Missouri Republicans derail plan to keep kids from carrying guns in public
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Republicans have killed a proposal to restrict unsupervised minors from carrying firearms in public.
The plan had been included in wide-ranging crime legislation by state Rep. Lane Roberts, R-Joplin.
But GOP members of the committee he chairs, the House Crime Prevention and Public Safety Committee, removed the provision Thursday.
“I just have a different approach…