Missouri Governor Sending State Troopers To Quell St. Louis Violence

By Cam Edwards

Amidst rising gang violence in St. Louis, Missouri Governor Mike Parsons announced he’s sending more than two dozen state troopers to the city to work alongside multiple law enforcement agencies at the federal, state, and local level in an attempt to crack down on the wave of homicides and violent assaults.

“We know we have a serious problem with violent crime that must be addressed, and we have spent the past months meeting with leaders and organizations at all levels to discuss possible solutions,” Parson said in a statement Thursday. “This is about targeting violent criminals and getting them off our streets. If we are to change violent criminal acts across our state, we must work together, we must do our jobs, we must support our law enforcement officers to accomplish these goals, and we must start prioritizing the prevention of crime.”

Note what Parsons didn’t say. He didn’t say that in order to change violent criminal acts, legal gun owners are just going to have to sacrifice their rights. He didn’t call for a gun ban, or rationing gun purchases, or allowing the government to decide who gets a license to own a firearm or not. He called …Read the Rest

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