HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 25-077 Supporting A Statewide Ban On The Future Sale And Transfer Of Military-Style Assault Weapons And High-Capacity MagazinesCITY 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.
Approved this 25th day of November, 2025.
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Nicole DeDeyn, City Cl
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Wendy We( ster, Mayor
Charlie
Yunker, City Manager