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The U.S. Department of Justice sued Missouri in 2022 to block the law, which was signed the prior year by Republican Governor Mike Parson and was named for the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment ...
Some Kansas Republicans are seeking to advance an amendment that would expand protections for gun rights in the state constitution. At a minimum, Democrats say that idea should be shelved.
But Kansas law favors gun rights as much as Missouri's does, and Kansas added an amendment to fortify gun rights in its constitution four years before Missouri did — with 88% of the vote.
Missouri has some of the most expansive guns rights among states as a result of a series of measures passed by the Republican-led Legislature over the past few decades. Before the GOP won full control of the Legislature in the 2002 elections, concealed weapons were outlawed and handguns could be purchased only after a background check and ...
From a Pew Research Center poll that came out in August 2015 there has been a change in opinion on how people view gun rights vs controlling gun ownership. Throughout the various years (2008, 2011) when polling on this topic took place, there was a steady stance on the belief that controlling gun ownership should come before gun rights. [ 8 ]
After trying and failing to pass a federal gun law nullification bill in 2017 after then-Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed it, the Missouri General Assembly passed the Second Amendment Preservation Act in 2021.
Plocher, a St. Louis-area Republican, on Thursday largely refused to answer questions about the state’s gun laws and abruptly ended a news conference after he was asked repeatedly about the ...
The mass shooting has led to renewed calls for action on gun violence and focused fresh attention on Missouri’s loose firearms laws. Republicans, with few exceptions, have resisted demands to ...