ST. PAUL, Minn. — Governor Tim Walz issued documents to establish a State Safety Council to generate data to guide legislators on curbing gun violence. The Council is the governor’s Plan B in response to the slaying of two children and injuring of two dozen others at a Minneapolis church and school in August. After the tragedy Walz asked legislators to ban assault-style weapons and large-capacity magazines. Opposition from Republicans in the evenly divided Legislature dead-ended the ban plan.
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