One bit of good news out of last Tuesday was that Sen. Amy Klobuchar is out of the Senate. Unfortunately for folks in Minnesota, it's because she's not the governor-elect of that particular state. I hate it for you guys, I truly do, because while Tim Walz was a complete clusterflop as a governor, Klobuchar stands to be even worse, especially with her already making problematic promises.
You see, regardless of what she might have run on, she's always been a vehement anti-gunner.
Now that she'll be in the governor's mansion, she's vowing to push an assault weapon ban through.
In a Wednesday press conference, Minnesota Governor-Elect Amy Klobuchar (D) promised passage of the “assault weapons” ban that eluded Gov. Tim Walz (D) during late 2025 and throughout 2026.
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On Wednesday, Governor-Elect Klobuchar made clear the passage of the bill is a priority for her.
Bring Me The News quoted her saying, “The gun safety bill is going to get passed. And I am so excited to be working with the leaders on this.”
And, to be fair, there's a better than decent chance of this happening. The Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party controls both chambers of the legislature with a decent majority in each. Even if some DFL members aren't thrilled about an assault weapon ban, there's likely still enough to push it through.
However, I think Klobuchar is being more than a bit premature.
After all, Viramontes is still on the Supreme Court's docket, which means there's going to be a ruling on bans of so-called assault weapons. While DFL lawmakers might want an outright ban, the truth of the matter is that such a thing would be short-lived following the Supreme Court's decision, which pretty much everyone figures will have a pronounced pro-gun lean.
That they all acknowledge that such bans are unconstitutional, only that they know where the Court is going to come down on this.
Of course, Klobuchar didn't give a timeline on when this would happen. I suspect that, unless she's more brain-dead than I think, it'll be after the decision and will be one of those measures that tries to weave its way through the decision itself while ignoring the overall point of said decision. They'll look for any and all loopholes, just like New York did with its attempted carry-killer law.
That will, undoubtedly, get challenged almost immediately and hopefully run into the exact same issues that New York ran into with its attempt to run an end-around on the Supreme Court. Then again, it's not like the circuit court up that way is likely to be conducive to such a thing. Still, a guy can dream. Plus, worst case scenario is that we end up with yet another Supreme Court case.
Seriously, at some point, what we really need is a ruling that boils down to, "What part of 'shall not be infringed' do you people not understand." Until we get something like that, we're just going to keep having to deal with this.
And, in the meantime, we're likely to see a lot of good people in Minnesota have to deal with this profound nonsense.
Cam spoke with MN Gun Owners Caucus Director of Government Relations and Advocacy Anna Leamy on Monday about the upcoming threats to Second Amendment supporters in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. You can check out the discussion in the video window below.