The following is pasted from Firearmchronicles on Instagram:
"Anti-gun legislators in Minnesota desperately wanted to pass a little gun control this year. They worked their butts off, trying to make it happen. I have to give them that.
However, the legislative session ended without new gun control laws being passed.
The finish was messy and long negotiations behind closed doors stirred up indignation, but Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota legislative leaders found a way to work together for deals on taxes, spending and policy to finish the essential work of the 2019 session.
The Democratic governor from Mankato rolled into office cheerleading his vision of "One Minnesota" and argued for new taxes to pay for it. In the end the leaders split their differences over taxes and spending, and dropped most of the controversial policy proposals that went too far for the other side to accept such as gun control.
When anti-gun lawmakers take office, they tend to believe that the people who they now represent are universally supportive of all their positions. That's not remotely true, of course.
In a case like gun control, I've found that those who support it don't rate it as that critical to their decision-making when voting while those who oppose it do. However, even that's not universal. Many will back an anti-gun candidate believing that perhaps the rest of their positions are sufficient to warrant that support or believing that other layers of government will prevent gun control from happening.
That appears to be what happened here.
Minnesota is a prime example of one very important principle: Never back down.
It would have been easy for Minnesota lawmakers to roll over and let gun control pass. They could have voted against it and probably gotten re-elected by their constituents, but they didn't settle for that. They drew a firm line and then made **** sure they wouldn't be pushed from that line.
In the process, they preserved gun rights for the good people of Minnesota."
"Anti-gun legislators in Minnesota desperately wanted to pass a little gun control this year. They worked their butts off, trying to make it happen. I have to give them that.
However, the legislative session ended without new gun control laws being passed.
The finish was messy and long negotiations behind closed doors stirred up indignation, but Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota legislative leaders found a way to work together for deals on taxes, spending and policy to finish the essential work of the 2019 session.
The Democratic governor from Mankato rolled into office cheerleading his vision of "One Minnesota" and argued for new taxes to pay for it. In the end the leaders split their differences over taxes and spending, and dropped most of the controversial policy proposals that went too far for the other side to accept such as gun control.
When anti-gun lawmakers take office, they tend to believe that the people who they now represent are universally supportive of all their positions. That's not remotely true, of course.
In a case like gun control, I've found that those who support it don't rate it as that critical to their decision-making when voting while those who oppose it do. However, even that's not universal. Many will back an anti-gun candidate believing that perhaps the rest of their positions are sufficient to warrant that support or believing that other layers of government will prevent gun control from happening.
That appears to be what happened here.
Minnesota is a prime example of one very important principle: Never back down.
It would have been easy for Minnesota lawmakers to roll over and let gun control pass. They could have voted against it and probably gotten re-elected by their constituents, but they didn't settle for that. They drew a firm line and then made **** sure they wouldn't be pushed from that line.
In the process, they preserved gun rights for the good people of Minnesota."
