Gun Control Reform Activism

The new bill will extend to gun shows but not private sales.


"The farthest-reaching gun control bill in the Minnesota House, which would have expanded background checks to nearly all firearm sales, has been greatly diminished, instead expanding checks to include all purchases at gun shows but not including other private gun sales or transfers.

The House Public Safety and Finance Committee was scheduled to vote on the bill Tuesday, March 19. But chairman and bill sponsor Rep. Michael Paymar, DFL-St. Paul, pulled it about 8:15 p.m., after a nearly nine-hour recess.

Paymar said after the meeting that his bill was dead and he is trying to push an alternative proposal that extends background checks to just gun shows.

Paymar has enough votes to get the watered-down version out of his committee."


http://www.twincities.com/minnesota/ci_22821997/minnesota-house-panel-takes-up-background-checks-guns