The Republican-led Missouri legislature nixed two gun-related bills from this year’s agenda after a shooting at a Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally.
One bill, which passed the Missouri House last session but failed in the Senate, would allow permit holders to carry concealed firearms on forms of public transportation like buses, in addition to churches. The other bill would create tax exemptions for guns.
“While I do think both proposals are worthy of debate, they have no path to becoming law at this point,” GOP House Majority Leader Jonathan Patterson said in a statement to the Kansas City Star on Friday. “Now is not the appropriate time to be taking up those bills and therefore they will not be brought up this session.”
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