Carolyn
Carolyn,
You obviously weren't among those who have fought this battle, long and hard, week in and week out, for the past twelve years.
And when I say "week in and week out, for the past twelve years," there are literally people who did that.
This is not a moment for complaining about what we don't have. This is a "free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, free at last!" kind of moment. I can't tell you what a miracle it is that we actually achieved license-to-carry in the State of Missouri over Governor Bob Holden's veto.
At the beginning of the year, after 11 years of struggle, no one really gave those who were fighting for this a snowball's chance in hell of even getting a bill out of committee. I personally know people who fought on anyway, in the face of seemingly impossible odds. Their goal was just to get a bill on the governor's desk, all the while knowing that it was virtually certain to be vetoed, and all the while knowing that a veto override would almost certainly fail.
Until yesterday, there had been a grand total of 3 governor's vetos overridden in the State of Missouri in the nearly 150 years since the Civil War.
If you're so concerned about what we don't have, then why don't you get involved? May I suggest that joining Second Amendment Sisters would be a good place to start. SAS is active now in the State of MO, and you can contact the MO state Second Amendment Sisters coordinator at mo_coord@2asisters.org.
Or are you the kind of person to sit and let others do all the work, and then complain that they haven't served you up enough on a silver platter?
In fact, I dare you to get involved.
I'm sorry if this sounds a little bit harsh, but you come across as if you really have no idea of the enormous sacrifices that others have made to gain you the freedom to legally carry a concealed defensive weapon in Missouri.