State legislature asks voters to consider stronger gun rights

The state legislature is asking Missouri voters whether the Constitution should be changed to provide a stronger right to bear arms. The legislature has sent to the November ballot a proposal to define the right to bear arms in Missouri as “unalienable”...

25 arrested on federal drug and weapons charges

Twenty-four Missourians including members of a motorcycle club have been arrested on three indictments for federal drug and weapons charges in a joint operation between the FBI, the ATF, the DEA, the Highway Patrol and local authorities in the St. Louis area. Those...

House passes bill to let state employees keep firearms in cars

The state House has approved a bill to let state employees keep guns concealed and locked in their vehicles while parked on state property.  The bill was opposed on the floor by Representative Jeremy LaFaver (D-Kansas City), who expressed concern about state employees...