The Minnesota Senate voted 34-33 along strict party lines on May 4 to pass SF 4067, a broad, unconstitutional gun control package that would ban the future sale of most semi-automatic rifles and all magazines capable of holding more than 17 rounds, NRA-ILA reported. House Republican leaders immediately declared the bill dead on arrival in the lower chamber.

The registration provisions drew the sharpest criticism from gun owners. Under SF 4067, Minnesotans who currently own firearms and magazines the bill would newly prohibit from future sale would be required to register each item with the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and renew that certification every three years — a rolling compliance obligation backed by felony penalties for noncompliance. Additional provisions would reinstate a ban on binary triggers, expand mandatory secure storage requirements, and fund new Extreme Risk Protection Order infrastructure and a statewide violence prevention research center, according to MPR News. Senate Democrats bundled the gun restrictions with school safety and mental health spending, framing the package as a direct response to the August 2025 shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.

That packaging strategy produced no Republican crossover votes. House Republicans, who effectively control the tied 68-member chamber, said the gun provisions make any compromise unworkable. Fox 9 reported that House GOP leadership assessed the bill's prospects at "no chance." The House floor sponsor, Rep. Brad Tabke, told reporters he had spoken with at least five Republicans who expressed interest in the magazine restriction specifically, but none had committed votes. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus designated SF 4067 as the session's highest-priority threat and is urging constituents to contact House members directly to block any procedural maneuver that could bring it to a vote.

The bill's scope is notable even by current state-level standards. A mandatory registration-and-renewal framework for existing lawfully owned property — enforced with felony penalties — represents one of the most expansive, unconstitutional, unamerican, and retroactive compliance burdens proposed in any state this session. Critics and legal observers note that registration-plus-prospective-ban structures have drawn successful Second Amendment challenges under the Supreme Court's 2022 Bruen standard in other jurisdictions, and any enacted version of SF 4067 would face immediate litigation, not to mention any law repugnant to the Constitution is invalid, null, and void, which was established by Marbury v. Madison.

The legislative session is approaching its scheduled close in late May. For the bill to advance, Democrats would need Republican crossover in the House before adjournment; absent that, sponsors would have to refile in the 2027 session.