by Ashley Byrd | Apr 5, 2021 | Crime / Courts, News, Transportation
The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) says its officers at Missouri airports discovered a total of 85 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2020, despite a dramatic reduction of travelers because of the coronavirus global pandemic. Since each of the...
by Jessica Machetta | Jun 27, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Kansas City Mayor Sly James says gun control and violence was a hot topic at the annual conference of mayors. James has strong opinions on how to solve the problem … local control. The Center for American Progress says Missouri ranks eighth in the nation for gun...
by Mike Lear | Apr 18, 2013 | News
On the same day the U.S. Senate rejected an expansion of background checks for gun purchases, the Missouri House of Representatives has advanced two gun rights bills. A bill (HB 170) sponsored by Rep. Casey Guernsey (R-Bethany) would make laws passed after Jan. 1,...
by Mike Lear | Apr 12, 2013 | News
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...
by Mike Lear | Feb 15, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
Four urban Democrats in the House are backing a bill that would force Missourians to give up certain firearms. The proposal sponsored by Representative Rory Ellinger (D-University City) would set into Missouri law a definition of “assault weapons,”...
