Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday convened a meeting with top Republicans and Democrats at the Capitol to discuss details of a special session of the Legislature to respond to the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting that killed two children and injured 21 others two weeks ago.

Walz wants to call lawmakers back to St. Paul to take action on gun restrictions, namely an assault weapons ban, in wake of the tragedy. But any legislation will require bipartisan support in a closely divided Capitol.

He told reporters he doesn't yet have a date set for when he would order that special meeting of the Legislature, but the hope is "sooner rather than later" and that he and leaders are working to come to an agreement about the parameters of a special session before it happens, as is common pr

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