There doesn’t appear to be the will on the part of the right wingnut dominated

General Assembly to regulate home medical devices from the dark ages.

Another anti-choice bill introduced on Thursday:

FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 400

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES RIDDLE (Sponsor), MILLER, WOOD, HURST, FITZWATER, SPENCER, HARRIS, CORNEJO, KOLKMEYER, REIBOLDT, DIEHL, NEELY, LICHTENEGGER, LANT, BROWN, MESSENGER, JOHNSON, ROWLAND, WALKER, ENTLICHER, ANDERSON, FITZPATRICK, WILSON, CRAWFORD, KORMAN, WHITE, HANSEN, CROSS, SHUMAKE, ENGLISH, COX, LYNCH, MCCAHERTY, HAEFNER, REHDER, MCGAUGH, HICKS, SCHIEFFER, HOUGHTON, CONWAY (104), LAUER, KELLEY (127), ELMER, PARKINSON, SWAN, RICHARDSON, PFAUTSCH, ROWDEN, JONES (50), BARNES, FRAKER, BAHR, GUERNSEY, ZERR, SCHIEBER, ROSS, FLANIGAN, KOENIG, POGUE, PIKE, REMOLE, SMITH (120), WIELAND, REDMON, HIGDON, DOHRMAN, CIERPIOT, TORPEY, SOLON, THOMSON, LEARA, COOKSON, GANNON, DUGGER, SCHARNHORST, MORRIS, MUNTZEL, BRATTIN, AUSTIN, GATSCHENBERGER, BLACK, GRISAMORE, CURTMAN, BERNSKOETTER, KEENEY, STREAM, JONES (110), DAVIS, ENGLER, ALLEN, SOMMER, FRANKLIN, PHILLIPS, JUSTUS, RHOADS, SCHATZ, FREDERICK, BURLISON, HAMPTON, HAAHR, LOVE, HINSON, GOSEN, FOWLER, FUNDERBURK AND HODGES (Co-sponsors).

0839L.01I   D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 188, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to administration of abortion-inducing drugs.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

           Section A. Chapter 188, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 188.021, to read as follows:

           188.021. When RU-486 (mifepristone) or any drug or chemical is used for the purpose of inducing an abortion, the drug or chemical shall be administered in the same room and in the physical presence of the physician who prescribed, dispensed, or otherwise provided the drug or chemical to the patient. The physician inducing the abortion, or a person acting on such physician’s behalf, shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that the patient returns twelve to eighteen days after the administration or use of RU-486 or any drug or chemical for a follow-up visit so the physician is able to confirm that the pregnancy has been terminated and assess the patient’s medical condition. At a minimum, the physician inducing the abortion shall include in the patient’s medical records the date, time, and identification by name of the person making such reasonable efforts to ensure the patient returns for a follow-up visit in accordance with this section.

[emphasis in original]

When wire coat hangers are outlawed, only outlaws will have wire coat hangers.

Really?

Introduced today:

SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1989

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE RIDDLE.

6253L.02I                                                   D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 10, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the designation of the state rifle.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

           Section A. Chapter 10, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 10.055, to read as follows:

           10.055. The Hawken Rifle, also known as the plains rifle, is selected for and shall be known as the official rifle of the state of Missouri.

[emphasis in original]

How about a trebuchet?

No trebuchet? What they lack in rate of fire they make up for in ammo flexibility (take your pick, a grand piano or a Volkswagon minibus…).

Again, definitely not a jobs bill. Try again.

Two bills, HB 1319 and HB 1320, which were filed today vividly illustrate the vast chasm between practical reality and fringe ideology in Missouri’s General Assembly. Which is which probably depends on one’s point view of the universe. The ultimate impact on society if each becomes law couldn’t be more different.

Representative Jeanie Riddle (r) filed HB 1319 which:

Lowers the age for concealed carry endorsements from 21 to 18

Teenagers carrying concealed firearms is a good idea? Any guesses about the possibility of this one making it through the republican controlled General Assembly?

Representative Mary Still (D) filed HB 1320:

SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1320

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES STILL (Sponsor), AULL, KANDER, WEBBER, ELLINGER, OXFORD, SCHUPP, ATKINS, KRATKY, McGEOGHEGAN, McNEIL, SWEARINGEN, PACE, NEWMAN, HODGES, TALBOY, McMANUS, SIFTON, LAMPE, SMITH (71), QUINN, HUMMEL, McDONALD, NICHOLS, PIERSON AND HARRIS (Co-sponsors).

4543L.01I                                                                                           D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 130, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to campaign contributions.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

           Section A. Chapter 130, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 130.032, to read as follows:

           130.032. 1. In addition to the limitations imposed under section 130.031, the amount of contributions made by or accepted from any person other than the candidate in any one election shall not exceed the following:

           (1) To elect an individual to the office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor, or attorney general, two thousand dollars;

           (2) To elect an individual to the office of state senator, one thousand dollars;

           (3) To elect an individual to the office of state representative, five hundred dollars;

           (4) To elect an individual to any other office, including judicial office, if the population of the electoral district, ward, or other unit according to the latest decennial census is under one hundred thousand, five hundred dollars;

           (5) To elect an individual to any other office, including judicial office, if the population of the electoral district, ward, or other unit according to the latest decennial census is at least one hundred thousand but less than two hundred fifty thousand, one thousand dollars; and

           (6) To elect an individual to any other office, including judicial office, if the population of the electoral district, ward, or other unit according to the latest decennial census is at least two hundred fifty thousand, two thousand dollars.

[….]

Campaign finance limits. The impact on society and Democracy if multimillionaires can’t drop a few million dollars on a candidate or an initiative campaign? Priceless.

Any guesses about this one making it through the republican run General Assembly? Yep, less than none.

There’s a definite difference.

Not jobs, but, this being the republican controlled Missouri General Assembly, conceal carry.

Introduced yesterday:

HB 778

Allows certain persons to carry concealed firearms in the state capitol building or at a meeting of the general assembly if it is held in the state capitol building if they have a concealed carry endo

Sponsor: Riddle, Jeanie (020)

Co-Sponsor: Parkinson, Mark (016) … et al.

Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2011

LR Number: 1229L.01I

Last Action: 3/08/2011 – Read Second Time (H)

Bill String: HB 778

Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled

Calendar: HOUSE BILLS FOR SECOND READING

“Certain persons?” Who could that be?

The bill:

FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 778

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES RIDDLE (Sponsor), PARKINSON, JONES (89), SCHOELLER, ALLEN, KEENEY, SMITH (150), SILVEY, TILLEY, ENTLICHER, RICHARDSON, WALLINGFORD, KORMAN, LEARA, BROWN (116), HIGDON, HOUGHTON, SCHATZ, PHILLIPS, GRISAMORE, LAIR, FISHER, LOEHNER, SCHAD, ROWLAND, SHUMAKE, CAUTHORN, FUNDERBURK, HINSON, HAMPTON, CROSS, CRAWFORD, BRATTIN, DAVIS, WHITE, FREDERICK, McCAHERTY, BERRY, BARNES, LANT, REIBOLDT, FUHR, BROWN (85), FITZWATER, LEACH, COOKSON, FRAKER, BAHR, WYATT, HAEFNER, MARSHALL, CONWAY (14), GUERNSEY, ASBURY, LARGENT, MOLENDORP, COX, BERNSKOETTER, REDMON, KLIPPENSTEIN, ZERR AND FRANZ (Co-sponsors).

1229L.01I                                                                                                           D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 571.107, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to carrying concealed firearms in the state capitol building, with existing penalty provisions.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

           Section A. Section 571.107, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 571.107, to read as follows:

[….]

(5) Any meeting of the governing body of a unit of local government; or any meeting of the general assembly or a committee of the general assembly, except that nothing in this subdivision shall preclude a member of the body holding a valid concealed carry endorsement from carrying a concealed firearm at a meeting of the body which he or she is a member. Possession of a firearm in a vehicle on the premises shall not be a criminal offense so long as the firearm is not removed from the vehicle or brandished while the vehicle is on the premises. Nothing in this subdivision shall preclude a member of the general assembly, a full-time employee of the general assembly employed under section 17, article III, Constitution of Missouri, legislative employees of the general assembly as determined under section 21.155, or statewide elected officials and their employees, holding a valid concealed carry endorsement, from carrying a concealed firearm in the state capitol building or at a meeting whether of the full body of a house of the general assembly or a committee thereof, that is held in the state capitol building;

[….]

[emphasis in original]

Heh. Except, members of the general public who hold valid conceal carry permits wouldn’t be able to carry in the galleries of the House or the Senate. That’s quite an exception, don’t you think? Wouldn’t letting those in the general public with valid conceal carry permits actually carry in the galleries and everywhere else in the capitol make everyone safer? Just asking.

And, there’s a very interesting absence among the co-sponsors of the bill:

Representative Denny Hoskins (r) – Town Halls: campus conceal carry (June 21, 2009)

[….]

Question:  So, are you going to allow people in the gallery in the House have con… guns? ‘Cause they can’t now. I’ve looked at the legislation, sir. They cannot now.

Representative [Denny] Hoskins: I, I wouldn’t be against that.

Question:Why don’t you introduce that as your legislation then? So that your colleagues could, people in the gallery can have guns in case somebody enters.

Representative Hoskins:  Well, and, and they currently, uh, they can have them out in the hallways. It’s just that they can’t have them in any, uh, I think…[crosstalk]

Question: Well you’re worried about the Kirkwood case, though?

Representative Hoskins: Right.

Question: Don’t you think you ought to have armed citizens sitting above you as you debate, uh, legislation on the floor of  [crosstalk] the General Assembly?

Representative Hoskins: If they’re, uh, properly trained and law abiding [crosstalk] citizens.

Question: Then intro…, why don’t you introduce that, too? The next time you want to make me safe, why don’t you make yourself safe and introduce the same thing? End the, the restriction in the House for conceal and carry?

Representative Hoskins: …but…[crosstalk]

Question: If Kirkwood is, is your, if…[crosstalk]

Representative Hoskins:  I, I didn’t introduce the legislation, so…[crosstalk]

Question: Yeah, but you’re my representative.

Representative Hoskins: I know.

Question: You voted to, to have guns where I work. You understand why I’m concerned about this?

Third person in audience: Are you concerned when you go to Wal-mart? Because people go to Wal-mart. Are you concerned when you walk down the street? Because people walk down the street with guns all the time. [crosstalk]

Question: Sir, I drove a taxicab in the City of Chicago for five years.

Third person in audience: Profess…[crosstalk]

Question: You bet. And no gun was gonna keep me safe. And when I finally had one pointed at the back of my head, had I pulled one out, he’d of got me before I got him…[crosstalk]

Third person in audience: [garbled]…they don’t have that in Illinois…[crosstalk]

Question: What? He’d of killed me before.

Third person in audience: Illinois doesn’t have a conceal carry permit.

Representative Hoskins: Sir, where, where do you think that, uh, guns should be allowed?

Question: Ooh, I, lord knows, having hit a deer, we gotta have, we gotta kill deer in this state. Oh, I love hunters. Please kill deer. Please kill the deer. But I don’t, you think I need a gun in here in this library right now? You think I, I, I feel unsafe? Do you feel unsafe? Because nobody has a gun?

Representative Hoskins: [inaudible] All right. Thank you….

[underline emphasis added]

“…I, I wouldn’t be against that…”

That must be the reason he didn’t sign on to the bill, right?

Man linked to Giffords shooting rampage called ‘very disturbed’

….The suspect is unstable, Dupnik said, but the sheriff would not say he is “insane”….

FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 341

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES RIDDLE (Sponsor), FRANZ, FUNDERBURK AND COX (Co-sponsors).

1051L.04I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 475.375, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to petitions to remove firearms disqualification.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

           Section A. Section 475.375, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 571.092, to read as follows:

           571.092. 1. Any individual over the age of eighteen years who has been adjudged incapacitated under chapter 475, who has been involuntarily committed under chapter 632, or who is otherwise subject to the firearms-related disabilities of 18 U.S.C. Section 922(d)(4) or (g)(4) as a result of an adjudication or commitment that occurred in this state may file a petition for the removal of the disqualification to ship, transport, receive, purchase, possess, or transfer a firearm imposed under 18 U.S.C. Section 922(d)(4) or (g)(4) and the laws of this state….

[emphasis in original]

Which would repeal and replace:

Missouri Revised Statutes

Chapter 475

Probate Code–Guardianship

Section 475.375

….No individual who has been found guilty by reason of mental disease or defect may petition a court for restoration under this section….

[emphasis added]

Offered without further comment.

The Missouri General Assembly is in session. That means that there’s a pile of House conceal carry bills.

With apologies to Atrios.

HB 1781 Changes the laws regarding carrying concealed weapons in the State Capitol Building

Sponsor: Riddle, Jeanie (20) Proposed Effective Date: 08/28/2010

CoSponsor: Brown, Dan (149) ……….etal. LR Number: 3549L.01I

Last Action: 01/25/2010 – Read Second Time (H)

HB1781

Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled

Calendar: Bill currently not on a calendar

SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1781

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES RIDDLE (Sponsor), BROWN (149), DIXON, VIEBROCK, ZERR, GUERNSEY, COX, DIEHL, SMITH (150), FRANZ, BRUNS, CUNNINGHAM, JONES (117), JONES (89), NOLTE, FLOOK, ICET, KINGERY, LOEHNER, WALLACE, SANDER, KRAUS, MUNZLINGER, GATSCHENBERGER, DAY, WRIGHT, FISHER (125), LAIR AND VIEBROCK (Co-sponsors).

3549L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 571.107, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to concealed carry endorsements, with a penalty provision.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

           Section A. Section 571.107, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 571.107, to read as follows:

           571.107. 1. A concealed carry endorsement issued pursuant to sections 571.101 to 571.121 or a concealed carry endorsement or permit issued by another state or political subdivision of another state shall authorize the person in whose name the permit or endorsement is issued to carry concealed firearms on or about his or her person or vehicle throughout the state. No driver’s license or nondriver’s license containing a concealed carry endorsement issued pursuant to sections 571.101 to 571.121 or a concealed carry endorsement or permit issued by another state or political subdivision of another state shall authorize any person to carry concealed firearms into….

…. (5) Any meeting of the governing body of a unit of local government; or any meeting of the general assembly or a committee of the general assembly, or the state capitol building except that nothing in this subdivision shall preclude a member of the governing body of a unit of local government holding a valid concealed carry endorsement from carrying a concealed firearm at a meeting of the body which he or she is a member and except that nothing in this subdivision shall preclude a member of the general assembly or an employee of the general assembly holding a valid concealed carry endorsement from carrying a concealed firearm at any meeting of the general assembly or a committee of the general assembly or in the state capitol building. Possession of a firearm in a vehicle on the premises shall not be a criminal offense so long as the firearm is not removed from the vehicle or brandished while the vehicle is on the premises….

[emphasis in original]

What would Representative Denny Hoskins (r – noun, verb, CPA) say about this?:

….Question:  So, are you going to allow people in the gallery in the House have con… guns? ‘Cause they can’t now. I’ve looked at the legislation, sir. They cannot now.

Representative Hoskins: I, I wouldn’t be against that.

Question: Why don’t you introduce that as your legislation then? So that your colleagues could, people in the gallery can have guns in case somebody enters.

Representative Hoskins:  Well, and, and they currently, uh, they can have them out in the hallways. It’s just that they can’t have them in any, uh, I think…[crosstalk]

Question: Well you’re worried about the Kirkwood case, though?

Representative Hoskins: Right.

Question: Don’t you think you ought to have armed citizens sitting above you as you debate, uh, legislation on the floor of  [crosstalk] the General Assembly?

Representative Hoskins: If they’re, uh, properly trained and law abiding [crosstalk] citizens.

Question: Then intro…, why don’t you introduce that, too? The next time you want to make me safe, why don’t you make yourself safe and introduce the same thing? End the, the restriction in the House for conceal and carry?

Representative Hoskins: …but…[crosstalk]

Question: If Kirkwood is, is your, if…[crosstalk]

Representative Hoskins:  I, I didn’t introduce the legislation, so…[crosstalk]

Question: Yeah, but you’re my representative.

Representative Hoskins: I know.

Question: You voted to, to have guns where I work. You understand why I’m concerned about this?….

Nope, nothing from Representative Hoskins on HB 1781. Yet.

A few other bills on the same subject:

HB 1206  Gatschenberger, Chuck

Lowers the age at which a person can obtain a concealed carry endorsement from 23 to 21 years of age and increases the period of time an endorsement is valid from three years to five years (LR# 3312L.01I)

HB 1232  Davis, Cynthia L.

Revises the crime of unlawful use of weapons by allowing any individual who is lawfully allowed to possess a firearm or weapon to openly carry it into any church or assembled place of worship (LR# 3299L.01I)

Why am I not surprised?

HB 1239  Davis, Cynthia L.

Increases the period of time a concealed carry endorsement is valid from three years to five years from the date of issuance or renewal (LR# 3378L.01I)

HB 1291  Burlison, Eric

Increases the period of time a concealed carry endorsement is valid from three years to five years from the date of issuance or renewal (LR# 3579L.01I)

HB 1352  Schad, Rodney

Increases the period of time a concealed carry endorsement is valid from three years to five years from the date of issuance or renewal (LR# 3603L.01I)

HB 1756  Dethrow, Mike

Changes the laws regarding concealed carry endorsements (LR# 3717L.02I)

HB 1787  Jones, Kenny

Changes the laws regarding defensive use of force by a property owner or lessor, lowers the age for obtaining a concealed carry endorsement, and exempts antique firearms from certain weapons offenses (LR# 4619L.01I)

HB 1944  Brown, Dan

Lowers the minimum age requirement for obtaining a concealed carry endorsement from 23 years of age to 21 years of age (LR# 4758L.01I)

HB 2076  Parson, Michael L.

Revises laws regarding concealed carry endorsements (LR# 4902L.01I)

The bills will face off at high noon.