Several gun-related proposals are moving through the Missouri Senate, including a bill from Sen. Nick Schroer, R-St. Charles County, that would create a sales tax holiday for firearms.
Schroer said the tax break would take effect alongside Missouri’s existing sales tax holidays.
“So, when those sales tax holidays occur, it would also include all retail sales of firearms and ammunition as well,” said Schroer. “And it says on the 1st Friday in August, ending the midnight on the Sunday following.”
Marilyn McLeod with the Missouri League of Women Voters spoke against the bill and said that if Missouri offers a tax break on firearms, it should line up with hunting season—not the weekend when families are buying school supplies.
“Seems, I don’t know what word to use other than egregious,” said McLeod.
Schroer’s bill also includes broader gun provisions, from blocking enforcement of federal gun laws for someone in crisis to expanding Missouri’s self‑defense protections and changing how confiscated firearms are sold.
Another gun related bill that’s been proposed several years in a row is back again.
It would let people with concealed‑carry training bring a firearm onto Missouri’s public transit.
It’s sponsored by Sen. Adam Schnelting, R-St. Charles, who said American citizens have a right to self‑defense.
“In Missouri in a way, we actually strip it from them the moment they enter to a bus terminal or a tram, and that shouldn’t be,” said Schnelting. “We pay tax dollars for some of these transportation systems, and some of these systems are dangerous, and they do carry reputations for violent crime like rapes, murder, and assault.”
Mike Winter with the Missouri Public Transit Association said they don’t believe allowing concealed‑carry permit holders to bring firearms onto public transit would meaningfully improve safety.
“Keep in mind these are closed environments, either a bus or a train, with limited access and ability to get out if someone were to bring a weapon onto one of our modes of transportation and decide to use it,” said Winter.
The bill would also let Missouri’s attorney general and her staff legally carry a weapon as part of their job.
https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/bts_web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=330
https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/bts_web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=364
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