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Emmer: Minneapolis shooter ‘never should have had access’ to a firearm

Shooter Robin Westman, a 23-year-old transgender individual, killed two children and injured 18 during a Catholic school Mass, with writings indicating hate-filled ideology, police said.

  • Rep. Tom Emmer stated that Minnesota laws should have stopped the shooter from acquiring a firearm used in the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting that killed two children and injured over a dozen others.
  • Emmer claimed the shooter 'never should have had access or been able to possess a firearm based on what little we already know.'
  • He highlighted mental health issues and lack of school resources as factors in gun violence, but voted against the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
  • When asked about his vote against the legislation, Emmer said, 'I don't remember the reasons that I didn't vote for that bill.
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Rep. Tom Emmer was a deer in the headlights as his attack on Gov. Tim Walz backfired on live TV.

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