tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post2505320771071424826..comments2024-03-28T11:10:39.098-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: Creve Coeur Democrat's bill strengthens background checks for gun purchasesRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-69307025530733506942020-01-05T03:33:55.927-08:002020-01-05T03:33:55.927-08:00"Wasn't that particular gun control law p..."Wasn't that particular gun control law passed during the U.S. Grant administration?"<br /><br />I do not know, Reconstruction ended with Grant's administration in early 1877, but Missouri went back to being controlled by Democrats earlier in 1873. See this chart with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Missouri" rel="nofollow">statewide positionsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-29161090462873700742020-01-04T22:06:33.909-08:002020-01-04T22:06:33.909-08:00Very informative comments, but didn't you skip...Very informative comments, but didn't you skip the part where Republicans passed the anti KKK gun control laws? <br /><br />Wasn't that particular gun control law passed during the U.S. Grant administration?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-64139654715869139362020-01-04T08:41:42.585-08:002020-01-04T08:41:42.585-08:00"Prior to 2007, Missouri required local law e..."Prior to 2007, Missouri required local law enforcement officials to conduct background checks on all transfers of handguns."<br /><br />A proud legacy of our post-reconstruction KKK years, they weren't required to OK transfers. Only North Carolina continues to be this backward.<br /><br />"The nonpartisan John Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research"<br /><br />You Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-43947814800572657982020-01-04T07:01:17.123-08:002020-01-04T07:01:17.123-08:00"It's a trap."
The key is this lang..."It's a trap."<br /><br />The key is this language from the exceptions that was cut and pasted from Bloomberg's standard language as first used in Washington state:<br /><br />"A person who is loaned a firearm solely for the purpose of shooting at targets, if the loan occurs on the premises of a properly licensed target facility...."<br /><br />In Washington state, andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com