by [email protected] | Oct 26, 2023 | History, Legislature, Show Me Today
Missouri has recently added the historic Hawken Rifle to the list of state symbols. Anthony Morabith gets the details from Republican State Representative Mazzie Boyd.
by Joey Parker | Feb 7, 2022 | Crime / Courts, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Supreme Court is now considering Missouri’s controversial gun law called the Second Amendment Preservation Act, or SAPA. Lawyers for St. Louis and two of the state’s most populous counties made their case against the law, saying it causes confusion when...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 4, 2021 | Crime / Courts, Legislature, News
A gun law bill that passed the Missouri House Wednesday would punish a police department through civil lawsuits if an officer enforces federal gun laws. A twin of the bill is also moving through the Senate. The “Second Amendment Preservation Act,” sponsored by Rep....
by Mike Lear | May 7, 2014 | Legislature, News
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”...
by Mike Lear | Nov 1, 2013 | Legislature, News
The legislature failed to override Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of a controversial gun bill. Now Senate Republican leaders who helped uphold that veto have made good on a promise to offer an alternative. Senate Majority Floor Leader Ron Richard (R-Joplin) has...