HB 1468 and SB 663 are taking Missouri closer to constitutional carry. As of now, permitless open carry is in effect there. If HB 1468 passes, then concealed permitless carry will be allowed.

Enter Everytown For Gun Control. They have released an ad against the law.

“A new bill would dismantle Missouri law and let people carry a hidden handgun in public without a permit or gun safety training; even some violent criminals and people with multiple DUI’s.”

Start with a true statement, then follow up with propaganda. Well I had no idea people with DUI’s were absolutely terrible people. Or that they should lose a right?

A station in St. Louis interviewed Mayor Francis Slay and Police Chief Sam Dotson. The mayor claimed that making it easier to get a gun and have a gun makes neighborhoods more dangerous. These bills just make concealed carry permitless. If anything, shouldn’t people that are afraid of guns feel better that more guns will be out of sight?

The police chief claimed that states with stronger gun control laws have less violence. To compare these stats you can find many, many sources. I chose to compare murder rates by state based off of FBI Uniform Crime Reports, and Guns and Ammo’s list of best states for gun owners. Missouri is number 9 on the list, with number 1 being the best state for gun owners. The murder rate per 100,000 people was 6.6 in 2014. Number 1 was Arizona, which has 4.7 murder rate, and number 2 was Vermont with 1.6.

Now sure, there are many different ways to compare states on how gun friendly they are. But don’t you think that if more gun friendly states were more violent then Vermont would be one of the worst states? Number 4 on the list was Utah, which had a 2.3 murder rate. So, not only does correlation not mean causation, these stats don’t even seem to correlate very well with each other.

There are many other factors involved so it is very misleading when a police chief states that these new laws would increase violence. It will be good to see Missouri take another step towards gun rights. Hopefully a couple officials hell bent on preventing it do not succeed in persuading the public based on their few words in those interviews.

I am also befuddled every time people think someone bent on breaking the law will suddenly care about getting a license to conceal carry before committing a crime.

Have a nice day, everybody.

Also. If you wish to see more correlation data:

Graphs comparing homicide rate and Brady scores

The opposition of that graph

Note that the second one includes all gun related deaths until the last graph, where suicides are filtered out. Also, the comparison is made to firearm deaths, not homicides. The article doesn’t make a direct comparison to the first link I posted as it meant to.

Carrying a loaded gun without a license is illegal in California even if the weapon is tucked inside a backpack, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday. In a unanimous ruling Monday, the court allowed prosecutors to charge a man with violating California’s open-carry law by carrying a loaded revolver that police said they found in his backpack.

Source: A loaded gun in a backpack still requires a license, court says – SFGate

Wait, it gets better

The state’s high court said the ruling on knives didn’t apply to Wade’s case. For one thing, Justice Ming Chin said in the 7-0 decision, the defendant in the knife case was leaning on the closed backpack, while Wade was carrying his pack. For another, the court in the 2013 case observed that knives can be used in “such lawful pursuits as fishing, hunting, camping, picknicking and the like,” a rationale that Chin said doesn’t apply to guns.

This is what happens when you vote idiots into government. I simply don’t have the words…

Nearly 3 1/2 years ago, I found myself on a path I did not choose, fighting a battle I did not start, advocating to change dangerous gun laws I never knew existed.My son, Jordan Davis, was shot and killed at a Jacksonville, Fla., gas station on Nov. 23, 2012, in what has been deemed the nation’s “loud music case.” My son died senselessly, shot by a man empowered by lax gun policies — like SB 656, currently being considered in the Missouri Legislature — that encourage armed vigilantism by ordinary citizens. In that moment when Jordan was shot and killed, I became a member of the club that no one wants to join.

Source: Missouri ‘stand your ground’ bill is dangerous | Opinion | stltoday.com

Thus begins the editorial by Lucy McBath. And she did not waste time to start misusing terms for her political benefit.

like SB 656, currently being considered in the Missouri Legislature — that encourage armed vigilantism by ordinary citizens.

VIGILANTE: a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate); broadly :  a self-appointed doer of justice.

I might have forgotten, but Michael Dunn never said he was a Vigilante nor any evidence was shown that he was a Vigilante or member of a vigilante organization. He was just an asshole. Oh Yes! We are making stuff up. Never mind.

And each time I learn about another legislature putting special interests ahead of public safety, each time I learn about another bill — like SB 656, which encourages individuals to shoot first and ask questions later.

I hate to break it to you ma’am, but every defensive shooting scenario is a shoot first, ask questions later. Wouldn’t you say that it is rather stupid to try to engage in chat with an attacker bent on harming you? That is unless you have this brutal urge to die, which most people do not.

Before Jordan’s murder, I didn’t know all that much about gun laws or about how lawmakers play petty politics and make quick decisions without considering the true impact of the bills they justify passing.

I see the problem with self-induced still remains.

It also includes a so-called “stand your ground” provision — a provision that upends traditional self-defense law and emboldens individuals to settle conflicts by reaching for their firearms, even when they can clearly and safely walk away from any danger.

Other than the fact that there are Supreme Court decisions favoring Stand Your Ground go back over a century, yeah, it upends the way prosecutors could misuse their powers for political benefit. And if they person could walk away safely, then it would not be a defensive shooting. I kinda figured that was well answered during the trial of Michael Dunn, the man who killed your son.

These laws give everyday civilians more leeway to shoot than the U.S. military gives soldiers in a war zone.

I love when the mix pancakes with titanium bolts and come up with Unicorns. A military unit when attacked, responds with a heavy volume of automatic fire from many people, followed by artillery and/or air support…. Yes, we do that in civilian life. Hell, I have a Predator drone packed with Maverick missiles following me when I go out of the house.

These laws turn everyday conflicts into deadly shootouts by allowing people to shoot to kill — even when there is a clear and safe alternative.

It does not matter how much you repeat the lie, it is still a lie.

Researchers have found that “stand your ground” laws do not deter crime; in fact, states that enact bills like SB 656 see increases in homicide rates. Florida’s justifiable homicide rate tripled after it enacted a “stand your ground” law.

This is very interesting and I hope the readers caught it: Justifiable Homicide is a Crime. For Ms. McBath and the rest of the Gun Control Community, defending your life is a crime that must be punished.

And to make matters worse, “stand your ground” laws disproportionately affect communities of color: When white shooters kill black victims, the resulting homicides are 11 times more likely to be deemed justifiable homicides than when the shooter is black and the victim white. The last thing we need in Missouri is more violence and strife in our communities.

Actually the numbers show that Black benefit three times more from SYG than Whites. But that would go against The Narrative that SYG is racist.

Lucy McBath is the faith and outreach leader for Everytown for Gun Safety.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

You may know that particular sentence, Ms. McBath… then again, maybe you conveniently forgot.

Hat Tip Mark W.

Finney cites the work of Joy DeGruy Leary who invented a Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome that she claims black people suffer from. Affected by PTSS, black people experience “fear and mistrust of forests and other green spaces.” According to Finney, the tree is a racist symbol to black people.“Black people also wanted to go out in the woods and eat apples from the trees,” Finney explains.” But black people were lynched on the trees. The tree became a big symbol.” Black people are triggered by trees and suffer Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome flashbacks. You can’t expect them to go to on a hike.

Source: The Racist Trees of Our National Parks | Frontpage Mag

I’d figured that going to Home Depot or any hardware store would be worse than going to the woods since they sell rope. Let’s face it, there can’t be lynching without a hanging and there can’t be a proper hanging without a rope.

Hay tip to Michael M.

Have you seen the statistics on the high number of failed background checks compared to the low number of prosecutions for those failed checks? Remember when an NRA representative spoke with Biden about this topic?

Well, it flew under my radar that some states are now doing something about it. To be 100% clear, the laws are over lying on the background checks- so-called “lie-and-try”. Tennessee is the latest to join seven other states that now require law enforcement to be notified of failed checks. It seems that no state requires police to follow up, but there are many more investigations happening due to the law.

According to The Trace, data from Pennsylvania State Police shows a very big raise in investigations.

Personally, bravo. It’s about time people get more serious about criminals instead of law abiding citizens. Now, I could endlessly pick a bone with someone for hours over who should be labeled “criminal”, such as people who have served their time for minor offenses, but I will save that for a different day. However, I think this is a step in the right direction if people are serious about decreasing crimes committed with guns by repeat offenders. I do not like that if someone with someone with a minor offense is being blocked from purchasing a firearm. Perhaps they are less likely to be prosecuted fully, if at all? But if someone is a convicted murderer, then yeah sure, hit them hard.

I don’t enjoy any infringements on my rights, but this type of law is less toe-crushing than many of the things typical “anti-gunners” want.

Have a nice day, everybody.

The thick crowd, including actresses/moms Julianne Moore and Melissa Joan Hart, marched across the bridge into lower Manhattan behind a “MOMS DEMAND ACTION” banner.

Source: Moms march across Brooklyn Bridge to seek gun control – NY Daily News

The Thick Crowd? These are pictures from the Moms Demand own Facebook Page. As usual, they do their camera angle thing, but they posted one too many photos.

Looks packed…

Then again, maybe not so packed…

But they had celebrities! Like Julianne “Desperately Seeking Relevance” Moore!

My guess is that after spending all that money hiring companies to do their astroturf, they did not have much left to bus the paid volunteers in Craigslist.