Res 25-077 Supporting A Statewide Ban On The Future Sale And Transfer Of Military-Style Assault Weapons And High-Capacity Magazines

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CITY OF SAINT ANTHONY VILLAGE RESOLUTION 25-077 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A STATEWIDE BAN ON THE FUTURE SALE AND TRANSFER OF MILITARY -STYLE ASSAULT WEAPONS AND HIGH -CAPACITY MAGAZINES WHEREAS, the City of Saint Anthony Village is dedicated to protecting the health and safety of all people; and WHEREAS, we support our neighbors in Minneapolis as they recover from the catastrophic tragedy at Annunciation Catholic Church on August 27, 2025; and WHEREAS, 23 people, including 20 children, were injured, and two were killed — Fletcher Merkel (8 years old) and Harper Moyski (10 years old); and WHEREAS, the City of Saint Anthony Village is not immune to the ongoing threat of gun violence in our own community; and WHEREAS, the intentional design of military -style assault weapons capable of firing high- powered rounds in high -capacity magazines is intended for killing and maiming as many people as possible in as short a time as possible; and WHEREAS, the US saw 109 public mass shootings between 2000 and 2022, compared to a total of 35 in 35 similarly developed countries, due to the availability of assault weapons and high -capacity magazines; and WHEREAS, numerous studies confirm that national, state, and local bans save lives; and WHEREAS, when there was a nationwide ban from 1984 to 1994, the risk of dying in a mass shooting was 70% lower than in the following decade after Congress ended the effort to extend it; and WHEREAS, there is bipartisan support for a ban on assault weapons by approximately 67% of Americans; and WHEREAS, Malia Kimbrell, the mother of Vivian St. Clair, a survivor of the Annunciation shooting, said, "Action is our only hope;" and WHEREAS, ten states have had similar state bans for many years now; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of City of Saint Anthony Village, Minnesota join the support of a statewide ban on the future sale and transfer of military - style assault weapons and high -capacity magazines.