cshoff
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Cshoff
I applaud all of those that stood up for preemption in 09. I had just learned of the open carry movement in 09 and it was just this year that I met a great group of people that open carry in my area. If you read my post above, you would have seen where I stated “The CC side worked hard to get what we have” This was an acknowledgement that they wroked hard to get cc passed. I only stated a fact that the cc instructors and people that I talked to on missouricarry said that they would not support OC preemption. And as far as you putting a word out a few months ago……I never saw it. Well now it is 2010 and you have a new group of people that is interested in OC. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know much about the legislation process. You sound as if you might. If you have any ideas on how we should proceed on getting RSMO 21.750 changed, if this is the hold up (from what I’ve read it seams like Sec,3) let us know I’m sure that we’ll be glad to lend our support. I hope to see you at our next meeting Dec 4th ( subject to change)
Yes, RSMO 21.750 is the "problem" legislation. It preempts the entire field of legislation, "...touching in any way firearms, components, ammunition and supplies...", however, it makes a specific exception for any ordinance that "...regulates the open carrying of firearms...". In other words, it provides a legal avenue for political subdivisions within the State of Missouri to usurp Article 1, Section 23 of our State Constitution.
As to "how" we fix it? Well, we are going to have to lobby our legislators to get it changed, and they are only going to listen if we can convince them that this is a priority; a daunting task given the current socioeconomic climate in this country. It's going to take strong organization and a lot of leg work on our part.