Missouri Legislature Punts on Public Transportation Carry Bill

AmmoLand ^ | May 21, 2025 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

The Missouri Legislature had once again killed a bill to restore the ability to legally exercise rights protected by the Second Amendment on public transportation. Senator Schnelting has been promoting these bills for years. They make progress, then they are killed by inaction. From mo.gov:

On April 10, HB328 passed the House, 106 to 45. HB328 was sent to the Senate. On April 22, the Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety committee held a hearing on the bill. On April 24, an “SCS” (Senate Committee Substitute) was passed. No other action was taken on the bill before the Senate adjourned on May 14. Thus, the bill was killed by Senate inaction.

Most of the public testimony against the bill consisted of the “guns are bad” argument, with no statistical evidence to back up the emotional statements that people are afraid of guns, and that where there are guns, something bad might happen.

People who have concealed carry permits are some of the most law-abiding people in the country, several times more law-abiding than police. Police are allowed to carry on mass transit in Missouri, but people with concealed carry permits are not allowed to do so.

What the legislature has failed to do may be accomplished in the courts. There are several challenges to bans on carrying guns on public transportation in the courts.

A Chicago judge has ruled that bans on carrying firearms on public transportation are unconstitutional. The case is being appealed.

Virtually all the arguments against people carrying firearms on public transportation are either ideological, “guns are bad,” or means-ends, “guns will cause bad things to happen”. The Supreme Court in the Bruen decision has settled those arguments. They are not to be used to determine if a restriction on the right to bear arms in public

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; missouri; transportation; travel

[marktwain]

Those who desire a disarmed public work hard to keep poor people disarmed on public transportation.

[DesertRhino]

Concealed carry is useless if the law is filled with carve outs for buses, schools, businesses that post a sign, courthouses, city parks, churches etc. It’s useless if you can basically only walk around the block and stay in the sidewalk with your ccw.

[Racketeer]

Those who want us to live in fear and to be disarmed will work hard to disregard the meaning of “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.”

[waredbird]

Looks like they are also going to take a knee on allowing Ivermectin and Hydroxy available OTC. Sad.