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Indeed, a good meeting last night, Thad. I'm not as surprised, though, as the previous poster over the general lack of knowledge regarding firearms rights and carry issues in our state. Most people don't know of the resources available on the internet for factual information and don't have the time or interest to read them. As a result, they get their information from the news media and/or a friendly local cop who, as was pointed out last night, has often been misinformed himself.
A few resources that were mentioned at the meeting last night include:
<
http://www.kljamisonlaw.com> Kansas City lawyer Kevin Jamison literally wrote the book on Missouri weapons laws. Specifically, he wrote
Missouri Weapons Law and Self Defense published just before CCW passed in 2003. The book and updates are available on his website.
Kevin also, along with Tim Oliver of <
http://www.learntocarry.com> recorded a 3-hour DVD covering the Missouri laws dealing with concealed carry and use of deadly force. It not only covers those topics but also how to deal with the police and how to chose an attorney if the unthinkable happens. The book and DVD are available from both sites. Learn to Carry also offers a downloadable .pdf file of those No Guns = No $$$ business cards you passed out at the meeting. They can be downloaded to a thumb drive and taken to you local copy center: here in West Plains I had some printed at a cost of $0.60 per two-sided sheet of ten cards.
Of course, <
http://www.missouricarry.com> is a great Missouri site for firearms issues and I was glad that <
http://www.handgunlaw.us> was also mentioned. One other site worth knowing about is <
http://carryconcealed.net> which has a "pack 'n go" page to allow the holders of CCW permits to plan trips around which states honor one's CCW permits.
Again, it was a pleasure meeting you and perhaps something like that can be planned again. Maybe in warmer weather an open carry picnic could be organized at the White Ranch State Forest and shooting range. There's a nice picnic area just a few hundred yards from the range.
You may also find this article worth reading <
http://www.mobar.org/journal/2000/marapr/jamison.htm>. In it, Kevin Jamison refers to [sup]7[/sup]
City of Cape Girardeau v. Joyce, 884 S.W.2d 33 (Mo. App. E.D. 1994) at 32. when he notes:
Despite this language, the open carry bans of St. Louis and Cape Girardeau have been upheld in the Eastern District. The St. Louis ordinance was not faced with a constitutional challenge, but upheld on the facts of the case.[sup]6[/sup] While the ordinance exempted persons at their own residence, the court ruled this did not exempt guests. The Cape Girardeau ordinance faced a direct constitutional challenge. The court ruled that the city was authorized to ban open carry because § 21.750, RSMo, specifically grants such authority.[sup]7[/sup] The court did not explain how a statute allows a city to violate a constitutional provision.
