Feb. 23 - GOV. WALZ'S GUN PREVENTION PROPOSAL

The two desks of ten-year-old Harper Moyski and 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel, who were killed in the shooting attack at Annunciation Catholic Church and school were on display in the Capitol to honor their lives.

Gov. Tim Walz, announces his gun violence prevention package that includes an assault weapons ban, school safety grants, restriction untraceable ghost guns and more during a Capitol news conference.

Lydia Kaiser, who was shot in the head during the Annunciation Catholic Church and School shootings, joins Gov. Tim Walz who announces his gun violence prevention package during a Capitol news conference.

Bianca Dawkins, whose brother and cousin were killed in an act of gun violence speaks during the release of Gov. Tim Walz gun violence prevention package.

Tommy.MvBrayer, Don’t Shoot Guns - Shoot Hoops, has been shot multiple times and said I have people ask me, “What’s it like to be shot?”. I tell them, “It’s traumatizing mentally, it’s paralyzing physically and you become emotionally detached”.

Parents and students from Annunciation Catholic Church and School take part in the Minnesota Sing Together rally in the Capitol rotunda.

Jesse Merkel, father of Fletcher Merkel who was killed during the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School, holds his daughter during the Minnesota Sing Together rally in the rotunda of the Capitol.

Sixty empty desks are set up outside the Capitol to represent the number of children killed by guns over the past five years in Minnesota.