Tim Walz’ Gun-Control Bill Goes Down In Flames Despite Dems’ Sit-In Protest

A sit-in and heated confrontations were to no avail as a gun-control bill pushed by Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz died Monday.

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, failed in a 67-67 vote Thursday, prompting heated arguments on the floor. After the failed vote, Democratic lawmakers held a sit-in to demand that Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth bring the bill for a vote, but the legislation died at midnight CDT with the end of the legislative session.

“We’ve greatly appreciated Speaker Demuth’s unwavering defense of the Second Amendment throughout the 2025-2026 Legislative Biennium,” the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus posted on X Sunday, shortly before the session’s end. “That leadership has