Posted June 14, 2015 8:53 am by Comments

By Dean Weingarten

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By Dean Weingarten

Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)-
The St. Louis Zoo has asked for, and Judge Joan Moriarty has issued, a temporary restraining order barring a Second Amendment activist from visiting the Zoo while armed. From Fox2now.com:

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A judge is barring a gun-rights advocate from entering the St. Louis Zoo with a gun as he pledged to do this weekend.
St. Louis Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty issued a temporary restraining order against 56-year-old Jeffry Smith of Cincinnati. It’s in effect until a hearing June 22.
Smith planned to go armed to the St. Louis Zoo on Saturday afternoon to test the legality of the site’s firearms ban. Although Missouri law bars guns in gated areas of amusement parks, he questions whether the zoo fits that description as a public, taxpayer-supported place.

The Missouri law that deals with the issue appears to be 571.107 RSMo. It does not “bar” guns in gated areas of amusement parks. It allows proprietors of such facilities to ban the concealed carry of firearms there. The law is very clear:

Carrying of a concealed firearm in a location specified in subdivisions (1) to (17) of subsection 1 …read more

Source:: AmmoLand

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