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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri lawmakers have overridden a veto of a wide-ranging guns bill that will let more people carry concealed weapons and give them greater legal rights to defend themselves.
The Republican-led Legislature enacted the law Wednesday by a 24-6 Senate vote and a 112-41 vote in the House. Both exceeded the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto of Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.
The legislation will allow most people to carry concealed guns without needing a permit. That means they won't have to go through the training currently required for permit holders. Missouri will join 10 other states with what supporters describe as a "constitutional carry" right.
The measure also expands legal protections for those who use deadly force to defend themselves in both public and private places.
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: Xcathdra
S&F!
This is good news and will be interesting to watch. I was not aware that 10 other states already had these law for handguns, I will have to go look them up.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
Missouri lawmakers loosen gun laws, override veto of 'constitutional carry' law
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri lawmakers have overridden a veto of a wide-ranging guns bill that will let more people carry concealed weapons and give them greater legal rights to defend themselves.
The Republican-led Legislature enacted the law Wednesday by a 24-6 Senate vote and a 112-41 vote in the House. Both exceeded the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto of Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.
The legislation will allow most people to carry concealed guns without needing a permit. That means they won't have to go through the training currently required for permit holders. Missouri will join 10 other states with what supporters describe as a "constitutional carry" right.
The measure also expands legal protections for those who use deadly force to defend themselves in both public and private places.
This is the most veto overrides I have seen out of the Missouri legislature in a long time. So now Missouri residents will no longer need a permit to carry concealed. I am curious to see how this will work out. Several Police Chiefs opposed the bill citing safety and training issues.
Those concerns didn't seem to sway the Republicans. The overrides exceeded the minimum amounts needed in both houses.
The House vote followed about an hour of discussion and previous question motion of its own. The bill was brought up in the House by Rep. Eric Burlison, a Springfield Republican.
The Second Amendment "is the first among equals, because it alone offers the absolute capacity to live and express your rights absent of fear," Burlison said. "... It does not allow criminals or the mentally ill to carry."
originally posted by: worldstarcountry
a reply to: Xcathdra
Awesome, always a great day when the second amendment is prevented from being infringed upon.
a reply to: JinMI
It is interesting that Puerto Rico is part of that list and they are not even a state (officially).
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Snarl
Citizenship of natural born citizens cant be revoked by anyone but the person themselves.
INA § 349 states that a citizen, whether a U.S. citizen by birth or naturalization, shall lose his nationality by voluntarily performing certain acts with the intention of relinquishing United States nationality. The fact of intention is critical; it is not the mere performance of the actions mentioned in § 349. Seven types of conduct are currently listed in the INA as expatriative. The potentially expatriating acts are: (1) applying for and obtaining naturalization in a foreign country, provided the person is at least 18 years old; (2) making an oath of allegiance to a foreign country, provided the person is at least 18 years old; (3) serving in the military of a foreign country as a commissioned or noncommissioned officer or when the foreign state is engaged in hostilities against the United States; (4) serving in a foreign government position that requires an oath of allegiance to or the nationality of that foreign country, provided the person is at least 18 years old; (5) making a formal renunciation of U.S. citizenship to a consular officer outside of the United States; (6) making a formal renunciation of citizenship while in the United States and during time that the United States is involved in a war; and (7) conviction for treason or attempting by force to overthrow the U.S. government, including conspiracy convictions.
The Missouri legislature passed Senate Bill 265 in an effort to block Agenda 21; however, the governor vetoed the bill on July 1, 2013. The governor’s news release, entitled, “Gov. Nixon vetoes harmful bills aimed at nonexistent problems such as ‘Agenda 21′"
In the album's three parts, "Dogs", "Pigs" and "Sheep", pigs represent the people whom Roger Waters considers to be at the top of the social ladder, the ones with wealth and power; they also manipulate the rest of society and encourage them to be viciously competitive and cutthroat, so the pigs can remain powerful.
I would assume its a way for people to be able to carry concealed in states that have reciprocals with Missouri.