Gunning for the Popular Vote

March 11, 2022

 

Headline from the March 10, 2022 Post-Dispatch:

 “Missouri House approves plan to allow guns on public transit”

 

If the proposal passes, people with concealed-carry permits could bring them onto public transportation.

Well, shucks, guns are already on public transit, so why not let law-abiding citizens have them, too? That way, more people could be caught in the crossfire.

And if you have a valid concealed-carry permit, the proposal says that your church/place of worship couldn’t bar you from bringing the gun into the building.

 “Wait,” you say. “Presumably a person with a concealed carry permit has passed some sort of competency test—gun safety, mental health, what-have-you.”

 

HAHAHAHA! This is Missouri. Basically, if you’re breathing, pass a one-hour online course, and have taken an in-person course that hits gun-safety highlights and makes you fire 20 rounds reasonably accurately, you can get the permit. I just looked it up.