Overview

• A bipartisan Senate working group held its first public hearing, taking up proposals that include bans on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines, safe storage rules, ghost gun restrictions, buyer training and a new Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
• Parents, physicians and faith leaders described harrowing injuries from the Annunciation attack and urged lawmakers to restrict semiautomatic military-style rifles, with medical testimony stressing the severity of wounds from high-velocity rounds.
• Republican senators and gun-rights advocates opposed bans and pressed for expanded mental-health resources, stronger school security and tougher penalties for violent repeat offenders.
• Gov. Tim Walz has signaled he will call a special session on gun violence, more than 60 organizations petitioned leaders to act, and the Senate panel plans to meet again Wednesday.
• Annunciation is resuming limited on-campus activities with counseling support and heightened security as authorities report a rise in threats to other schools and churches, and a 12-year-old student previously in critical condition has been upgraded to serious.