After Newtown: Will Missouri Arm Teachers Or Pass Gun Control?

One Creve Coeur State Senator suggests that for all the talk coming out of state lawmakers right now, there may not be much action in Jefferson City on guns in this coming session.

In the week since the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting left 26 people, including 20 children dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Missouri lawmakers at the federal and state levels have started discussing the outlines of legislation tied to gun control and alternatively, the ability for teachers and staff who have permitted concealed weapons to carry them in schools. One prefiled bill on the subject has the support of more than two dozen lawmakers, including Republican House Speaker Tim Jones and Majority Leader John Diehl, according to the Associated Press. St. Louis County Police Chief openly talked about the prospect of arming school staff in areas where a School Resource Officer was not present, but conceded Thursday after a …

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