Overview
- The orders establish a Statewide Safety Council to examine and reduce the effects of gun violence across Minnesota.
- State agencies are directed to gather and report data on the financial costs of gun violence in the state.
- Minnesota will add funding to expand safe-storage education for gun owners through public outreach.
- A public-awareness campaign will promote Extreme Risk Protection Orders, which officials say have been used about 400 times.
- Republican leaders criticized the measures as inadequate, and Democrats plan to renew efforts for weapon and magazine restrictions when the Legislature returns in February 2026.