KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says a Missouri law that prevents cities from enacting their own gun control measures hamstrings his efforts to address the city's shootings and killings.
This is life and death : Kansas City mayor says state should let city act on gun laws Kaitlin Washburn and Jeanne Kuang, The Kansas City Star
May 4 On Friday, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas noted that for six years Missouri cities have been prevented from enacting their own gun control measures, something he said hamstrings him in addressing the shootings and killings that plague the city.
The comment came days after a particularly violent weekend in Kansas City made national news, and hours before two teenagers were shot and killed leaving a Ramadan service later that night.
Lucas said he would like to be able to promote city ordinances to stop easy access to illegal firearms that flood the streets. But he can t, because the Missouri General Assembly in 2014 preempted cities from making their own gun laws.
By The Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Senate has tabled a bill to invalidate federal gun laws after pushback from Democrats who said the proposal would threaten partnerships between local and federal authorities.
The bill seeks to invalidate federal laws or other actions deemed to infringe on a person’s Second Amendment right to bear arms, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Sponsor Sen. Eric Burlison, a Battlefield Republican, said it would allow individuals to sue local police departments and governments if their action “knowingly deprives a citizen of Missouri of the rights or privileges ensured by” the Second Amendment. A $50,000 civil penalty could be awarded.
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