Pushing for Change: Exploring state of Kansas, Missouri gun legal guidelines
How have gun legal guidelines modified in each our states? Will they modify once more?
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Pushing for Change: Exploring state of Kansas, Missouri gun laws
Pushing for Change: Exploring state of Kansas, Missouri gun legal guidelines
How have gun legal guidelines modified in each our states? Will they modify once more?
HEART OF THE MATTER. FOR JOINGNI US TODAY. ’I’M CODY HOLYOKE. WE START OUR BROADCAST WITH A STORY ABOUT A YOUNG GIRLHO W JUST FINISHED THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH A LESSON. SHE WILL LIKELY SPENDER H ENTIRE LIFE RELIVING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. HER NAME’S MIA. SHE’S 11 YEARS OLDND A INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO SPEND THE SUMMER WITH HER FRIENDS. S’E’S MOURNING THEM. YOU SEE MIA WAS IN THE CLASSROOM AT ROB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NEW VALLEY TEXAS LAST MONTH THE DAY A TEENAGE GUNMAN MURDERED 19 OF HER FRIENDS AND TWO TEACHERS MIA FEARING FOR HER LIFE TOLD REPORTERS. SHEER H DEAD TEACHER’S PHONE TO CALL 911 COVERING HERSE WITH A FRIEND’S BLOOD PRETENDING TO BE DEAD WHILE WAITING FOR HELP TO ARVERI MIA WENT TO WASHINGTON THIS PAST WEEK TO URGE CONGRESSIONAL LAWMAKERS TO WORK TOGETHER TO SAVE LIVES. IF YOU FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL. WHY NOT? YOU THINK IT’S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN? MIA AND HER DAD ALSO FAMILY MEMBERS OF SOME OF THE UVALDE VICTIMS IMPLORED LAWMAKERS TO ACT SOME HEAV LISTENED WORKING WITH POLITICIANS ACROSS THE AISLE TO STRIKE A DEAL ON COMMON SENSE GUN CONTROL MEASUS ATRE THE URGING OF THE PRIDESENT. LET’S MEETHE MOMENT. LET US FINALLY DO SOMETHING. EARLIER THIS MONTH PRESIDENT AND BIDEN LAID OUT A LIST OF MEASURES HE’D LIKE TO SEE TO CURB GUN VIOLEENC FOCUSING ON ASSAULT WEAPONS BACKGROUND CHECKS RED FLAG LAWS AND ADDRESSINGHE T MENTALEA HLTH CRISIS THE HOUSE MADE SOME OF THOSE MOVES THIS PAST WEEK PASSING A BILL THAT RAISES THE AGE LIMIT FOR PURCHASING A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE FROM 18 TO 21. IT ALSO BANS THE SALE OF HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES CAPABLE OF HOLDING MORE THAN 15 ROUNDS OF AMMO BUT THE MEASURE PASSED LARGELY ALONG PARTY LINES AND NOW HEADS TO THE US SENATE WHERE IT IS EXPECTED TO FAIL. WE’LL BE WATCHING FOR ANY MAJOR MOVEMENT FROM CAPITOL HILL. BUT YOU KNOW, WE’VE DONE THAT BEFORE HAVEN’T WE WATCHED AFTER SANDY HOOK AFTER PARKLAND AND NOW AFTER YOU VALLEY SO WITH FEDERAL CHANGES STILL BEING HAMMERED OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING HEE AT HOME, YOU KNOW, THERE AREN’T REALLY TOO MANY RESTRICTIONS ON FIREASRMN I OUR TWO STATES IN MISSOURI A FAIRLY NEW LAW CALLED THE SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT ACTUALLY PUNISH HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR ENFORCING FEDERAL GUN LAWS WHIT HEFTY FINES OR EVEN JAIL TIME. IT’S A MOVE SEVERAL GROUPS ARE CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE NO SET. WAITING PERIODS FOR GUN PURCHASES IN MISSOURI, AND ANYONE 19 OR OLDER CAN CARRY A CONCEALED FIREARM WITHOUT A PERMIT IN KANSAS. YOU HAVE TO BE 21 TO DO THAT, BUT THERE’S NO WAITING PERIOD FOR PURCHASES AND MINORS IN KANSAS CAN BUY GUNS WITH BARRELS LONGER THAN 12 INCHES GOVERNOR LAURA KLYEL DEMOCRAT DOESN’T WANT GUN BANDS, BUT DOES ECHO SOME OF THE PRESIDENT’S PROPOSALS? I THINK HAS BECOME VERY CLEAR THAT SOME VERY COMMON SENSE THOUGHTFUL GUN SENSE OF REGULATIONS NEED TO BE IN PLACE. THE QSTIONUE IS WLIL STATE LEGISLATURES IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI TWO RED STATES MAKE ANY CHGESAN TO TITAN GUN RESTRICTIONS HISTORY SPEAKS TO THE CONTRARY HERE TO EXPLAIN AND GET TOHE T HEART OF THIS MATTER AS ALAN ROSTER IN LAW PROFESSOR WITH UMKC ALAN. WELCOME BACK. WE KWNO A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH POLITICS, WHICH WE’LL DISCUSS LATER ON IN OUR BROADCAST,UT B SUFFICE IT TO SAY REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURES RUN THE SHOW IN JEFF CITY AND TOPAEK MISSOURI HAS A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR WHO BOASTED ON TWITTER A COUPLE YEARS BACK THAT HE WAS PROUD TO HAVE THE HIGHEST RATING FROM THE NRA’S POLITICAL VICTORY FUND LAWMAKERS. BOTH STASTE SEEM TO BE FAIRLY SUPPORTIVE OF GUN ACCESS AND AVERSE TO RESTRICONTIS. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? YES, THAT’S CORRECT. OBVIOUSLY GUNS ARE AN ISSUE THAT HAS DIVIDED THE COUNTRY FOR QUITE A LONG TIME DAN IT RUNS VERY MUCH ALONG POLITICAL LINES AND ALSO OTHERS URBAN VERSUS RURAL PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT ATTITUDES TOWARD IT, BUT MISSOUR AIND KANSAS ARE BOTH STATES WHERE YOU HAVE, YOUNO KW, PRETTY SIGNICAFINT POLITICAL MAJORITIES, THAT WOULD FAVOR THE GUN RIGHT SIDE OF THE ISSUE MORE ANTH THE GUN CONTROL SIDE OF IT AND THE LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY IN RECENT DECADES WOULD REFLECT THAT VERY MUCH AS OF RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW NO SPECIAL SESSIONS HAVE BEEN CALLED IN EITRHE STATE TO TACKLE THE ISSUE. I HAVE THERE BEEN ANY EFFORTS TO TIGHNTE GUN RESTRICTIONS IN OUR TWO STATES. IF NOT, WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? THERE ARE BILL. PROPOSED FROM TIME TO TIME ON BOTH SIDES OFHE T ISSUE. SO SOME SOME BILLS ARE INTRODUCED THAT WOULD TIGHTEN GUN LAWS IN SEOM WAYS, BUT THEY DON’T REALLY HAVE A CHANCOFE BEING ENACTED, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED, YOU KNOW IN EACH STATE OVERHE T YEARS OVER THE LAST COUPLE DECADES, YOU KNOW ONE TO ALLOW PEOEPL TO CARRY GUNS CONCEALED IN A WAY THAT WASN’T PREVIOUSLY LEGAL THE ENACTED STAND YOUR GROUND LAWS TO LET PEOPLE DEFEND THEMSELVESN ISOME SITUATIONS WHERE THEY PREVIOUSLY COULDN’T AND TY BOTH ENACTED SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION OR PROTECTION ACTS. BUT SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF LEGISLATION THAT GET ENACTED. THEY’RE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE GUN RIGHT SIDE OF THE ISSUE ISSUE RATHER THAN THINGS THAT WOUL D BE TIGHTENING OR ADDING NEW RESTRICTISON THAT DIDN’T PREVIOUSLY EXIST. SURE. DO YOU THINK YOU VALIDITY CHANGES THIS AT ALL? AND WE JUST HEARD FROM GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY WHO SAYS SHE’S IN FAVOR OF SOME MEASURES LIKE STRONGER BACKGROUND CHECKS RED FLAG LAWS THAT SORT OF THING. I DON’T TNKHI IT CNGESHA ITS SIGNIFICANTLY AT THE EITHER THE STATE LEVEL HERE IN OUR AREA OR AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. THERE ARE CERTAINLY BRING A NEW ROUND OF DISCUSSION OF THESE ISSUES AND IT’S AT LEAST POSSIBLE THEY CAN EITHER FROM CONGRESS OR PERHAPS FROM ONE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURES. THERE COULD BE SOME LIMIT. ACTION TAKEN CONGRESS FOR EXAMPLE IS TALKING ABOUT THESE RED FLAG LAWS THE IDEA OF TRYING TO BETTELIR MIT ACCESS TO GUNS FOR PEOPLE WHO’VE BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE A MENTAL IUESSND A PERHAPS BE DANGEROUS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT’LL BE LIMITED WHATEVER GETS ENACTEDT A THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND I JUST DON’T REALLY FORESEE ANYTHING CHANGING. AT THETA STE LEVEL HERE IN MISSOURI OR KANSAS SURE, YOU KNOW ONE QUESTION WE GET A LOT AND I KWNO YOU’VE HEARD TOO WHY CAN’T LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DO SOMETHING. WE KNOW KANSAS CITY HAS SUED GUN MANUFACTURERS BEFORE BUT CAN LEADERS LOCAL LEADERS ENACTEW N MEASURES TO BAN CERTAIN WEAPONS PEOPLE OFTEN MENTION THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, YOU KNOW IN KANSAS CITY FOR EXAMPLE OR IN SAINT LISOU. THESE ARE CITIES WHERE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ANDHE T PUBLIC WOULD STRONGLY FAVOR STRICTER GUN LAWS. AND THE REASON TYHET I DO ANYTHING. IS THAT SEVERAL DECADES AGO? THERE WAS A WAVE OF LEGISLATION ENACTED IN MANY STATES INCLUDING MISSOURI AND KANSAS THAT PREEMPTED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM REGULATING GUNS IN ANY WAY. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY SAID THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE STATE WILL HANDLET A THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL AND IT’S NOT SOMETHING THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT ITAS W A RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT THE ISSUE DOES. THERERE A LOT OF STATES WHERE OPINIONS MIGHT DIFFER IN THE BIG CITIES LE IKATLANTA WOULD ELFE DIFFERENTLY ABOUT GUNS THAN THE STATE OF GEORGIA AS A WLEHO OR NEW ORLEANS WOULD FEEL DIFFERENTLY THAN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AS A WHOLE ANDO S THE STATE OFFICIALS DON’T WANT LOCAL OFFICIALS TO BE ABLE TO REALLY IN WEIGH IN ON THESE ISSUES SURE. IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE. WE COULD HEAV A US SUPREME COURT DECISION COMING DOWN SOON THAT MAY AFFECT DECISIONS MADE ON GUN RESTRICTIONS AND WHO CAN CARRY FIREARMS IN TELL US ABOUT THAT. ETH SUPREME COURT HAS A CASE FROM NEW YORK NEW YORK IS OBVIOUSLY A STATE THAT’S SORT OF UNLIKE MISSOURIAN KANSAS. IT’S IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. IT HAS MORE SOMEWHAT MORE RESTRICTEIV GUN LAWS AND SO THERE IN NEW YORK YOU CAN GET A LICENSER O PERMIT TO CARRY A CONCEALED FIREARM, BUT YOU HAVE TO SHOW SEOM PARTICULAR REASON. IT CAN’T JUST BE LIKE IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS WHERE IF YOU’R’ IF YOU’RE LEGALLY ALQUIFIED THEN IT’S UP TO YOU IN NEW YORK. THEY SAY YOU MUST HAVE SOME REASON OERTH THAN JUST THE GENERAL REASONS THAT ANYONE MIGHT HAVE YOU HAVE TO SHOW SOME SPECIAL PARTICULAR REASON AND THAT’S BEEN CHALLENGED AS A VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO KEEP BEARRM AS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AND SUPREME COURT SEEMS VERY LILYKE JTUS GIVEN ITS CURRENT MAKEUP TO RULE IN FAVOR OF THE CHALLENGERS AND THE STRIKE DNOW ISTH NEW YORK LAW. SO THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW FAR WILL THEY GO? WILL THEY MAKET JUS A SOROFT A NARROW RULING ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE? WILL THEY SAY THINGS THAT REALLY SIGNAL THAT OTHER GUN LAWS MIGHT BE LIKELY TO BE STRUCK DOWN IN THE FUTURE LIKE TO THINK ABOUT ALAN ROSSTROM WITH UMKC. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY TO STAY ON TOP OF THE DEBATE OVER GUN SAFETY AND ANY NEW CHANGES OR RESTRICTIONS LKOO F