Kansas City, MO Passes Law Barring Kids From Owning Guns

By Tom Knighton

There are often a lot of dumb guns laws being considered at the local level. From assault weapon bans to safe storage laws, local governments are always trying to craft new ways to screw with law-abiding gun owners.

Now, some local officials will disagree with that characterization, arguing that they’re just trying to keep their communities safe.

Well, that’s all fine and good, but in the process, they’re screwing with law-abiding gun owners a lot of the time.

I’ll concede that sometimes, though, it’s actually a sincere desire to make their communities safer that’s driving them. Take Kansas City, MO, for example:

“Currently there is no law in the state of Missouri that makes it illegal for a minor to have a handgun or a weapon. It is illegal under federal law, however its generally not something that the Department of Justice in Washington D.C. asks the U.S. Attorney’s Offices throughout the country to prosecute,” Judge Jane Pansing Brown, General Council to Mayor [Quinton] Lucas, said.

Two new ordinances passed Wednesday, aim to give Kansas City the power to bridge the gaps not covered by federal and state laws. They deal directly with kids and guns.

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The juvenile ordinance picks up where federal …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms