Gun Rights

The latest order a stays temporary injunction from another judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in East St. Louis.

The federal judge finds ‘likely’ 2nd Amendment violation days after different federal judge in Chicago declined similar action.

This case is just one of several challenging new state law’s constitutionality.

Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, expressed unease with the measure so soon after a deadly school shooting in Nashville.

McCloskey and his wife made national headlines in 2020 when they were photographed brandishing guns while demonstrators walked down his street.

A St. Louis attorney told the Missouri Supreme Court that the Second Amendment Preservation Act was an "unintelligible statute" that has confused state law enforcement.

The judge ruled that the issue should be litigated by the city of St. Louis, St. Louis County and Jackson County separately.

Missouri House Bill 85 leaves local police departments vulnerable to $50,000 fines if they attempt to enforce federal gun laws. St. Louis Interim Public Safety Director Dan Isom discusses the bill, which awaits Gov. Mike Parson's signature, on St. Louis on the Air.

The measure passed on party lines, with 103 Republicans voting in favor and 43 Democrats opposing the idea.

NPR's new podcast "No Compromise" dives deep into the most uncompromising corner of the gun debate — it follows groups like the Missouri Firearms Coalition that feel the NRA is too soft on gun rights. Podcast co-host Chris Haxel of KCUR shares what the investigation uncovered.