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proud2BlibKansan

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Sun May 12, 2013, 06:56 PM May 2013

MO legislature passes bill that lets teachers carry guns [View all]

Bill says school districts "may" designate teachers and/or principals to carry. It also says if the designated carrier does not bring the gun to school, that is grounds for termination.

The Republican-controlled Missouri Legislature passed the nation's most extreme gun protection bill, along with bans on Islamic law and the United Nations sustainability agenda, during a late-night session Wednesday.

Under the gun measure, lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to nullify all federal gun laws in the state, while allowing some teachers to carry guns in schools. The bill also says some teachers who do not carry guns can be fired, while providing them with limited arrest powers.

The gun bill's passage followed passage of the sustainability and Sharia, or Islamic law, bans. All three bills now move to Gov. Jay Nixon (D) for his consideration. A Nixon spokesman said he did not have a comment until the governor reviewed the bills.

Senate Majority Whip Brian Nieves (R-Washington) trumpeted the bills on Facebook late Wednesday night, describing the gun bill as the "most hard core piece of Second Amendment legislation in the nation."

more . . . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/missouri-gun-bill_n_3245583.html?view=print&comm_ref=false
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