The Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security in Minnesota is beginning to study measures taken by officials at other state capitols around the U.S.

The group met on Monday morning, marking the second gathering since the deadly attacks on Minnesota lawmakers . The first took place on Aug. 20 .

Two members of the National Conference of State Legislatures presented the results of a survey on security that legislative and law enforcement officials in 41 other U.S. state capitols responded to.

According to Emily Ronco with the NCSL, 27 of the 41 states that responded to the survey prohibit firearms at their state capitol, six states do not and nine have rules that allow some firearms.

Minnesota does not ban firearms on Capitol grounds.

Thirty-eight states have capitol or state

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