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The stupid burns so much. I mean come on now they cant drink or smoke but guns are fine? The same tried and true reasons the GOP always gives.
There is currently no age minimum to openly carry a gun in Missouri.
Calls for change were triggered after a number of local holdups by armed teens. Videos have captured groups of children openly carrying rifles, including military-style weapons, as they walk the streets.
Democratic state Rep. Donna Baringer, who sponsored the amendment to a public safety bill, said that police in her district asked for the change. “We have 14-year-olds walking down the middle of the street in the city of St. Louis carrying AR-15s,” she said, recalling what officers had told her.
“Now they [the children] have been emboldened, and they are walking around with them,” she added, per The Associated Press. “Until they actually brandish them, and brandish them with intent, our police officers ... are handcuffed.”
There is currently no age minimum to openly carry a gun in Missouri.
Calls for change were triggered after a number of local holdups by armed teens. Videos have captured groups of children openly carrying rifles, including military-style weapons, as they walk the streets.
Democratic state Rep. Donna Baringer, who sponsored the amendment to a public safety bill, said that police in her district asked for the change. “We have 14-year-olds walking down the middle of the street in the city of St. Louis carrying AR-15s,” she said, recalling what officers had told her.
“Now they [the children] have been emboldened, and they are walking around with them,” she added, per The Associated Press. “Until they actually brandish them, and brandish them with intent, our police officers ... are handcuffed.”
Missouri Lawmakers Vote Against Banning Children From Carrying Guns In Public
A Democrat who sponsored the proposal said police asked for the change, adding that “we have 14-year-olds ... carrying AR-15s."
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