The Missouri Legislature passed a wide-ranging crime package that awaits a possible signature of approval from Gov. Mike Parson. The bill sponsored by Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer, R-Parkville, would create a criminal offense for celebratory gunfire, known as Blair’s Law,...
A proposal that would stiffen penalties for “celebratory gunfire” is returning to the Missouri Legislature. It’s part of a wide-ranging crime package a Senate committee has passed. The provision from Sen. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City, would make it a class A...
A Kansas City-area woman will continue to push Missouri lawmakers to pass tougher penalties for celebratory gunfire. On the 4th of July in 2011, 12-year-old Blair Shanahan Lane was shot in the neck by a bullet fired into the air from a nearby home and she died minutes...
