Minnesota has had a disgruntled madman shoot legislators, while Utah has had a 22 year-old white man from a devoutly gun-loving family choose to gun down an idealogue-prosyletizer. Guns do kill people. So regulate them wisely.

 The Hortmans dead, the guy Kirk dead, multiple past multiple-target-persons-shootings via assault rifles, more so than with handguns which are specifically made and sold for shooting people becuase you don't hunt with a Glock. It's under powered to drop a bear, and the range of accurate targeting even by experienced shooters exceeds many hunting distances where a long gun shot could succeed. In short, guns designed for warfare or street action - all that leading to thoughts of time to more soundly regulate firearms and firearm ownership. Walz may call a MN leg special session for that very purpose.

Republicans stoop to babble speak and evasion to push stand your ground (aggressive) measures, while not wanting guns regulated.  MinnReformer notes Republican Walter Hudson babble-speak about revolution somehow, discussed but not, says Hudson, advocated by him. And Hudson has been analyzed by Steve Timmer in Steve's left.mn postings here and here. (Hudson is not in Republican leadership making Crabgrass think of some of the brothers frats kept away from rushees during Rush Week, back when.)

Hudson votes with the Republicans, so they accept him, but have they honored or featured him? He is more inclined to feature himself,  possibly confusing leadership by what he says.

But that's not Stand Your Ground thought, although Hudson might agree with it. He surely stands his ground, politically. Leadership sometimes having to clean the ground after him.

Now, mom in the burbs Republican Kristin Robbins sees herself fit for the Governor's Mansion, and makes Stand Your Ground a thing to co-sponsor. Beyond that she is eager to serve Minnesotans better than others, where others, both parties, feel the same about their talents. She favors economic projections in state made without inflation adjustments. Despite inflation happening and everyone knowing that.

The links on Robbins again are to Timmer's analyses.

What you get is a drift that some Minnesota Republicans are lesser than others.

Now, while on guns and gun-love let us join in featuring a Utah family in togetherness over firearm feel and stroking:

 

 

 

 John Lennon, years ago, gunned down. Yitzhak Rabin, gunned down. Ghandi. Two Kennedys and a King. And this family is bringing up the youngsters gun-happy while the older brother got Charlie Kirk in the neck. Sick? Yes. I don't live in Utah and would not move there. Somebody might shoot me. And yes, Minnesota is not a best example of other ways. We have Boelters. And we do not need kerosene on the fire via Stand Your Ground as a universal thing, since in public vs in one's safe home, you first try retreat when feasible in public if threatened, while in the home there may be a more defensive reaction to a wrongful entry. But each case should rely on its own facts without a bias toward standing ground and shooting it out and damn the other options.