Missouri Passes Gun Rights Amendment

[BRU]

It got my vote

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri voters have approved an amendment enhancing the state's constitutional right to keep and bear arms.


The passage Tuesday of Constitutional Amendment 5 will expand state gun rights to cover ammunition and other accessories. It also will declare those rights to be "unalienable" and require any gun-control restrictions to be subject to strict legal scrutiny.

The amendment was referred to the ballot by Missouri's Republican-led Legislature, which has pursued numerous pro-gun measures in recent years.

Opponents ran no advertising campaign against it but had challenged the measure unsuccessfully in court. They said the ballot wording failed to inform voters of all of the amendment's key provisions, including the fact that it deletes current constitutional wording allowing restrictions on concealed guns.

http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Voters-pass-Missouri-gun-rights-amendment-270096721.html

 

[freyasman]

Cool....

 

[freyasman]

So I was reading the link in the top post, and came across this other news story; http://www.kmov.com/news/crime/Armed-robbery-at-Ballpark-Village--270448981.html
From the link,
"New crime statistics for July show that armed robberies are up 300 percent compared to last year, and assault with a gun is up 700 percent since the same time last year."

No wonder the folks in Missouri are tired of restrictions on carrying concealed.....

 

[worldlymrb]

I thought 'We the People" already had a right to bear arms and that it could not be infringed upon? Was that "right" repealed by a 2/3 majority of the states, or is it just being infringed upon by unlawful executive orders and dictates?

 

[BRU]

So I was reading the link in the top post, and came across this other news story; http://www.kmov.com/news/crime/Armed-robbery-at-Ballpark-Village--270448981.html
From the link,
"New crime statistics for July show that armed robberies are up 300 percent compared to last year, and assault with a gun is up 700 percent since the same time last year."

No wonder the folks in Missouri are tired of restrictions on carrying concealed.....

uh huh and in another un related vote here in Missouri, the fine citizens of this state sent another message.....Don't mess with our farmers in the Midwest

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/07/us/right-to-farm-measure-passes-in-missouri.html?_r=0