Superlite27
Regular Member
On July 12, 2012, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed HB 1647, which will go into effect on August 28th. The bill drops the age to obtain a concealed carry permit from 21 to 18 for active duty military who are residents or are stationed in Missouri. It also precludes a penalty for "accidental exposure of a firearm by a concealed carry holder" as long as the event was truly accidental and not done in an angry or threatening manner.
...So this leads to a dilemma:
In 90% of Missouri, OC is perfectly legal, therefore the removal of a "penalty" for "exposure" is moot. There wasn't one in the first place. Kinda' like Missouri removing the penalty for wearing a green hat.....????.....pointless. There isn't one.
However, for the remaining 10% that ban OC due to lack of pre-emption and a ordinance against it, how does the removal of a penalty for "exposure" affect the ban?
Since there will no longer be a penalty for "accidental exposure" where the exposure was truly accidental and not done in an angry or threatening manner........how does this effect OC? OC isn't done in an "angry or threatening manner".
Does this new law need to have both qualifiers (truly accidental and not done in an angry or threatening manner) or simply one qualifier (it might not be accidental...Hence: intentional OC, and it was not done in an angry or threatening manner) to exempt one from the "penalty"?
Input?
...So this leads to a dilemma:
In 90% of Missouri, OC is perfectly legal, therefore the removal of a "penalty" for "exposure" is moot. There wasn't one in the first place. Kinda' like Missouri removing the penalty for wearing a green hat.....????.....pointless. There isn't one.
However, for the remaining 10% that ban OC due to lack of pre-emption and a ordinance against it, how does the removal of a penalty for "exposure" affect the ban?
Since there will no longer be a penalty for "accidental exposure" where the exposure was truly accidental and not done in an angry or threatening manner........how does this effect OC? OC isn't done in an "angry or threatening manner".
Does this new law need to have both qualifiers (truly accidental and not done in an angry or threatening manner) or simply one qualifier (it might not be accidental...Hence: intentional OC, and it was not done in an angry or threatening manner) to exempt one from the "penalty"?
Input?
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