067, but the House deadlocked in a 67-67 measure, triggering heated on-floor arguments and a Democratic sit-in.<\/p>\n<p>After the session ended, the bill died at midnight, with Walz and supporters citing the August 27 back-to-school shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis as the basis for the proposed reforms. The article also recounts earlier related incidents and describes Walz\u2019s past actions and statements on firearm policy, including insurance reporting demands and past comments about \u201cassault weapons.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A sit-in and heated confrontations were to no avail as a gun-control bill pushed by Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz died Monday.<\/p>\n<p>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, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StarTribune\/status\/2055104060009656444\">failed<\/a> in a 67-67 vote Thursday, prompting <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/maxrrymer\/status\/2055133000858231130\">heated arguments<\/a> on the floor. After the failed vote, Democratic lawmakers held a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChenueHer\/status\/2055256092599271453\">sit-in<\/a> to demand that Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth bring the bill for a vote, but the legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mnguncaucus\/status\/2056240662345912592\">died<\/a> at midnight CDT with the end of the legislative session.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve greatly appreciated Speaker Demuth\u2019s unwavering defense of the Second Amendment throughout the 2025-2026 Legislative Biennium,\u201d the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mnguncaucus\/status\/2056196628982137182\">posted<\/a> on X Sunday, shortly before the session\u2019s end. \u201cThat leadership has mattered most over the past two weeks, as she has stood firm against the Senate\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >sweeping gun ban omnibus bill<\/a>, SF 4067.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2705SINE DIE.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025-2026 legislative biennium is over. Dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gun-control-activist-david-hogg-escorted-away-after-disrupting-hearing\/\" title=\"Gun Control Activist David Hogg Escorted Away After Disrupting Hearing\">gun control bills introduced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Zero passed.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t happen by accident.<\/p>\n<p>That happens because:<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two years, you, our members and supporters, sent hundreds of thousands of s to your\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CMygqInWS5\">pic.twitter.com\/CMygqInWS5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MN Gun Owners Caucus (@mnguncaucus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mnguncaucus\/status\/2056240662345912592?\">May 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Walz pushed for the package of gun-control laws, which included a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms, a \u201cred flag\u201d law and a prohibition on so-called \u201cghost guns\u201d after the shooter opened fire\u00a0during a back-to-school mass held at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on the morning of Aug. 27, killing two children and wounding at least 17 other people before committing suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Two months prior to the attack on the school, Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortmann of Minnesota and her husband were murdered, while another state lawmaker and his wife were seriously wounded. Hortmann\u2019s accused killer, a former political appointee of Walz, claimed he was acting on behalf of the Minnesota governor in a letter to the FBI, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/06\/21\/vance-boelter-confession-letter-to-fbi-tim-walz-amy-klobuchar\/\">according<\/a> to the New York Daily News.<\/p>\n<p>In a December press conference, Walz signed orders demanding insurance companies hand over data pertaining to firearms, during which he delivered an anti-Second Amendment rant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are the murder gun capital of the planet, because people have made the decision to protect gun manufacturers and those who don\u2019t want to take responsible action,\u201d Walz claimed, adding that arguments that gun bans were an attack on freedom were \u201cbullshit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the 2024 campaign, when he was selected as the Democratic nominee for vice president, Walz came under fire for comments he made in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHQ\/status\/1820918063966962143\">posted<\/a> to X by the Harris campaign in which he called for a ban on so-called \u201cassault weapons,\u201d labeling them \u201cweapons of war, that I carried in war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The term \u201cassault weapons\u201d is a euphemism that gun-control advocates use to gain support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wont-rule-out-using-executive-orders-to-crackdown-on-second-amendment-rights-white-house\/\" title=\"Biden Won\u2019t Rule Out Using Executive Orders To Crackdown On Second Amendment Rights: White House\">banning semi-automatic firearms<\/a> with features that give them a cosmetic similarity to firearms capable of fully-automatic operation, which are already heavily regulated under the National Firearms Act of 1934.<\/p>\n<p>The National Shooting Sports Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EstMSR1990_2020.pdf\">estimated<\/a> that over as of the end of 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-makes-whopping-admission-on-ar-15s-ak-47s-deals-devastating-blow-to-gun-grabbers\/\" title=\"NYT Makes Whopping Admission on AR-15s, AK-47s, Deals Devastating Blow to Gun Grabbers\">32 million \u201cmodern sporting rifles<\/a>,\u201d which include the AR-15, are \u201cin circulation\u201d in a January <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/nssf-releases-most-recent-firearm-production-figures-3\/\">release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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