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11/21/2021, 06:15:55
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Letter: Missouri’s reputation is now one of gun-filled lawlessness

Nov 19, 2021
Regarding “When Missouri repealed a key gun law, few protested. The result: More deaths than ever” (Nov. 7) and the Nov. 7 episode of “60 Minutes” that highlighted Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act: Is this what Missourians want to be known for? I certainly do not and neither does anyone in my family. Everyday our entire family feels less safe no matter where we are, and the main reason is easy access to guns and increasing gun violence. Now Missouri passes the Second Amendment Preservation Act that issues a $50,000 fine penalizing local enforcement for cooperating with federal agencies like the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms or the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
We need the cooperation of state and federal agencies to solve crimes and decrease violence. Instead, over the last two decades, Missouri has dismantled commonsense firearm requirements, and the numbers of homicides and suicides continue to increase. Our state continues to have one of the highest rates of firearm deaths in the nation. Is this what we want Missouri to be known for? Not in the least.
Andrea Bauman • St. Louis County




LIBERTY HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE

Liberty is paramount. Government is an afterthought.

Democrats wouldn't buy a clue if it was government subsidized.

Liberals are people who stand on their heads and insist that the world is upside-down.




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11/21/2021, 06:33:43
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jdboat77 2 days ago

That's because so many Missourah methheads think COMMONSENSE = UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
teebonicus > jdboat 6 min ago

Subjective "commonsense" does not and cannot trump enumerated fundamental rights. Their enumeration exists for a specific reason, i.e., to preclude pompous yahoos from imposing restraints on principles that are circumscribed from such meddling.

"The enumeration of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table." - Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority in D.C. v. Heller (2008)



LIBERTY HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE

Liberty is paramount. Government is an afterthought.

Democrats wouldn't buy a clue if it was government subsidized.

Liberals are people who stand on their heads and insist that the world is upside-down.




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