by Mike Lear | Nov 1, 2013 | 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...
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 | Feb 20, 2013 | News
The House Committee on General Laws has held hearings on two bills whose sponsors say they are needed to protect the gun rights of Missourians. Representative Casey Guernsey (R-Bethany) has offered HB 170 that would make it a class “D” felony to enforce or...
by Mike Lear | Feb 19, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
A proposal has been filed in the state House that would make it illegal for a member of the General Assembly to propose tighter gun laws. The bill, offered by Representative Mike Leara (R-St. Louis), would make it a class “D” felony for a legislator to...
