ST. PAUL — Gov. Tim Walz confirmed on Tuesday, Sept. 9, after a meeting with legislative leaders at the Capitol that he will call a special session on guns “one way or another,” but uncertainty remains on when and what could actually pass.

Following the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting on Aug. 27, which killed two and injured 21 others, calls for gun control have renewed — not just from DFL lawmakers but from mayors and parents of the Annunciation victims.

What’s still unclear is whether there are enough votes to pass new gun control, such as an assault weapons ban. A DFL trifecta passed some gun control in the 2023-24 sessions, including a “Red Flag Law” and expanded background checks, but Democrats lacked the votes to pass an assault weapons ban.

With two vacancies in the S

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