The Legislature is back in session. And the DFL lost no time trying to extend last session’s jamdown.

Gun control? Yep, they got it:

"No one wants to take your guns"

Except Rep. Maria Isa Prez-Vega, who has introduced HF 3628, which bans the possession, sale, and transfer of most commonly owned semi-automatic rifles, many shotguns, and some pistols and "high capacity" magazines.

If you want to keep them, you…

— MN Gun Owners Caucus (@mnguncaucus) February 13, 2024

Details here.

Of course, the bill will get dissected in court, if it gets passed. Best to make sure it doesn’t – which means if you’re not a member of the MN Gun Owners Caucus, you should be.

Senator Isa Perez-Vega may be a contender to pass Erin Maye-Quade as the most cloyingly annoying DFLer in the Senate.

Possible saving grace for this session? It’s an even-numbered year – and DFLs from Greater Minnesota are getting nervous about how the Faerie Raenbow Agenda from last session is going to go over in Eveleth. In this case, Sen. Hauschild – who currently occupies Tom Bakk’s old seat – and a clear case of nerves over making Minnesota a “sanctuary state”:

The Sanctuary State proposal is just that, a proposal. While every legislator has a right to introduce legislation, you need 34 votes in the senate to pass anything. I will not be supporting this legislation and it is very unlikely to become law #mnleg https://t.co/lumP16xCB6

— Grant Hauschild (@grant_hauschild) February 10, 2024

And with a one-vote majority in the Senate, it’s making a bit of a difference.

The DFLers in Greater Minnesota have to be looking at…:

• Joe Biden’s escalating unpopularity. Trump doesn’t have to win the national election for them to still lose their seats in counties that are, or are drifting, red.
• The disproportionate impact of DFL policy on rural Minnesota

…and thinking it just might be time to reel in some of the worst excesses.

Hope Hauschild takes the hint on Isa Perez-Vega’s idiot bill.

A few phone calls and emails might certainly help him make up his mind.

This entry was posted by by Mitch Berg on Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 at 11:00 am and is filed under MNDFL, Victim Disarmament. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.