Before joining the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General earlier this year, I spent over five years in the Forfeiture Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. My work centered on returning criminal proceeds to victims. But, the other big part of my job was permanently getting firearms out of the hands of the criminals using them. I found that firearms often seemed to get more rights than people—a feeling that has intensified as civil liberties have eroded for citizens and immigrants alike. It was a sisyphean task to get these illegally possessed firearms off the streets.

On June 14, 2025, a man carried out political assassinations with a personal arsenal of firearms. Before news broke of these murders, my family was planning to attend a peaceful protest at the Capitol. The man was still at large on the day of the protest and my family had to weigh the risks of going to the Capitol. We decided it was important to go—and we did go—but we the event became less joyful and more tense. We had to have a painful talk with our kids about what to do in the worst-case scenario. Then, on August 27, 2025, another murderer terrorized Annunciation Catholic Church and parochial school, killing two children and injuring another 30 people.

Since then I have joined Moms Demand Action, ISAIAH, and InterFaith Action. I’ve written my representatives and senators. And I’ve been thinking long and hard about how to respond to the clear signs that our firearm culture is broken.

This website is one of the first results of that thinking, building on my experience with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the safety training I received in the U.S. Army.