Bar Buzz: Moms sound off.

Byline: Kevin Featherly

Erin Zamoff, state chapter leader for the group Moms Demand Action, addressed about 200 demonstrators in the Capitol rotunda Wednesday, demanding that the Senate hold hearings on two pieces of gun-safety legislation.

Senate File 434 would require criminal background checks on virtually all gun sales. Senate File 436 would institute extreme-risk protection orders to remove guns temporarily from people at risk of becoming violent.

Senate leaders have given no indication that they plan to take up either bill this year. House committees have already moved the companion legislation.

"This is time for senators to hold hearings and for Minnesotasenators to show their constituents where they stand," Zamoff said. "We are simply asking that guns be kept out ofthe hands of people we all agree shouldn't have them."

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan also appeared at the rally, as did first lady Gwen Walz, Minneapolis Mayor...

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