Hundreds gathered at the state Capitol on Monday asking Gov. Tim Walz to call a special legislative session to ban assault weapons on the heels of a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School last week that killed two children and injured 18 children and adults.

“No one should be scared to go to school out of fear of being shot. Our schools should be where our dreams are shaped, not our nightmares,” said Timberlyn Mazeikis, a former Michigan State University student who survived a mass shooting on campus there in 2023 and now is a volunteer leader with the Students Demand Action group at the University of Minnesota.

“Minnesota lawmakers, on both sides of the aisle, must act to pass a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines,” Mazeikis said. “That’s why we are at the Capitol

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