Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is exploring calling a special session on gun control this fall, according to a senior administrative official familiar with the matter, and is making calls to lawmakers on the subject.

This comes two days after a mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, in which a shooter killed two schoolchildren and injured 18 others during a morning Mass. Less than 24 hours before, a separate shooter opened fire at a south Minneapolis intersection, injuring six and killing one person.

It is not clear the direction Walz wants the special session to take, or which policies he wants the Legislature to consider. Elected leaders, including Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawmakers and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, on Thursday called for a ba

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