St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and leaders of other metro-area cities are calling for the Minnesota Legislature to allow them to create local gun control laws if state lawmakers can’t reach an agreement on new policies.

Gov. Tim Walz has said he plans to call a special session to address gun policy after the shooting last week at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis that killed two young children and injured 18 others.

Walz and Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawmakers want new restrictions on firearms, but they’ll have to get Republican support to pass bills like a ban on certain semiautomatic rifles and limiting the capacity of magazines. And, that appears unlikely.

Recognizing that political reality, Carter, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and leaders of seven other cities gathered Tuesda

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