Virginia Pizza Shop Offers A Discount To Anyone Who Carries A Gun

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29. How many of those are put forth in actual legislation?

Legislation backed by several St. Louis area lawmakers would require gun owners to surrender or destroy their assault weapons within 90 days of the measure's passage. The proposed ban would include semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines and semi-automatic pistols with the capacity to shoot more than ten rounds of ammunition before reloading.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/state-and-regional/missouri/mo-democrats-propose-assault-weapon-ban/article_a1e7ef85-ae97-57b0-bb85-a1b2bed51f80.html

H.F. No. 241 which despite claims to the contrary does apply to pistols as well as rifles, mandates owners turn in the guns for destruction... http://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0241.0.html&session=ls88

In WA there was an "oversight" that included the right for police to search a gun owner's house without warrant, on three separate bills.



Latest on MN bill:

The Minnesota Senate will not act to ban assault weapons or high-capacity ammunition clips this year, a DFL leader said Monday.

Sen. Ron Latz, DFL-St. Louis Park, who is chairing the Senate’s gun hearings this week, said he will focus on closing the loopholes in background checks and leave the issue of banning weapons or ammunition to Congress.
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Support came from Protect Minnesota, a gun-control organization, and former Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan. But the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, which represents rank-and-file police officers, threw its support behind universal background checks rather than the guns and magazine bans.

Two points- it is a Democrat who is tabling the ban bill. Second, despite repeatedly being told the police back strict control, it is the rank and file who support background checks over bans, when given the choice.