Standing outside Deerwood Elementary in Eagan, Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz (D) confirmed Tuesday he will call an emergency session to push for stricter gun control laws. Instead of addressing the real causes of violence, Walz repeated the tired refrain that America’s problem is simply “too many guns.”
“The thing that makes America unique in terms of shootings is we just have more guns and the wrong types of guns are on the streets,” Walz claimed, according to FOX 9. He admitted his proposal cannot pass without Republican lawmakers crossing the aisle to support Democrats.
Walz pressed further, saying, “If Minnesota lets this moment slide and we determine it’s OK for little ones to not be safe in a school or church environment, then shame on us.” His comments set the stage for what he hopes will be bipartisan support to clamp down on firearms rather than address the broader failures that made this tragedy possible.
Notably absent from Walz’s remarks was any acknowledgment of the shooter’s identity or motives. The attacker, a transgender individual who changed names from “Robert” to “Robin” at 17, left behind a disturbing video manifesto declaring “Fck those kids” and mocking faith with the line, “Where’s your fcking God now?” These words make it clear the massacre was fueled by hatred and deliberate targeting, not the mere presence of firearms.
The shooter also admitted he selected his target because of weak security and the guarantee of unarmed victims. That detail underscores what Walz ignored entirely: criminals choose soft targets because they know schools, by law, are often defenseless zones. Hardening schools with security personnel, training, and allowing responsible staff to be armed would directly deter such attacks. Yet Walz dismissed any mention of empowering communities or protecting constitutional rights, focusing instead on restricting lawful gun ownership.
This moment highlights a dangerous trend: when leaders sidestep the reality of why violence happens, they turn instead to sweeping government controls that punish law-abiding citizens. Rather than tackling cultural decay, mental health crises, or the erosion of public safety in cities, officials like Walz default to blaming the Second Amendment. Meanwhile, parents and communities are left vulnerable.
Walz is now betting that fear will drive Republicans to help advance his agenda. But the facts of this case—an openly hateful manifesto, a target chosen for its lack of security, and a governor refusing to discuss common-sense deterrents—tell a very different story about what truly endangers American children.
This just pissed me off! Walz is just the worst governor ever! His saying that he hopes that people will cross the aisle to get this done is preposterous seeing what happened the last time when people were killed!! He just had revised the gun laws in January! Get rid of the gun free zones and give those requesting support some help. They asked for assistance before but Walz shrugged it off! I guess we can’t discuss mental illness because Walz would be included?
When a lot of people finally start to understand that this is a people problem – not a gun problem – they will start in the right direction of finding a solution. When I was a kid it was common to go into someones home and see a gun rack on the wall or rifles in an unlocked glass display case. You would even see gun racks with rifles hanging in the back windows of pick up trucks, parked with the windows down. We did not have all of the shootings then that have been in seen in the past 20 years. Of course when I was a kid when we did something wrong we got our asses beat – there were no time outs and expressing our “feelings”.