Missouri House votes to ban celebratory gunfire days after Chiefs’ parade shooting
10 months ago

Missouri House votes to ban celebratory gunfire days after Chiefs’ parade shooting

Associated Press  

— Missouri’s Republican-led House on Monday passed a bill to ban celebratory gunfire in cities less than a week after a deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade left some attending lawmakers hiding in bathrooms. “I’ve seen it happen over and over.” Republican Rep. Ben Baker spoke against reacting emotionally to the shooting as Democrats shouted at him from across the House floor. “But the fact is, no law that we could pass in this body would have prevented the terrible tragedy that happened last week.” Lawmakers shortly after voted 120-26 to make shooting a firearm within city limits a misdemeanor for the first offense, with exceptions. “It is this side that voted for a gun bill.” Majority Leader Jon Patterson, who lives in a Kansas City suburb, on Monday told reporters that House Republicans are “pretty adament” in their support for “law abiding citizens’ Second Amendment rights.” But he said lawmakers should be open to wide-ranging policy solutions in response to the shooting.

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2 adults charged with murder in shooting at Kansas City’s Super Bowl celebration
10 months ago

2 adults charged with murder in shooting at Kansas City’s Super Bowl celebration

LA Times  

Law enforcement personnel clear the area around Union Station after a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ post-Super Bowl celebration in Kansas City, Mo., on Feb. 14, 2024. Missouri prosecutors said Tuesday that two men have been charged with murder in the shooting last week that killed one person and injured 22 others after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl …

Gun rights are expansive in Missouri, where shooting at Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration took place
10 months, 1 week ago

Gun rights are expansive in Missouri, where shooting at Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration took place

Associated Press  

— The shooting that killed one person and wounded nearly two dozen more during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory celebration occurred in a state with few gun regulations and historic tension over how major cities handle crime. House Majority Leader Jon Patterson, of suburban Kansas City, said Friday in a statement that lawmakers should “of course look at …

Gun rights are expansive in Missouri, where shooting at Chiefs' Super Bowl parade took place
10 months, 1 week ago

Gun rights are expansive in Missouri, where shooting at Chiefs' Super Bowl parade took place

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Democratic Missouri state Rep. Maggie Nurrenbern of Kansas City said she was …

Gun restrictions have been rolled back in Missouri, where Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade shooting took place
10 months, 1 week ago

Gun restrictions have been rolled back in Missouri, where Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade shooting took place

LA Times  

Police escort Chiefs tight end Noah Gray and his teammates off the stage after a shooting after their Super Bowl victory parade and rally in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday. The shooting that wounded more than 20 people and killed one during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade occurred in a state with few gun regulations and historical …

What’s the latest in the investigation of the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade?
10 months, 1 week ago

What’s the latest in the investigation of the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade?

Associated Press  

— One of the men charged in a Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory celebration shooting that left one person dead and around two dozen others injured had recently come off probation for pulling out a gun during a dispute over a basketball game. Lyndell Mays, of Raytown, whose two years of probation ended earlier this month, made a first …

Editorial: Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting is the nation’s new brand of terror
10 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting is the nation’s new brand of terror

LA Times  

People flee the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade on Feb. 14 in Kansas City after a shooting in which one person died and 22 others were injured. By one widely accepted definition, the gunfire that killed one person, wounded 22 others and ruined the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory celebration on Wednesday does not qualify as a …

St. Louis city and county sue to block new Missouri gun law
3 years, 6 months ago

St. Louis city and county sue to block new Missouri gun law

Associated Press  

— St. Louis and adjoining St. Louis County filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block Missouri’s new law barring state and local authorities from enforcing federal gun laws, saying the law would increase the risk of gun violence in a state already drowning in it. “This new law is like the state holding out a sign that says ‘Come Commit …

EXPLAINER: Why is Missouri fighting federal gun rules?
3 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why is Missouri fighting federal gun rules?

Associated Press  

— Missouri is clashing with the U.S. Department of Justice over a new law banning police from enforcing federal gun rules. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Justice Department officials wrote that state lawmakers went too far with the law and noted that federal law trumps state law under the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. Missouri’s new law would …

Missouri responds defiantly to Justice Dept. over gun law
3 years, 6 months ago

Missouri responds defiantly to Justice Dept. over gun law

Associated Press  

— Missouri’s Republican governor and attorney general said in a defiant letter to the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday that they stand by the state’s new law that would ban police from enforcing federal gun rules. Missouri’s new law would subject law enforcement agencies with officers who knowingly enforce federal gun laws to a fine of about $50,000 per …

Justice Dept.: Missouri governor can’t void federal gun laws
3 years, 6 months ago

Justice Dept.: Missouri governor can’t void federal gun laws

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is warning Missouri officials that the state can’t ignore federal law, after the governor signed a bill last week that bans police from enforcing federal gun rules. Missouri’s law would subject law enforcement agencies with officers who knowingly enforce any federal laws to a fine of about $50,000 per violating officer. Boynton said the bill …

Missouri bill to ban enforcement of federal gun rules signed
3 years, 6 months ago

Missouri bill to ban enforcement of federal gun rules signed

Associated Press  

— Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Saturday signed a bill banning local police from enforcing federal gun rules, a change Democrats have predicted will be shot down in the courts. Parson signed the measure, which will penalize local police departments if their officers enforce federal gun laws, during a ceremony at a Kansas City-area shooting range and firearms store. …

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