Advocating for gun control, students briefly shut down Minnesota Capitol hearing

Twin Cities high school students calling for gun control shut down a Minnesota Senate committee hearing Monday.

The group, led by Josh Groven of the School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley, took a microphone at a witness table when the Senate Judiciary Committee was discussing an unrelated topic. The committee recessed for a time before coming back and resuming the other topic, elder care. Groven and other students were removed from the meeting.

Those at the afternoon committee meeting were part of a 20-student group that staged a sit-in at the office of committee Chairman Warren Limmer, R-Maple Grove, Monday morning. He said he told them at the time that Senate Republican leaders were considering their request.

However, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-Nisswa, last week said gun control measures would not be brought up because they do not have the votes to pass. He said he only would consider measures that could pass.

He said he supports school safety legislation, as do most Republicans.

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