[marktwain]

The bill has become a more general gun law reform bill. It will probably pass,*if* it comes up for a vote in the full Senate.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

The reality is that as long as criminals are on the loose, there is no such thing as a gun free zone, only unprotected zones.

[BDParrish]

Interested to know if the NRA has done diddlysquat to help get this passed. And just because certain individuals who did do real work to lobby it happen to have an NRA membership does not mean that the NRA gets to take credit!

[lgjhn23]

A gun-free zone is nothing but a sicko criminal’s “gun free” killing zone.
Look at churches: the coward sickos figured no one would be armed nor would there be any armed push back. They were right. They could easily walk in, shoot the place up and kill a bunch of unarmed, innocent folks without any direct armed pushback to em.
When the church folks started arming up, putting security in place, started shooting back and killing a few of these cowards, the assault on churches seemed to have greatly decreased.
When the moronic cowards figured out that there was a good possibility that they would be shot and killed, they decided it might not be such a “good idea”.
Politician mental capabilities appear to be lower than moronic cowards, but a few are now are beginning to “see the light” so to speak.

[DoodleDawg]

A ban on carrying in churches by the legislature appears to be a violation of the free exercise of religion in the First Amendment.

Say what?

[Manly Warrior]

RSMO 571.107.
Lists 17 places were a Licensee may not carry concealed.
However, sub section 2 of that statute provides for no criminal violation, only a citation if found to be carrying and the licensee refuses to depart and a peace officer is summoned etc.

So, conceal.

Here is that section in part:
2. Carrying of a concealed firearm in a location specified in subdivisions (1) to (17) of subsection 1 of this section by any individual who holds a concealed carry permit issued pursuant to sections 571.101 to 571.121, or a concealed carry endorsement issued prior to August 28, 2013, shall not be a criminal act but may subject the person to denial to the premises or removal from the premises. If such person refuses to leave the premises and a peace officer is summoned, such person may be issued a citation for an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars for the first offense.

[SkyDancer]

They never worked anyway. It was only a money maker for the sign makers.