I recently fired off5 letters to various MO state legislaters: my district rep, my senator, the gov, the lt. gov, and the Aty Gen about the round count and the implications owing to the shortage of ammo. No one can get 140 rounds at a time let alone 140 rounds to spend on a class instead of in actual self defense. And in as much as MO doesn't require any training to buy a gun, the implication is we have a bunch of untrained people, people whose actions could unwittingly add fuel to the fire for more gun-control.
I pointed out to these 5 people that a good many one day (all day shooting) tactical classes might not exceed 200 or so rounds, so 140 for a CCW that runs 8 hours, the majority of which is lecture, was ludicrous at best, but particularly so when no one can get ammo, at least not that much.
I heard back from my senator and my rep, both with not much useful information. But I also heard back from Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder who said that the legislature was discussing it and hoped to have some changes in place "by the end of next month". I got the letter at the end of April so that would mean maybe as soon as the end of May. He mentioned that the changes were being spearheaded by Brian Munzlinger (I recall his name as being one of the ones who pushed for the bill that added this "language to clarify" but which actually doubled the round count). At any rate I found that encouraging.
OF course I never got a reply from the Gov or atty Gen...no real surprise there.
Has anyone else heard details of pending changes?
Also if you have not written recently about that round count, now may be a really good time to press your elected reps at all state levels for something more rational. If you need to locate them all your elected officials can be contacted using links at Project Vote Smart - The Voter's Self Defense System.
I pointed out to these 5 people that a good many one day (all day shooting) tactical classes might not exceed 200 or so rounds, so 140 for a CCW that runs 8 hours, the majority of which is lecture, was ludicrous at best, but particularly so when no one can get ammo, at least not that much.
I heard back from my senator and my rep, both with not much useful information. But I also heard back from Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder who said that the legislature was discussing it and hoped to have some changes in place "by the end of next month". I got the letter at the end of April so that would mean maybe as soon as the end of May. He mentioned that the changes were being spearheaded by Brian Munzlinger (I recall his name as being one of the ones who pushed for the bill that added this "language to clarify" but which actually doubled the round count). At any rate I found that encouraging.
OF course I never got a reply from the Gov or atty Gen...no real surprise there.
Has anyone else heard details of pending changes?
Also if you have not written recently about that round count, now may be a really good time to press your elected reps at all state levels for something more rational. If you need to locate them all your elected officials can be contacted using links at Project Vote Smart - The Voter's Self Defense System.