Gov. Tim Walz said he still plans to move forward with a special session on gun control after last month’s deadly violence at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, even if Democratic-Farmer-Labor and Republican leaders can’t reach an agreement on legislation ahead of time.

Senate and House leaders from both parties met with Walz on Tuesday to discuss what types of legislation they might pass if the governor calls them back to the Capitol in the coming months.

Any bills that reach Walz’s desk to be signed into law will require bipartisan support, and the Legislature is narrowly divided.

DFLers want a ban on so-called assault weapons and limits on the size of magazines, while Republicans have made proposals including security funding for private schools and more state money for men

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