[campergeek]

Here's the post-dispatch article:

Holden vetoes House concealed gun measure (http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/86256C7E00525A1B86256D5800697BC4?OpenDocument&Headline=Holden+vetoes+House+concealed+gun+measure)

The part which my blood boiling is the quote from (St. Louis) Police Chief Joe Mokwa:

I can tell you this: Confronting an armed criminal is not for the general public.

Apparently, what IS for the general public is to lay down and be robbed, killed, raped, etc. - because that is obviously a much better option.

I recommend that all Missourians contact their state representatives and senators. If they voted for HB349 originally, thank them for their past support and let them know their constituents are behind them to override Holden's veto this September. If they voted against HB349, then politely but firmly encourage them to add their support to overriding this veto. Then, mark your calendars and contact them again in early September, prior to the veto override session.

Finally, contact St. Louis' police chief Joe Mokwa and let him know that you do not appreciate the suggestion that citizens should resign themselves to be passive victims to crime.

[nemesis]

Governor Ann Richards vetoed the first submission of the Texas CHL bill.

What is old Ann doing these days?

[Blackhawk]

Governor Ann Richards vetoed the first submission of the Texas CHL bill.And she got to read about GWB signing it not long after the good people of Texas told her to git....

[.45TCB]

``What we've seen from other places is that it is more likely that someone will be injured either in anger or by accidental discharge by having more small weapons available than the unlikely event that crime will be deterred,'' said Vicky Riback Wilson, D-Columbia. OK, Ms. Wilson, since you're from the "Show Me" state . . . Show your constituents ANY evidence that this ridiculous statement is true. Let's see:

". . . injured either in anger . . ." - see readily availble stats from Florida & Texas (among others) showing the extreme rarity of permits being revoked and the even smaller number of those that involved firearms offenses.

". . . or by accidental discharge . . ." - see readily available stats showing the decreasing number of firearm accidents over the past couple of decades.

". . . unlikely event that crime will be deterred." - see readily available stats showing the number of defensive gun uses each year

:banghead:

[Frenchy]

I just e-mailed my rep. and ask him if he and his fellow representatives, have the "stuff' to override "One Term Bob" on this one.

[BowStreetRunner]

.45TCB,
look at where Rep. Riback Wilson is from, the most liberal city in the state, Columbia...she probably got voted in by all the collge profs out there who would s#%t a brick if regular people could carry guns for their own defense
BSR

[S_O_Laban]

Bob "the rob" Holden strikes again... Is that "One Term" Bob I smell or the runoff from a Missouri Pork producer?? or are they one in the same?:fire: :fire: