The two major gun control proposals lawmakers plan to debate this session haven’t even had a hearing yet at the state Capitol and already accusations and condemnations are flying.

Gov. Tim Walz released a statement Sunday condemning comments made by Rep. Cal Bahr, R-East Bethel, during a Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus rally at the Capitol on Saturday. Walz said Bahr’s comments risked inciting violence.

“There’s a lot of us in this room that have had enough, and it’s time to start riding herd on the rest of these people that want to take your rights away from you,” Bahr said, according to a video posted on the gun caucus’ Facebook page.

“They will not go quietly into the good night. They need to be kicked to the curb and stomped on and run over a few times,” he said.

His comments can be viewed in the video below at the 1:02:30 mark.

Bahr is a member of the New House Republicans caucus, a group that recently broke off from the House GOP caucus. He is a small-business owner serving his second term.

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Walz is a supporter of two proposals expected to get hearings in the House public safety committee this week: universal background checks for firearm purchases and a “red flag” law that would allow police to take guns from people deemed dangerous.

“Encouraging violence endangers our communities and undermines our democracy, particularly when the statement is made by an elected official,” Walz said about Bahr’s comments. “While heated debates are a healthy part of the political process, this type of language is unacceptable and demands condemnation from people of all political parties.”

This wasn’t the only recent dust-up over the two gun proposals. House Republicans and members of the gun owners group criticized Democratic lawmakers for plans to hold a hearing on the bills Wednesday at Edina Middle School.

House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler said Democrats wanted to make it easier for students and parents to weigh in on the proposals. Winkler said in a statement the venue was moved back to the Capitol after “the gun lobby directed their activists to badger local school district officials.

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Bryan Strawser, chair of the gun owners caucus, said Democrats had manufactured the issue and that Winkler was maligning responsible gun owners. “Had they chosen not to use students and schools as a prop for their anti-gun agenda, this entire issue could have been avoided, ” Strawser said.

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At Saturday’s rally, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka made it clear. “Ain’t gonna happen,” he told the crowd. On Sunday, after Walz’s statement, Gazelka tweeted: “I’m opposed to universal background checks but this kind of language does not belong in any debate at the #mnleg”