Overview

• DFL leaders unveiled a 10-point special-session agenda for Oct. 6–12 featuring bans on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and binary triggers.
• The plan also targets ghost guns, strengthens extreme risk protection orders, increases penalties for violent gun offenses, and boosts school safety, threat assessment and mental-health funding.
• Republican leaders refused to sign on, calling for the regular committee process and signaling support for school security and mental-health measures rather than new gun restrictions.
• Talks were publicly described as having collapsed after a brief leaders’ meeting, highlighting a 67–67 House tie and a temporarily short Senate that require bipartisan votes.
• Walz has floated a constitutional amendment to prohibit assault rifles, though it would still need House and Senate majorities and could face federal Second Amendment challenges.