Former Hennepin County, Minnesota, Sheriff Rich Stanek pushed back on calls for gun control in the wake of the deadly mass shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis, saying the focus should instead be on the “mental health issues” that may drive these incidents.
A lone attacker on Wednesday morning opened fire at Annunciation Catholic Church with multiple weapons, killing two children and wounding 18 others, before committing suicide.
Following the attack, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a statement, “We need a statewide and a federal ban on assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines “so the next go-around, there is not another city two months from now that is saying the same damn thing. Let’s stop this from happening.”
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