Only one Republican state representative supported a ban on minors openly carrying in public without adult supervision.
in public without adult supervision, as the legislative body on Wednesday voted down an amendment banning it.
According to Democratic Rep. Donna Baringer, police in her district supported the ban in order to put an end to “14-year-olds walking down the middle of the street in the city of St. Louis carrying AR-15s.” “Now they have been emboldened, and they are walking around with them,” Baringer said, the Associated Press
. “Until they actually brandish them, and brandish them with intent, our police officers’ hands are handcuffed.”This legislation was to give police the ability to take firearms away from unaccompanied minors on public property before they commit a crime.
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