Dear Missouri residents, Sick and tired of gun violence? Start paying attention to the actions of your state legislature. Best, Retiring Guy

 

Top headline:  Missouri Independent, 10/31/2021

Bottom headline:  Kansas City Star "Afternoon Catch-Up" email

Over the past two decades, Missouri lawmakers have carried out a long-term dismantling of virtually all of the state’s significant gun restrictions. 

That has left the state in the bottom five for the weakest gun laws in the country. That has meant repealing permit and safety training requirements to buy guns and carry them concealed, and expanding legal safeguards for using deadly force in self-defense. 

Researchers point to the 2007 General Assembly session specifically for its repeal of the requirement to obtain a permit to purchase a handgun.  [emphasis added]

Giffords Law Center

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