St Louis bans open carry

[Maxrobot]

Concerns about open carry came to the forefront last summer after multiple people were shown in videos walking around downtown with their guns out in plain sight.Board Bill 107 now heads to the desk of Mayor Tishaura Jones after a third reading and board approval Friday. The bill is sponsored by 14th Ward Alderman Rasheen Aldridge. Tthe legislation would prohibit the open carrying of firearms in the city of St. Louis except for law officers and those required to openly carry a gun as part of their official duty.

St. Louis Board of Aldermen pass bill to ban open carry of guns

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen took a big step Friday in a push for new gun laws, formally passing a bill that would prohibit the open carrying of weapons within the City of St. Louis.

fox2now.com

 

[Uzi2]

Concerns about open carry came to the forefront last summer after multiple people were shown in videos walking around downtown with their guns out in plain sight.Board Bill 107 now heads to the desk of Mayor Tishaura Jones after a third reading and board approval Friday. The bill is sponsored by 14th Ward Alderman Rasheen Aldridge. Tthe legislation would prohibit the open carrying of firearms in the city of St. Louis except for law officers and those required to openly carry a gun as part of their official duty.

St. Louis Board of Aldermen pass bill to ban open carry of guns

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen took a big step Friday in a push for new gun laws, formally passing a bill that would prohibit the open carrying of weapons within the City of St. Louis.

fox2now.com

Mayor Tishaura Jones is going to end up in federal prison along with the board of aldermen.

 

[MAGA99]

The .gov is not allowed to regulate firearms, period

 

[Kevin_NH]

The .gov is not allowed to regulate firearms, period

At the moment this is pure virtue signaling, this city law cannot be enforced due to state preemption:

As for Board Bill 107, there would still be an obstacle to enforcing it, even if approved locally. It would either need approval through a Republican-heavy Missouri legislature or Missouri voters would need to pass a ballot initiative that allows local municipalities to control gun laws.

The Missouri Secretary of State’s Office lists three ballot initiatives (2024-114, 20224-115, 2024-117) that would authorize “the regulation by ordinance of the possession or carrying of firearms” to the City of St. Louis. One also calls for the same action in St. Louis County.

These proposed ballot initiatives would need around 172,000 signatures to make way onto a 2024 ballot.

The city can restrict open carry to adults with concealed-carry permits -- which it did a few months ago. Anything stricter is perhaps priming the pump for a repeal of preemption?

 

[Sf Becket]

Had to drive through St Louis earlier this year….what a dump

 

[Marty McFly]

Home of bud light!

 

[Sparky123]

The .gov is not allowed to regulate firearms, period

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This

 

[Picton]

Mayor Tishaura Jones is going to end up in federal prison along with the board of aldermen.

 

[Waher]

Eventually politicians are going to get slapped with a 42 U.S. Code § 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights, or the state equivalent, conviction in one of these red states.

 

[Mountain]

While I abhor the law against it, open carry in St. Louis is dumb unless you have eyes in the back of your head or have someone watching your six.

 

[Picton]

Eventually politicians are going to get slapped with a 42 U.S. Code § 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights, or the state equivalent, conviction in one of these red states.

You'll find me at the start of the conga line during the celebratory party once that starts happening.

But I don't believe it ever will.

 

[Davidk]

Depending on the source, STL is one of the top 3 most dangerous cities. Anyone remember Ferguson?

 

[Davidk]

This law is so blatantly illegal that the supporters should be jailed

We can solve all this stupidity by prosecuting politicians that support treasonous legislation

 

[71montess]

How about jailing mayors with made up names.

 

[Kevin_NH]

Depending on the source, STL is one of the top 3 most dangerous cities. Anyone remember Ferguson?

Work lead me to drive through Ferguson during their prelude to the "summer of love".

Arrived at airport rental car lot, was told "We're all out of midsize, but can upgrade you to this 4x4 pickup truck (with cattlepusher grille) at no extra charge". Never having driven anything that length before meant parking was a pain, but that week in Missouri is what lead me to buy one for myself.

Speaking of STL and dangerousness:

a May 2023 study that evaluated three years of medical data from St. Louis Children's Hospital found that the majority of children injured by guns weren’t victims of negligent adults or picking up firearms themselves.

Instead, the analysis, which analyzed 156 cases of children injured by guns between 2014 and 2017, found that just 13% were caused by intentional assaults. Nearly two-thirds of victims were “shot outdoors by an unknown shooter, the motivation of which was unknown.”

The cases in the study involved children 6 to 17, described as “primarily Black adolescent males.” The motivation for the shootings was unknown in 93% of cases, while 36% of these shootings were classified as a “drive-by.”

This mirrors my experiences with being downrange of gunfire in Chicago -- wrong place, wrong time.

 

[paul73]

Speaking of STL and dangerousness:

i worked in downtown st louis for 3 years, and we had to park in the garage under the arch, that meant walking there at winter time in the dark.
we always had a rotation to make sure we escort all the women there, and would never be less than 3 males in the group. junkies were always the issue, and you could be cut or poked with needle for a mere $20.
police was never there after dark.