07.23.2009 10:48 am
Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Sen. McCaskill
McCaskill gun comments
UPDATED
WASHINGTON — When the Senate rejected a federally imposed reciprocity agreement on states for concealed carry permit owners, Sen. Claire McCaskill was not among the 20 Democrats who voted for easier gun transport across state lines.
The legislation, also supported by most Republican senators and the…
07.22.2009 12:41 pm
Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — You don’t often see the National Rifle Association take it on the chops but that’s what happened this afternoon when an amendment to allow people with concealed weapons permits carry guns across state lines lost by a scant two…
04.29.2009 2:40 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Sen. Joan Bray said today that she would filibuster a bill that would allow for concealed carry on college campuses.
Bray spoke briefly at a press conference put on by anti-concealed carry advocates, including Colin Goddard, a student…
03.11.2009 1:30 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau
Gun owners lobby in Springfield
(Update, 3 p.m.: The scene outside the Governor’s office. The statue on the left is of the late Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, whose son and successor is the Illinois gun lobby’s chief nemesis.)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -…
03.10.2009 10:54 am
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Several thousand Illinois gun owners are expected to descend upon the Capitol tomorrow for the annual Illinois Gun Owner Lobby day.
The event, sponsored by the Illinois State Rifle Association, IllinoisCarry.com, GunsSaveLife, and the Sangamon County Rifle Association,…