Gun Lovers in Missouri are sad, as Conservative State Lawmakers have decided to scrap Two New Gun Laws, they were planning on moving through the Legislature.
Plans for moving to Debate the Two Bills have faltered, after the Mass Shooting at a Super Bowl Victory Parade in Kansas City, which left One Eoman dead and at least 22 others Injured.
House Majority Floor Leader Jonathan Patterson (R-30th District) said: They would not be pursuing the Two pieces of Legislation this Session, thought the Bills were “worthy of debate,” the Shooting really put a Damper on their Chances of Passing and therefore, “[n]ow is not the appropriate time” to talk about loosening Gun Laws.
The Two Bills that got Scuttled:
HB 1708 - Would have allowed Firearms to be carried inside Places of Worship and on Public Transit.
HB 2291 - Would have Exempted Sales Tax on Ammunition and Gun Purchases, making Missouri the First State in the Union, to Tax Food but Not Guns.
As for Patterson’s “now’s not the appropriate time,” Remark, it is hard to imagine what Patterson considers an “appropriate time” to discuss Guns and Gun Violence.
In April of 2023, when 16-year-old Ralph Yarl was Shot in the Head at point-blank range, by an 84-year-old White Mman for mistakenly ringing the wrong Doorbell while looking to Pick-Up His Siblings from a Playdate, Patterson had No Bills to Debate and still didn’t want to Discuss Gun Violence.
Since 2002, when the Republican Party took Full Control of Missouri’s Legislature, they have systematically Repealed Gun Restrictions and other Gun Safety Laws, that were previously in place.
Missouri experiences One of the Highest Rates of Gun Deaths, Gun Homicide Rates, and Household Firearm Oownership.
Missouri not only has none of the Foundational Gun Violence Prevention Laws, but in 2007 the State Repealed an 80-year-old Permit-to-Purchase Law, leading to an Increase in the State’s Gun Homicide rate of up to 27%
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