Well here we go again....Beat in court once...I guess they'll be beat again, where is the funding coming from. Perhaps a countersuit may be in order.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/ne...Headline=Suit+challenges+concealed-gun+permit
Suit challenges concealed-gun permit
By Terry Ganey
Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau Chief
03/12/2004
JEFFERSON CITY -- A lawsuit challenging the issuance of the state's first permit to carrry a concealed weapon to the sponsor of the new conceal-carry law was filed today in Moniteau County Circuit Court against the sheriff who issued the permit.
The suit contends the issuance of the permit was illegal under the "Hancock amendment" to the state Constitution. The amendment requires that when the Legislature calls on counties to carry out additional duties, it's supposed to appropriate funds to the counties to carry them out.
The suit said the Legislature had not appropriated the money to the county to pay for the additional duties of processing applications for concealed weapons permits.
Moniteau County Sheriff Ken Jones issued a concealed weapons permit to state Rep. Larry Crawford, R-California and the sponsor of the concealed weapons law. The suit said the "unfunded mandate" in Moniteau County also existed in all counties across the state, since those counties received no appropriations.
The suit asked the court to delare the law in violation of the state Constitution and to declare as "null and v
oid" the permit that was issued to Crawford.
The suit named as defendants the state of Missouri, Moniteau County and Jones. The plaintiff in the suit is Robert N. Barry, identified as a resident and taxpayer of the county. The suit was filed by Burton Newman, a lawyer based in Clayton, and Richard Miller, a Kansas City lawyer. Newman and Miller had represented plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the concealed weapons law in St. Louis last fall.
For more on this story, check back with STLtoday.com or read Saturday's Post-Dispatch.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/ne...Headline=Suit+challenges+concealed-gun+permit
Suit challenges concealed-gun permit
By Terry Ganey
Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau Chief
03/12/2004
JEFFERSON CITY -- A lawsuit challenging the issuance of the state's first permit to carrry a concealed weapon to the sponsor of the new conceal-carry law was filed today in Moniteau County Circuit Court against the sheriff who issued the permit.
The suit contends the issuance of the permit was illegal under the "Hancock amendment" to the state Constitution. The amendment requires that when the Legislature calls on counties to carry out additional duties, it's supposed to appropriate funds to the counties to carry them out.
The suit said the Legislature had not appropriated the money to the county to pay for the additional duties of processing applications for concealed weapons permits.
Moniteau County Sheriff Ken Jones issued a concealed weapons permit to state Rep. Larry Crawford, R-California and the sponsor of the concealed weapons law. The suit said the "unfunded mandate" in Moniteau County also existed in all counties across the state, since those counties received no appropriations.
The suit asked the court to delare the law in violation of the state Constitution and to declare as "null and v
oid" the permit that was issued to Crawford.
The suit named as defendants the state of Missouri, Moniteau County and Jones. The plaintiff in the suit is Robert N. Barry, identified as a resident and taxpayer of the county. The suit was filed by Burton Newman, a lawyer based in Clayton, and Richard Miller, a Kansas City lawyer. Newman and Miller had represented plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the concealed weapons law in St. Louis last fall.
For more on this story, check back with STLtoday.com or read Saturday's Post-Dispatch.
Missouri is a huge Charlie Foxtrot at the moment, if you know what I mean.