It's "tit for tat" between Topeka's Republicans and Jefferson City's, it seems, for creating really ignorant, useless legislation lately. Case in point, Missouri's:
HB 633: Specifies that any member of the General Assembly who proposes legislation that further restricts an individual's right to bear arms will be guilty of a class D felony.
Proof and link here: http://house.mo.gov/billsummary.aspx?bill=HB633&year=2013&code=R
The Jefferson City News Tribune covers it here:
A Missouri lawmaker is proposing to send colleagues to prison for introducing gun control legislation — a plan that even its sponsor acknowledges has no chance of passage but nonetheless highlights the increasingly strident tone of gun measures in Missouri’s generally pro-gun Legislature.
Rep. Mike Leara said Tuesday that he considers his bill a statement of principle. It would make lawmakers guilty of a felony punishable by up to four years in prison if they introduce legislation restricting gun rights.
“I have no illusions about the bill making it through the legislative process, but I want it to be clear that the Missouri House will stand in defense of the people’s constitutional right to keep and bear arms,” Leara, a Republican from suburban St. Louis, said in a written statement. He declined further comment.
The good news?
At the above link, it shows it's not yet scheduled for a hearing and also isn't on the House's calendar.
The bad news?
It's the 2nd time it's been proposed.
It no doubt didn't help that a Democrat down there last week proposed a bill that "would require owners of semi-automatic weapons to surrender, destroy or send their guns to another state within 90 days of the measure’s passage.
It surely doesn't give you much hope for a) bipartisanship in either state capitol or b) doing what is good for the people and the state, first, last and foremost. Still, I have to have hope. At least our representatives aren't doing this:
North Carolina Governor Signs 'Unprecedented' Gutting Of Unemployment Insurance
Not yet, anyway. Hopefully it's not because it hasn't occurred to them.
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