MO: No background checks before permits...

[MrBenchley]

Remember, Missouri's voters were offered a chance to vote on this idiotic scheme...and rejected it.

"The police chief of Hallsville issued concealed weapons permits to people who had not cleared criminal background checks, saying state law requires him to do so if the checks are not done within 45 days.
Police Chief Pete Herring said more than 40 people are eligible for the permits because they applied March 19, more than the 45 days ago.
"I'm working within the confines of the law," Herring said Monday. "If it was up to me, no one would get a permit until they are cleared."
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is doing background checks on more than 4,500 gun permits applicants, said Capt. Chris Ricks. Most of the checks are done within a couple weeks, but Ricks said it has been difficult to get information from the Boone County court system about Hallsville applicants.
Boone County's electronic court records system was not adaptable to the patrol's computer system until recently, Ricks said, so the patrol had to determine the disposition of Hallsville with manual searches and phone calls."

http://www.csgv.org/news/headlines/ap5_4_04.cfm