At least the MOSC has it. Too late to help the woman who was pistol whipped
and robbed yesterday in St. Louis County.
>From: "Don
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: "WMSA" <[email protected]>, "RKBA-MO" <[email protected]>,
> "MOCCW" <[email protected]>
>Subject: [moccw] Fast track in weapons case sought
>Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:02:35 -0600
>
>Posted on Tue, Nov. 11, 2003
>
>Fast track in weapons case sought
>
>By TIM HOOVER The Kansas City Star
>
>
>JEFFERSON CITY - Attorney General Jay Nixon on Monday asked the Missouri
>Supreme Court to fast-track the state's appeal of a St. Louis judge's
>decision blocking a new concealed weapons law.
>
>Nixon's office filed a motion with the Supreme Court for an expedited
>appeal, requesting a hearing before the court on Dec. 3.
>
>"We are hoping to get a final decision on the concealed weapons issue as
>soon as possible," said Beth Hammock, a spokeswoman for Nixon's office.
>"There are a lot of people wanting resolution on this issue."
>
>St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer on Friday granted a permanent
>injunction against the state's new concealed weapons law, which originally
>was to take effect Oct. 11. The law allows Missourians 23 and older who
>pass
>a background check and undergo training to carry concealed handguns.
>
>A group of plaintiffs that includes Kansas City Mayor pro tem Alvin Brooks
>sued the state to stop the new law from taking effect. On Oct. 10, Ohmer
>granted a temporary injunction against the law after the plaintiffs argued
>it violated the Missouri Constitution.
>
>The constitution says that while there is a right to bear arms, "this shall
>not justify the wearing of concealed weapons." The plaintiffs argued, and
>Ohmer agreed, that this language is a strict prohibition on concealed
>weapons.
>
>The state, along with gun rights supporters, argues that the language
>merely
>leaves it up to the state to regulate concealed weapons.
>
>Beth Riggert, spokeswoman for the Missouri Supreme Court, said expedited
>hearings are not common. "You see it more in election cases," she said.
>
>In its motion Monday, the state, joined by the St. Louis shooting range
>that
>Ohmer allowed to be added as a defendant, argues for speeding things up.
and robbed yesterday in St. Louis County.
>From: "Don
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: "WMSA" <[email protected]>, "RKBA-MO" <[email protected]>,
> "MOCCW" <[email protected]>
>Subject: [moccw] Fast track in weapons case sought
>Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:02:35 -0600
>
>Posted on Tue, Nov. 11, 2003
>
>Fast track in weapons case sought
>
>By TIM HOOVER The Kansas City Star
>
>
>JEFFERSON CITY - Attorney General Jay Nixon on Monday asked the Missouri
>Supreme Court to fast-track the state's appeal of a St. Louis judge's
>decision blocking a new concealed weapons law.
>
>Nixon's office filed a motion with the Supreme Court for an expedited
>appeal, requesting a hearing before the court on Dec. 3.
>
>"We are hoping to get a final decision on the concealed weapons issue as
>soon as possible," said Beth Hammock, a spokeswoman for Nixon's office.
>"There are a lot of people wanting resolution on this issue."
>
>St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer on Friday granted a permanent
>injunction against the state's new concealed weapons law, which originally
>was to take effect Oct. 11. The law allows Missourians 23 and older who
>pass
>a background check and undergo training to carry concealed handguns.
>
>A group of plaintiffs that includes Kansas City Mayor pro tem Alvin Brooks
>sued the state to stop the new law from taking effect. On Oct. 10, Ohmer
>granted a temporary injunction against the law after the plaintiffs argued
>it violated the Missouri Constitution.
>
>The constitution says that while there is a right to bear arms, "this shall
>not justify the wearing of concealed weapons." The plaintiffs argued, and
>Ohmer agreed, that this language is a strict prohibition on concealed
>weapons.
>
>The state, along with gun rights supporters, argues that the language
>merely
>leaves it up to the state to regulate concealed weapons.
>
>Beth Riggert, spokeswoman for the Missouri Supreme Court, said expedited
>hearings are not common. "You see it more in election cases," she said.
>
>In its motion Monday, the state, joined by the St. Louis shooting range
>that
>Ohmer allowed to be added as a defendant, argues for speeding things up.