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Eugene

(62,657 posts)
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:46 PM Apr 2021

Missouri House passes bill for guns in churches, buses

Source: Associated Press

Missouri House passes bill for guns in churches, buses

By SUMMER BALLENTINE
April 20, 2021

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House on Monday passed a bill that would allow guns in churches and on public transportation.

House lawmakers voted 109-36 in favor of the proposal, which now goes to the GOP-led Senate for consideration.

Currently, people need permission from religious leaders to bring firearms into places of religious worship in Missouri.

The pending bill would allow people with concealed carry permits to bring guns into churches, synagogues and mosques, and onto public transportation.

Missouri doesn’t require a concealed carry permit for gun ownership, but having a permit allows gun owners to bring their weapons into some otherwise restricted areas in the state.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/health-government-and-politics-michael-brown-bills-religion-dc351685566f7ab923a630832425cfe6
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Missouri House passes bill for guns in churches, buses (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2021 OP
I guess they forgot about Dylann Roof. Diamond_Dog Apr 2021 #1
Yeah, if only South Carolina ... Straw Man Apr 2021 #4
Eye roll idziak4ever1234 Apr 2021 #2
These type of restrictions always leave me wondering: ManiacJoe Apr 2021 #3

Straw Man

(6,771 posts)
4. Yeah, if only South Carolina ...
Mon Apr 26, 2021, 03:22 AM
Apr 2021

... had had a ban on guns in churches, he wouldn't have been able to murder those people.

"No guns on public transportation" sounds pretty classist to me.

I live in NY, where a person who has a carry permit is not banned from carrying a firearm in churches, public transportation, or even bars. Furthermore, New York has a "castle doctrine," which allows one to use lethal force against an intruder in one's own home, without a duty to retreat.

Let's not be too quick to jump on Missouri.

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
3. These type of restrictions always leave me wondering:
Wed Apr 21, 2021, 03:42 AM
Apr 2021

Is there something special about the people from Missouri that they need these extra restrictions that the rest of us don't have?

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