ST. PAUL — Public pressure for a special session on gun control is mounting — the latest coming from roughly 35 clergy members gathered Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the Capitol, imploring Gov. Tim Walz to make the call.

The clergy members’ plea follows similar pleas from Annunciation parents and doctors who cared for victims of the shooting.

Melissa Pohlman, a pastor at Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis, said she was at the Capitol praying because “Prayer moves us to action.”

Pohlman said when she pulled out her suit for the event, she remembered the last time she had worn it was for Melissa and Mark Hortman’s funeral .

“That’s not OK. This isn’t what I should have to pull my suit out for every time. None of us are immune to gun violence, so today, we call on our elected of

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