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Bill allows Missourians to get some criminal records expunged; intended as gun rights effort
therepublic.com ^ | 14 July, 2012 | Chris Blank AP

Posted on 07/14/2012 5:26:58 PM PDT by marktwain

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missourians who years ago passed bad checks, used a forged credit card or committed other types of crimes could get records of their misdeeds deleted.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: banglist; expunged; gun; jaynixon; missouri; mo
This could allow many people to regain Second Amendment rights that had been restricted.
1 posted on 07/14/2012 5:27:03 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Anyone too dangerous to own a gun is too dangerous to walk free.


2 posted on 07/14/2012 5:30:42 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: marktwain

bfl


3 posted on 07/14/2012 5:41:39 PM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!!)
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To: cripplecreek

Does this restore voting rights?


4 posted on 07/14/2012 5:42:01 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: marktwain

“The Missouri Press Association sent a letter last month urging Nixon to veto the bill. Executive Director Doug Crews said closing court records could inhibit the ability of journalists to do their jobs”

Nothing could interfere with their ability to do their jobs to a greater degree than their own stupidity and bias.

“could make it harder for newspapers and other businesses to check on potential new employees.”

I think there’s a little too much “checking on people” going on these days. It is double-plus ungood.


5 posted on 07/14/2012 5:44:05 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: aimhigh

Don’t know. That’s for Missourians to decide.


6 posted on 07/14/2012 5:44:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: marktwain

Sounds reasonable to me.


7 posted on 07/14/2012 6:27:56 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: marktwain

Sounds reasonable to me.


8 posted on 07/14/2012 6:28:53 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: cripplecreek

Anyone too dangerous to own a gun is too dangerous to walk free.


That’s true. But there are plenty of convicts walking free in between robberies, rapes and murders.


9 posted on 07/14/2012 8:33:33 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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