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Ron C... (Dixon, MO)     H: 062 S: 06 Supports
Fidelity to the constitution of both Missouri and the United States requires that all parties involved strive to maintain the proper jurisdiction of the various polities. Failure to do so will result in corrupting centralization of power, diminished liberty, and eventual, but certain, disintegration of the union of the states.

The federal government was granted few and well-defined powers by the People of the several states, but it has long usurped the powers inherent in the People and reserved for them and the states, severally, by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Although we are a long-suffering people, the constant threats to the most basic right to self-protection has reached the limits of our patience. It is time to reclaim the powers belonging to the People and the states but never granted to the federal government. It is time for the People to bind, once again, the federal government they created with the chains of the Constitution. It is time for the People, acting through their nearest representatives in state government, to declare null and void the unconstitutional and extra-jurisdictional edicts from the federal government which infringe on the unalienable right to keep and bear arms.

Members of the Missouri General Assembly, who took an oath to defend the constitution of our state and of the United States, are DUTY BOUND to interpose on behalf of the People. HB 436 is the tool with which they can perform their duty. 
 
Joseph B... (Chelan, WA)     H: S: Supports
The 2nd amendment is basic to the security and preservation of our American life, We must have means of self defense and the 2nd amendment is the right from God that all the rest of the Constitution and Bill of rights, the law of America hangs I feel naked and helpless before the criminal without my gun as a law abiding citizen obeying God to be armed read St. Luke 22:36 ( "Let the one having no weapon, sell his cloak and buy one." ) That is good enough for me and that we are out of decency to protect our families and ladies and children. The majority of citizens should be concealed carry trained license holders, male or female and then the criminal would not know who was armed in public or anywhere else. .It is evident that "gun free zones invite criminal activity so there should be no gun free zones but be open to concealed Carry trained license holders of concealed guns. The program of the government should be training citizens and issuing certificates for concealed carry and not trying to destroy the 2nd Amendment and disarm responsible citizens so that only the criminals have guns 
 
Linda S... (hillsboro, MO)     H: 111 S: 22 Supports
 
 
Michael B... (Raymore, Mo)     H: 055 S: 31 Supports
I support this bill and will support with my vote any legislators who vote in favor of it. I will not support, in any future elections or political campaigns, any legislators who vote against or abstain from voting in favor of this bill. 
 
Matthew H... (Fenton, MO)     H: 113 S: 22 Supports
This legislation is vital to preserving both the 2nd Amendment as well as Art 1 Sec 23 of the Missouri Constitution, as both are under constant assault both within the State by both misguided legislatures, as well as rogue Missouri municipalities. I ask you to support liberty by supporting HB 436 to further reiterate to those, be they legislators in the Federal or State Legislatures, or legislators in robes in the Judicial branch, that the right to defense of self, family, and property, from both crime and tyrants are natural god given rights of man, which no person or entity should be able to usurp. 
 
Nicholas E... (St peters, MO)     H: 105 S: 23 Supports
I am very concerned for our second amendment rights in this country. Our federal government is constantly trying to make it harder and harder to acquire firearms. I would ask that you support the second amendment preservation act and start returning second amendment rights to the citizenry. This bill is wonderful because it not only reaffirms states rights regarding the production and sales of firearms within the state, it also takes away all of the ATF's bureaucratic red tape on class 3 firearms and accessories, which we can already own but are made PROHIBITIVELY expensive by the federal government's oppressive laws and fees, and not to mention extensive waiting periods.  
 
James D... (Florissant, MO)     H: 068 S: 13 Supports
Thank you!!! THIS is a well thought out, solidly constitutional bill that all liberty-minded people should support, unlike Lears's dead-end bill that actually violates the Missouri constitution itself and makes those who support 2nd Amendment rights look like a bunch of cretins. 
 
Gerald C... (Elsberry, MO)     H: 041 S: 10 Supports
I suport bils HB436 and SB325. 
 
Denise P... (East Prairie, MO)     H: 149 S: 25 Supports
Our veterans served our country in a voluntary basis, and this is the thanks they get? What we need to do as a state is to nullify the Brady Act. The Constitution allows the federal government limited power. The federal government has taken far more power than it was ever meant to have. The state and the people need to take their power back now, before they have no power left. Nullify any law that is not specifically granted to federal government in the Constitution at the state level. That includes all gun restriction laws.  
 
Ralph R... (Ballwin, MO)     H: 101 S: 15 Supports
It is time to defend the rights of the law abiding hard working citizens. 
 
Michael M... (Newburg, MO)     H: 121 S: 16 Supports
I believe we need to address the federl restrictions on veterans which can be imposed at the discretion of a non court exevutive action. The Constitution clearly states that the people are entitled to due process. Please pass these bills to do what you can to support the Constitution. Thank you. Mike Monaldi 
 
Edward T... (Holts Summit, MO)     H: S: Supports
This Bill must be passed. We cannot continue to allow the Federal Government to nullify the powers vested in the States through the Constitution of this country. 
 
Ernest R... (Kimberling City, MO)     H: 128 S: 28 Supports
Since the 10th Amendment of the US Constitution makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. That applies to ALL such regulation!

I respectfully demand that our Missouri legislators take no less than the strongest, most principled stand they can take to defend our right to keep and bear arms! The "Second Amendment Preservation Act" assures the strongest and most principled protection of the right to keep and bear arms possible. I take great comfort in the fact that the Act utilizes the words of two prominent Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, to explain Missouri's authority to nullify unconstitutional federal edicts within her borders. Including this language is essential to the success of the bill and protecting the rights of all Missourians. I urge you to pass this bill as soon as practical.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify.
 
 
Faye F... (Benton City, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
I have worked 10 years in the VA system, although many mental health professionals are competent, the "slippery slope"of this part of the Brady Bill is concerning to me. I know that as an RN who has worked in the ICU's taking care of very sick veterans that many times (while hospitalized) patients become temporarily confused (the numerous medications they are on) cause this and they say things they otherwise would not. I am concerned that this section of the Brady Bill could be used against them.  
 
Stanley S... (Linn, Mo)     H: 061 S: 06 Supports
"shall not be infringed" is simple to understand. Protect the 2nd amendment! 
 
Thomas T... (Macon, MO)     H: S: Supports
give us our rights to own guns with no limits as our Founder said. please STOP THE NON-SENSE! 
 
Timothy Z... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 018 S: 17 Supports
I urge you to pass this bill. As our Federal government is devastating all of our rights as a free people the Second amendment is the last bastion of what is left of our freedoms. Once that is gone, the people of Missouri will surely suffer as has happened in other countries where firearms prohibition has happened. Our Second Amendment protects ALL Missourians whether they posses firearms or not as it presents an unknown to those intent on doing us harm. Without it we will surely suffer at the hands of criminals and most assuredly the government.

Thank you,
Tim Zang 
 
Marian R... (Moberly, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
We must not let the government take our freedom's away from us, this includes the second amendment. we must stand up for ourselves and our children and grandchildren. We cannot and should not trust the government. Specifically the people of Germany trusted Hitler when he moved on the German people and took guns and everything else from them and look what happened. We cannot trust who is in the Whitehouse and his follower's. We need to stand up and fight to keep our God Guiven freedoms or one by one they will be taken away. 
 
Walter M... (Lexington, Mo)     H: 053 S: 21 Supports
Have we not had enough of the president, legislators and judiciary redefining the original meaning of our founding documents? Now the VA could use an unconstitutional clause in the Brady bill to put our nation at the mercy of tyrants. People have killed other people since the first sibling rivalry took the life of one fourth of the earth's population. Sometimes they use guns, but taking away guns from the law abiding citizens, especially veterans who were willing to die to protect us, is unconscionable and will NOT stop the violence. It will only make it possible for tyranny to perpetrate the kind of violence witnessed whenever tyrants get too much power. Please study history and make a wise decision here, or you will become history, for reasons that won't be well remembered. A right decision based on understanding, one that honors God, will cause you to go down in history as ones who stood against tyranny and for theTruth. You will be in our prayers as you fight this domestic enemy. May the Lord give you wisdom, strength and courage. 
 
Wesley B... (St Louis, MO)     H: 095 S: 01 Supports
 
 
James M... (Raytown, MO)     H: 028 S: 09 Supports
I am 86 years old, still practicing law after 60 years in Kansas City, MO; served in the Navy in WWII and in the Marine Marine Corps in the Korean War as a Lieutenant l951-1952. I fought in those wars voluntarily,and was prepared to die if necessary to preserve our Constitution, including and expecially the Second Amendment thereto, for if the Second Amendment is destroyed by Obama, the remainder the OUR Constitution will be destryed by him, as the Second Amendment preserves and protects the remainder.!!!!!. 
 
Ellen E... (St. Louis, MO)     H: 088 S: 24 Supports
Please vote YES on HB 436. I want no less than the strongest, most principled stand you can take to defend our right to keep and bear arms! 
 
Jared T... (Fenton, MO)     H: 098 S: 15 Supports
I strongly support the Second Amendment. My passion for the Second Amendment strongly affects who i vote or don't vote for in elections. I do not tolerate any compromise on this issue.

I encourage you to pick up a Bible and read Revelation 3:15-16.

Revelation 3:15-16 says, "I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth."

Please take a hot or cold stance on this issue, as a lukewarm stance will be interpreted as a cold one.

Thanks,

Jared Totsch 
 
Geri T... (Gray Summit, MO)     H: 109 S: 26 Supports
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.

We have already compromised enough on the second amendment. Enough is enough. 
 
Jimmy T... (Gray summit, MO)     H: 109 S: 26 Supports
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a fee State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. We have already been "infringed." No more compromise. 
 
William T... (Viburnum, MO)     H: 120 S: 16 Supports
It looks as though State Nullification may be our only hope to find anything resembling justice.

Please fully support HB 436.
Thank you,
William Thomas 
 
Laine J... (Eureka, MO)     H: 110 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Robert J... (Eureka, MO)     H: 110 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Pamela S... (Palmyra, MO)     H: 005 S: 18 Supports
 
 
Russel K... (Exeter, MO)     H: 158 S: 29 Supports
I am a veteran. Every year, the VA clinic where I get my annual check-up, asks me if I am depressed. They have also asked me if I own guns and how many I own.
It is part of a scheme that federal government is using to prohibit 2nd amendment rights to veterans.
I am stongly considering withdrawing from the VA veterans health care system for this reason.
I support HB436 and urge that it becomes law in our state. 
 
Louis S... (Palmyra, MO)     H: 005 S: 18 Supports
 
 
Paul D... (Weatherby Lake, MO)     H: 013 S: 34 Supports
 
 
Robert T... (St Charles, MO)     H: 106 S: 23 Supports
 
 
Sharon S... (Raymore, MO)     H: 055 S: 31 Supports
 
 
Ken R... (Salem, MO)     H: 143 S: 16 Supports
I highly recommend the support of this bill. In the discussions in the writing of the Constitution, the debates on the Second Amendment regarded the right of citizens to have weapons was a deterrent to the Government from encroaching on the other rights. The militia spoken of was regarded to be consisting of all adult males in the respective State.
Please support the passage of this bill.  
 
Rose M... (Wellsville, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Joseph H... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 015 S: 17 Supports
We lose the 2nd Amendment we lose all of them.  
 
Penny S... (Butler, MO)     H: 126 S: 31 Supports
I support HB 436 Second Amendment Preservation Act. Missouri must maintain the Right to Bear Arms independently from the Federal Government. 
 
James P... (Springfield, MO)     H: 131 S: 30 Supports
 
 
Mary S... (St Charles, MO)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
 
 
Shannan R... (Washington, MO)     H: S: Supports
What part of the following does the Veteran's Association and our governing officials do not understand? "Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter."

Preserve the state's rights to regulate ALL ownership of arms, because come next election, WE THE PEOPLE will remember whether or not our elected officials fought for our rights! 
 
Robert B... (Aurora, MO)     H: 157 S: 29 Supports
I believe strongly in the Bill of Rights. An attempt to infringe on one of them is the beginning of an attempt to infringe on all f them 
 
Diana A... (Sedalia, Mo)     H: 052 S: 28 Supports
It is a great shame (and quite possibly a dangerous sign), that we need to create laws to protect the very rights of ours which are supposed to be God-given and inalienable. However, it seems that is the case...Please support these bills. Send a message to DC AND to would be tyrants right here in Missouri,a message of defiance against those who believe the right of self defense is open to discussion, a right they can strip from citizens on a whim. 
 
Frederick C... (Belton, MO)     H: 056 S: 31 Supports
It should be stated that a citizen may make an arrest and hold the person for authorities. If they are armed with a Federal Search Warrant we must let them in but we don't have to let them out. 
 
Ronld B... (Warsaw, Mo)     H: 125 S: 28 Supports
Please pass this bill to preserve our rights. Do not leave us with nothing but sticks an stones to protect ourselves with. 
 
Cheryl T... (Fenton, MO)     H: 098 S: 15 Supports
I believe in my country but I have lost faith in my government. Please protect my 2nd Amendment rights!  
 
Branton B... (Lone Jack, MO)     H: 033 S: 08 Supports
First off, I'm sure that you have heard the quote by Edmund Burke ""All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." I appreciate that you have recognized the difference between what is politically correct, and what is right. Both schools of thought don't always parallel each other. I fully support this bill,and this is a great opportunity for you to fully support your oath, and uphold the rule of law. I urge you to take this bill to the Governor of this great State to a point to where he has no other option but to sign it into law. Missouri has drawn a line in the sand and will uphold the true definition of shall not be infringed. This state will prosper, as other states who choose another direction, will become degenerate. I believe we shall see an influx of new tax paying, law abiding, freedom loving Missouri residents once this bill is established as law. I am a public servant myself that finds success with criminal offenders. For that success to happen, accountability has to be present. Without any checks and balances, lawlessness will prevail. Thank you for listening to my ramblings, and as for me and my house, we fully support this historical legislation.  
 
Jacqulyn C... (Parkville, MO)     H: 013 S: 34 Supports
Mo must protect our second amendment rights for everyone. 
 
Marvin H... (O Fallon, MO)     H: 103 S: 23 Supports
We must pass HB 436 into law without delay. The statists in Washington are determined to render us helpless to resist any form of tyranny imposed upon us.

Gun control will further enable the implementation of socialist agendas like UN Agenda 21 upon us that will control every aspect of our lives, what we can eat or own, or where we can live, or own a home or car. 
 
Jim H... (Fulton, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Michael S... (Thayer, MO)     H: S: Supports
I support the 2nd amendment preservation act 
 
Martha W... (Bevier, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
The citizens of Missouri must stand united to protect our God given right to keep and bear arms. 
 
Isham H... (Fulton, MO)     H: 049 S: 10 Supports
 
 
John W... (St Peters, MO)     H: 064 S: 02 Supports
Please uphold your oath and do what you can to protect the rights of Missouri Citizens.
Help keep Missouri Sovereign and distinctly separated from the intrusive hand of the federal government.  
 
Kevin K... (Ballwin, MO)     H: 098 S: 15 Supports
I'm outraged to hear some people are trying to take away US Citizens Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Those trying to take away that right should be branded traitors to The Constitution which they swore to uphold and deported. 
 
Allison W... (Jameson, MO)     H: 002 S: 12 Supports
Please support HB 436, the Second Amendment Preservation Act. The US Constitution does not grant us the right to keep and bear arms, the God of our Fathers does. But that right must be protected and held inviolate. Please do so!

Sincerely,
Allison Ward 
 
Clement H... (Rogersville, MO)     H: 136 S: 30 Supports
 
 
Patricia V... (Saint Louis, MO)     H: 084 S: 04 Supports
Who among you doesn't understand that "The Right To Bear Arms" is for ALL AMERICANS! Even a "low Information" politician would have enough brain cells firing together at one time to understand that! Cut the sneaky nonsense and leave the second amendment alone for ALL AMERICANS. And for you "low information" politicians, that definitely includes our VETERANS! 
 
Carl C... (Marshall, MO)     H: S: Supports
Our legislators should represent no less than the strongest, most principled stand they can take to defend our right to keep and bear arms! The govenrment doesn't hand out our freedoms, we are already free and our constitutional rights shall not be infringed upon. Most of all that includes the vetrans who have stood to protect those rights.  
 
Warren W... (Jameson, MO)     H: S: Supports
It is vital to the security of this free nation to preserve our 2nd Amendment and not let our government run amuck. Our guns mean freedom. Those who oppose them are traitors to the nation. Their agenda is to turn the people to slavery. 
 
Ronald C... (Chesterfield, MO)     H: 101 S: 26 Supports
Ladies & Gentlemen, Our Constitution is not subject to change at the whim of any elected official. This document must be upheld and each elected official who is sworn into office, held to account for any and all failures to honor their oath to defend it. Our beloved country is under attack as surely as any we have ever seen. However, this attack is from subversives that have infiltrated every level of our highest institutions.
Unfortunately, due to the billions of of our tax dollars funnelled to the main stream media through so called campaign ads, the watch dog main stream media that our forefathers relied upon to warn the citizens of such tyranny, has abdicated their responsibility, even failing to understand their fate should this attack succeed.
This is the hour when state legislators must throw themselves into the breech, uphold state sovereignty and sound the alarm waking our citizens.
Please support HB 436 and SB325 and defend our freedom!
Sincerely, Ron Cawood 
 
Neil B... (St Louis, MO)     H: 089 S: 15 Supports
I am a Viet Nam veteran. I served as a General Medical Officer the MCUSNR.I served two years active duty and 6 years reserve duty. Although the protection of the Second Amendment individual rights are the focus of HB 436 and SB 325, other of our individual rights ( First Amendment, Tenth Amendment )are being negated by the Federal ( Statist ) government. The spirit of HB 426 and SB 325 reinterate the founding morality, motivations, and intentions of our need to have seperated from the British Control of our Original Colonies.
" We hold these truths to be self evident.....men are created equal....they are endowed by their Creator ( not by any form of government ) with certain unalienable rights..... ) Please move foward on HB 436 and SB 325. Respectfully, Neil I. Brickel M.D. 
 
Robert K... (Columbia, Mo)     H: 047 S: 19 Supports
 
 
Christine U... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 012 S: 17 Supports
I am tired of politicians trying to dismantle the constitution. I am sick of all govt. offices thinking they are God's and have the power to make whatever laws they want to inflict on "we the people"! I am tired of ball less politicians bowing down to Hussein and refusing to stand on principles! I am tired of politicians lies and deceit! I am tired of the spying, the drones, the death care bill and the sentence of death it imposes on seniors. I am tired of the stupids changing the country to a communistic country and the "go alongs" (the politicians) letting it happen! We elected the politicians becuase they promised they would STOP Hussein. What did we get? We got a bunch of lying spineless greedy selfish azzholes only interested in lining their own pockets and not giving a crap about the people who elected them! We would be better off just taking names out of the phone book and electing them! What a damn shame, the politicains all look the same, no difference in the parties at all. One party, one big happy family! Well, we are watching you! You can stop us from contacting you and ignoring us, but we ARE WATCHING YOU AND WE WILL REPLACE YOU!!!!!! No amnesty or path to citizenship!!!!!!! HOW MANY TIMES MUST WE SAY THIS, NO AMNESTY, NO PATH TO CITIZENSHIP, CLOSE DOWN THE BORDER, DEPORT ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS AND STOP BRINGING OVER PEOPLE TO TAKE OUR JOBS! YOU PEOPLE ARE ALL NUTS, NO COMMON SENSE AT ALL, JUST WANT TO BE POPULAR! JUST LIKE A BUNCH OF HIGH SCHOOLERS! YOU HAD BETTER WAKE THE HELL UP AND FAST! BOEHNER, CLOSE THE PURSE STRINGS AND STOP SPENDING OUR MONEY!!!! KEY WORD, TAXPAYER MONEY! THE CORRUPTION HAS GOT TO STOP! THIS IS THE MOST CORRUPT GOVT. IN AMERICA'S HISTROY, HOPE YOUR PROUD! YOU MAKE ME SICK, WHAT A DISGRACE YOU ARE! I HOPE YOU NEVER HAVE A GOOD NIGHT'S REST AGAIN! 
 
Steven C... (Halfway, MO)     H: 128 S: 28 Supports
Please.
Do your job, and protect us from out of reach, out of touch people, who violate their oath of office. 
 
Judith S... (Boonville, MO)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
Re: HB 436 -- The Constitution gives us the right to bear arms. The State of Missouri needs to make sure the 2nd Amendment is not taken away by any federal edict. Nullify, within the State of Missouri, any federal edict that would take away our 2nd Amendment rights. Thank you. 
 
Bob E... (Belle, MO)     H: 062 S: 06 Supports
The gun debate MUST be won if we are to keep the 2nd amendment and constitution in tact . not ony reinforce state laws but reinforce the power of local sheriff to trump the Feds.

BE  
 
Rick P... (St Louis, MO)     H: 078 S: 05 Supports
 
 
Lance K... (Camdenton, MO)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
I am in full support of HB436. My rights to have and bear arms is being threatened by existing VA Regulations. Please support and pass legislation such as HB436 to help secure my rights. Our Government has been slowly eroding our rights. STOP the progressive left from turning our Country into a Police State and converting our freedom into Communism. 
 
Kenneth B... (Wentzville, MO)     H: 108 S: 02 Supports
Protect our 2nd amendment rights against all and any who may try to infringe upon them. 
 
Susan B... (Sunrise Beach, MO)     H: 124 S: 16 Supports
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. The Second Amendment - our right to keep and bear arms - must be upheld! 
 
Vernon K... (Ste. Genevieve, MO)     H: 116 S: 03 Supports
 
 
Leo S... (Boonville, MO)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
The State of Missouri needs to do everything it can to stop the federal government from trying to set law in Missouri which the federal government has no legal right to do. Please pass HB 436 which will nullify the federal endeavors. 
 
Patricia D... (Gravois Mills, Mo)     H: 058 S: 06 Supports
THE 2ND AMMENDMENT SAYS WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS .PEOPLE WHO ARE PROGRESSIVES DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THEY GAVE AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION BOTH IN THE STATE AND IN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.OBEY THE CONSTITUTION OR STEP DOWN FROM OFFICE THANKYOU 
 
Kenneth J... (Camdenton, MO)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
More than the majority of citizens who enjoy the freedoms of this country, our veterans have paid the price for that freedom with their blood, sweat, and tears! It is unbelievable that a group of people who have sacrificed so much so others can be free can loose their freedom with a "stoke of a pen" without "due process". If it is so easy to take away the rights of men, so guaranteed by the constitution, then we no longer have a "Representative Republic". I never thought it would come to this! This "defining issue" will identify who is "friend" or "foe" of our constitution. 
 
Barry D... (Gravois Mills, Mo)     H: 058 S: 06 Supports
 
 
Deann D... (Maryland Heights, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
David L... (Jackson, MO)     H: 146 S: 27 Supports
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. 
 
Carolyn T... (Macon, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
Our constitution is the single most important document to ever be concieved in the history of the world. The 2nd admendment exactly provides for our individual liberty and freedom to protect ourselves from criminals, marauding mobs or a tyrannical government! Please protect our 2nd admendment rights. 
 
James F... (Fulton, MO)     H: 049 S: 10 Supports
Our right to bear arms is a constitutional right. It is not a Federal power to regulate our ability to bear arms. Allow Americans to keep this very basic right, to bear arms, without government intervention. 
 
Gregory M... (Pacific, MO)     H: 111 S: 22 Supports
Without the 2nd Amendment there will be no Liberty or Pursuit of Happiness in the United States of America. 
 
Virginia W... (ST JOSEPH, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Larry W... (St Joseph, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Virginia W... (St Joseph, MO)     H: 009 S: 34 Supports
 
 
Otto L... (St James, MO)     H: 120 S: 16 Supports


I must demand from my legislators no less than the strongest, most principled stand they can take to defend our right to keep and bear arms!

Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. 
 
Lawrence W... (St Joseph, MO)     H: 009 S: 34 Supports
 
 
Douglas D... (Camdenton, MO)     H: 124 S: 16 Supports
The Constitution is the law of the land. The Constitution does not grant to the government any power to regulate
firearms therefore the government cannot over ride the Second Amendment. Clearly the Second Amendment gives
the power to We the People.  
 
Mary L... (St Charles, MO)     H: 070 S: 23 Supports
 
 
Cynthia H... (St Charles, MO)     H: 065 S: 23 Supports
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter.

 
 
John B... (Clarksville, MO)     H: 040 S: 18 Supports
The Constitution of the United States of America forbids the Federal Government from infringing on my right as a law abiding citizen to keep and bear arms.

The State of Missouri is responsible to help me protect that right.

Those, like you, who have taken an oath to protect and defend the Constitution and then try to undermine the Bill of Rights deserve no protection of law for their activities. They violate their oath and try to subvert my God-given rights as an American citizen.

As my elected state representative I expect you to live up to your oath as do the members of the group of people I represent. 
 
Robert S... (Higginsville, MO)     H: 053 S: 21 Supports
No one should infringe on my 2nd amendment rights.....no one.... if any elected official tries to do so..then they commiting treason against the constitution and should be delt with accordingly...I am fed up with the communist in this country trying to destroy my country and if necessary I will take up arms to stop them.... Millions of other patriots are ready to do the same.... please don/t light the fire.....  
 
Darryl C... (Fulton, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
I support ,and strongly request you support, hb436. 
 
Terry K... (Buckner, Mo.)     H: 020 S: 11 Supports
As a Veteran I am showing my support for HB436 
 
Richard A... (St Louis, MO)     H: 086 S: 14 Supports
Please stand up for and protect our rights to keep and bear arms in this state and in this country. Please support HB 436 and SB 325 - the Second Amendment Preservation Act. 
 
Roger H... (Warsaw, Mo.)     H: 125 S: 28 Supports
I do not want any of my rights as extablished by the founders of this great nation taken away either temporarily or pemenently. 
 
Alan E... (Jefferson City, MO)     H: 059 S: 06 Supports
The right of self defense is a natural right that is guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment. It is not a right given to us by the government. The government does not have the right to take it away. I support the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act. 
 
Dolores S... (Washington, MO)     H: 061 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Patsy O... (Hannibal, Mo.)     H: 040 S: 18 Supports
 
 
Michael T... (Protem, MO)     H: 155 S: 29 Supports
Please do all you can to uphold our rights granted under the Second Amendment. My vote is dependent on your actions.

Thanks.

Respectfully,

Mike Tesch 
 
Daniel S... (Linn, mo)     H: 061 S: 06 Supports
In the right to bear and keep arms... "shall not be infringed" is quite clear...I will not give up my guns...give me liberty or give me death. I dont just urge...I DEMAND not just my reps and senators to follow both state and federal constitution like youa ALL TOOK AN OATH to do!!! I also call upon legislators to pass legilation to punish those that try to push legislation found unconstitutional in the court of law. It may technically be TREASON.. but I believe it is! which USED TO BE an automatic death sentence! Thank you 
 
Jerry W... (St.peters, Mo)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
With all the break-ins around the St.Charles County area I felt it necessary to obtain a hand gun for our protection at home. I also obtained a CC license. 
 
Erica W... (Herrmann, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Cheston U... (Harrisonville, MO)     H: 055 S: 31 Supports
I therefore feel compelled as my civic duty, on behalf of all my fellow citizens, to offer this testimony to you for your utmost concern and consideration. The purpose of this is to strongly urge you to support Rep. Doug Funderburk's "2nd Amendment Preservation Act" with the strongest possible zeal.

It is my firm belief that the overreach of Federal power is being used to slowly and methodically erode the rights that our forefathers worked so diligently to secure, maintain, and protect. Above all, I believe that the 'Commerce Clause' of the United States Constitution is being abused in ways never intended by the founders, and thus is being used as a channel by which the Federal Government usurps powers it does not rightfully possess. This is, in my mind, and imminent threat to the peace and freedom of the residents of the State of Missouri. 
 
Barry P... (St. Peters, MO)     H: 107 S: 02 Supports
I don't recall if I submitted my testimony previously or not, but I want to make sure you have it. The 2nd Amendment is not about hunting, recreation, personal self-defense, or to guard your home against intruders. It's to prevent tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson said "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it". All of the founding fathers spoke of the need for EVERYONE to have arms, and that we the people are the militia. I personally think it would be a good idea to require everyone to own a firearm like Switzerland, but government should not be telling its citizens what they have to buy. And they certainly shouldn't be telling us what we CAN'T buy.

Consequently, as a patriot, I'm 100% behind House Bill 436 - The Second Amendment Preservation Act. Please do all you can to ensure its passage

Barry Pulley 
 
Michael K... (St Louis, MO)     H: 066 S: 13 Supports
As a combat veteran I have full knowledge as to how the removal of weapons from a military trained veteran is not only a mistake, it is the most insulting action that could ever be taken by the government of this nation. 
 
Greg S... (Camdenton, Mo.)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
America is dieing, the US Constitution has been trampled, and the Bill of Rights are under attack, being narrowed at every turn. The Constitution clearly the power lays with the States and the People. Washington DC has been ignoring these items of the the framework designed by the founding fathers. That framework was designed by men that lived under oppression, and tyranny. So they built so many precautions into it, knowing that people with power, become greedy, and corrupt. In the last 100 years, our government has drifted away from the basic principles. They take our tax dollars, and do nothing to ensure our rights, or the pursuit of Happiness. It has become the role of government to come up with more programs that require more increase in taxes. Then these programs cost more then first expected, again, more spending, and more taxes. Revolutionary War was because of over taxation without representation. The American people are no longer being represented by the people elected to do so. Those representatives all work for corporations, and big bucks. Congress believes it is not responsible to anyone, and want to put more controls of the people, simply to prevent the people from taking it away from them.
So to ensure that the people don't rise up, and say enough, they want to disarm us, so the huge machine can roll on.
The constitution says that the people is the standing militia, and that they should have they right own and bear arms, to equal that of a solider. This is a god given right to survive, an instinct that each individual is born with. It provides not only the right to defend yourself and home, but from invasion, and the ability take control of a corrupt government. That ability of the people to do so, is insure the principles of a Republic. Those of Liberty, Freedom, and of a government, by the people, for the people. These rights shall not be infringed upon. That was a clear warning to the government, and the people, that infringing upon this rights is a sign of a failed government, and a signal to the people that they should act to reform that government, by whatever means is necessary The wolf is at our door, and we must decide, our we puppets, our are we Patriots. I would prefer to die a Patriot, then live a life under tyranny. God Save America from itself.
I see two good things this bad situation has done, it has caused more citizens to get involved with government. and that is what it takes to a responsible role, to insure the government is doing the peoples will. Second it has gotten more people to refresh themselves on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
As a side note on the States taking their power back and reducing the activities of the US Congress, will certainly stop a lot of illegal lobbying in Washington. Lobbyist can not buy 50 state's legislators as they are doing in Washington. 
 
John G... (Niangua, MO)     H: 141 S: 33 Supports
I am a Veteran. I live in a rural area 20-40 minutes from police response. I don't blame the Sheriff for the response time, it's a matter of geography and physics that can't be fixed. I have no cell coverage. My phone line could be cut very easily. I could very easily end up in a situation where help would be a long time coming or worse there may be no help coming. I "need" a semi-automatic weapon. I "need" high capacity magazines. I "need" a lot of ammunition. I fear the U.S. Congress will buckle in to some form of compromise on gun control. It's up to the legislature of Missouri to protect our rights when the Federal government fails to do so.  
 
Joe S... (Macon, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
If you take away the firearms and the right to own firearms all that does is leave the law abiding innocent people defenseless. The criminals will find a way to obtain guns. If they can't get guns they will use a knife, crowbar, baseball bat, hatchet, or whatever else they can get hold of to threaten, hurt or kill innocent people.
Stopping an intruder immediately with a gun, or in 10 to 15 minutes with a police officer is the difference between a committed robbery and a thwarted robbery, the difference between life and death. literally.
If you take away our guns, this will be a nation that is overrun by thieves, gangs, pilferers,.and rapists. They will be the only ones that can survive.
It has been proven -- the cities and states with the strictest gun laws have the most crime.
Enforce the existing laws, including the Second Amendment and the Constitution. They have served us well!
Preserve the Second Amendment, Thank you and God Bless America.  
 
Darrel F... (Mount Vernon, MO)     H: 157 S: 29 Supports
Please put all of your energy and effort behind HB436. The people of Missouri must have this protection from an over-reaching Federal government that stands ready to trash citizens' Constitutional rights at the drop of a hat. 
 
Patricia P... (Verona, MO)     H: 157 S: 29 Supports
Our second amendment right as stated in the constitution should not be infringed by any government or entity. It is our right as American citizens to keep and bear arms. 
 
Marie W... (Perry, MO.)     H: S: Supports

We MUST keep our guns for protection.Gangs are attacking people for no reason.

The blood will be on your hands if you betray us. 
 
Brenda R... (St louis, MO)     H: 096 S: 15 Supports
I am in favor of HB 436 & urge its passage. The 10th Amendment to the Constitution reserves the right of legislation dealing with gun ownership to the states and the people. I applaud the sponsor and co-sponsors of this HB 436. You need to do what is right & protect the rights of citizens of Missouri to own and bear arms.  
 
Karen S... (Florissant, Mo)     H: 069 S: 13 Supports
I as a Missourian who supports our Constitution. Our second Amendment should not be infringed upon. Our Constitution has kept us free for over 200 years. Our second Amendment rights should be kept the way they are, not by the Federal Government overstepping their authority. The Federal Government is taking away my rights. How is the Federal Government going to get the bad guys who abuse everyones rights to comply. Don't get confused and take away my rights in hopes of taking care of the bad guys, or those who have illegally taken someone else's gun to do crime.  
 
James I... (California, MO)     H: 050 S: 06 Supports
Please protect my right to keep and bear arms. 
 
Marcia M... (Ballwin, MO)     H: 100 S: 15 Supports
We must protect all citizens Second Ammendment's Rights of which includes, the right to own fire arms and protect ourselves. This is a basic truth that our Fore Fathers were so wise to include. All facts of what has happened to other countries through the years who have prohibited this right are proof of how important this right is to our future Freedom in the USA. Please represent us on this position and protect this right. Thank You for being our Voice.  
 
John B... (Fenton, MO)     H: 096 S: 15 Supports
The federal government is limited to the powers delegated to it in Section I, Article 8, of the U S Constitution. This means that they are rightfully excluded from many of the things they are now doing. Yet, it is clear that the federal government has no intention of obeying the U S Constitution, much less upholding and defending it. Therefore the job of preventing, and reversing, unconstitutional federal encroachment falls to the States, under the Tenth Amendment.

I can think of no part of the Constitution that is more fundamental than those of Free Speech and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, for each protects the other. No federal law, and even more so, no "executive order", can rightfully violate the Constitution, yet the history of gun control is one of horrible violations of human rights. Where gun control is enacted, crime goes up and govt moves toward tyranny. The consequences of tyranny have never been anything other that horrible. It is up to the State of Missouri to stop federal encroachment here, in any forms, but this is certainly one of the most important. I call upon you to enact HB 436, then to enforce it fully, without relent.

 
 
Lelia M... (St Charles, MO)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
The right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to this country. The second amendment should stand as it is. Missouri residents must always have the right to defend their own homes, and that right must be upheld. In no way should that amendment be altered, now or in the future. I believe that to restrict this right is to offer any terrorist the opportunity to invade my premises and destroy my family. You can't let that happen. 
 
Ann L... (St Peters, MO)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
To deny the attack on our Second Amendment right to bear arms would be dangerously foolish. The other 9 Amendments in our Bill of Rights have already been breached. Their nullification has been systematically planned and well organized. In this testimony I will offer my insights as to why this is happening and you will see the danger in following the lead of the federal government that has assisted in the effort to destroy our Bill of Rights and dismantle out Constitution.

On Thanksgiving morning I opened my email and found a message from a young friend of mine. She told me to go to the United Nations website and look up Agenda 21. Well, I did and found so much documentation that it made my head spin. Needing some way to wrap my head around this policy I decided to watch a youtube video called: "Agenda 21 for Dummies." Some of the opinions in this video are from people who were involved in the negotiations.

Agenda 21 For Dummies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzEEgtOFFlM

This 9:31 minute video was a wake-up call for me. I see how the New World Order one world government system is being implemented through the United Nations. This is not futuristic. It is reality. It is happening now.

The extent to which this nightmare is being embraced by society is truly frightening. The term "sustainable development" sounds so noble and positive perhaps it is the reason so many of the communities unwittingly are supporting this effort.

Local Governments for Sustainability
http://www.iclei.org/

Go to MEMBERS and look at GLOBAL MEMBERS and see just how far down the rabbit hole this goes. This is huge.

Sustainability will only be achieved by Mass Depopulation. Let Bill Gates explain that aspect for you:

Bill Gates Exposing Depopulation Plans of Agenda 21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3WXcRfsrTQ
"The world today has 6.8 billion people... that's headed up to about 9 billion. Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent.” (Gates speech at 2010 TED convention).
Please ask yourself how killing off hundreds of millions of people through the above mentioned means could in any way shape or form be considered a "great job."

Once you understand the goal of Agenda 21 (Mass Depopulation) you will see why gun confiscation is mandatory. United Nations Agenda 21 is the reason gun confiscation is necessary. You cannot have Mass Depopulation if the citizen are armed, not easily. Civil war would certainly cause Mass Depopulation. Perhaps, the Administration would find this an acceptable avenue to reach the goals of Agenda 21. No leader with any sense of humanity would accept this option, yet for an Adminstration whose entire focus has been the implementation United Nations Agenda 21 Sustainable Development failure is not an option whatever the cost.
http://www.postsustainabilityinstitute.org/what-is-un-agenda-21.html


Still don't think confiscation is the ultimate goal here?
Ask Obama's Experts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHmxY7zE5uc
"According to an internal Department of Justice memorandum, a gun ban, like the one being debated right now in Congress, will not work without a mandatory gun buyback, and "universal" background checks will not work without requiring gun registration."


Obama Administration Partners With the UN to Attack the Second Amendment
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/11/08/obama_administration_partners_with_the_un_to_attack_the_second_amendment
"Not shockingly, immediately after President Obama was reelected for a second term, his administration reinforced its support for the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty [ATT], also known as the "Small Arms Treaty."

In recent news (Feb.22, 2013):
SHOCK REPORT - Veterans Receive Letters From VA Prohibiting Ownership or Purchase of Firearms
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/02/shock-report-veterans-receive-letters-from-va-prohibiting-ownership-or-purchase-of-firearms/
Under existing law the Veteran's Administration can make a policy change that triggers a clause already in the Brady gun control act and strip veterans of their right to keep and bear arms. No legislation or Executive Order needed.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION: EITHER STAND WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO FIGHT THIS EVIL TAKEOVER OR SUPPORT IT.

Americans did not elect you to office to take down the United States of America, please fight this and support The Second Amendment Preservation Act.



 
 
Barbara D... (Bunceton, MO)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
I support HB 436.

Veterans should not have their 2nd Amendment rights stripped from them. I have never fired a gun, but I do support this bill. The veterans fought for my freedom, and it is the least that I can do for them. 
 
Robert D... (Bunceton, MO)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
I am in support of HB436. I am a veteran. 
 
Jane A... (Mexico, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Thomas A... (Mexico, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
 
 
John T... (Centerview, MO)     H: 054 S: 21 Supports
In the past I have contributed to this Nation, and to my community, as a USAF Veteran, and as a Viet-Nam veteran, as an elected official and as a volunteer official. Even now, I still contribute as an election judge. It bothers me to see the attacks on my God given right, which is guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, to protect myself and my family. I urge all Legislators in Missouri to protect this right for me, and for all who have given of themselves, to protect our rights from being infringed upon by supporting this legislation. 
 
Kelly J... (Blue springs, MO)     H: S: Supports
As a Vietnam Veteran I was appalled at the move of the NRA to go to the U.S. House of Representatives McCarthy the most vicious anti gun member of the House, to broker a deal to add Veterans to the NICS List by some VA Dr. because the Veteran suffers from PTSD, With all due respect to the VA Dr's. They are not a Court of law and do not have the Legal authority to adjudicate a person as Mentally incompetent, thereby Denying the Veteran His/Her Constitutional Right to Keep and Bear Arms or any of its components. The Constitutional Law of the Land last I read it was that a Court of Law had to find the Person Incompetent and there fore adjudicate them as such. Please bear in mind that PTSD like any Problem has many different levels of effect, not all of which leave the person incapable of managing their on affairs, so it isn't fair to say OOP'S You have PTSD thereby You are denied your Second Amendment Rights!
We have done so much to deny our Veterans, and only of late have we started to recognize them as our Protectors of Liberty and Country. If a VA Doctor feels that a Veteran does not have the Mental capacity to manage his own affairs, fine Submit them to a Court of Law and let it be done Properly, with a Court Judge Hearing the Case, where witnesses, and evidence is presented as would be done in any such Competency Hearing. Don't just add their name to a list, because it is the easiest thing to do. Our Veterans deserve their day in Court, if they are adjudicated as a Mental Incompetent, thereby loosing their Second Amendment rights, it’s because they had their day in court, not simply added to a list of convenience!
The above is but oine example o pf the Central Government taking liberties with our Rights. I totally Support this effort and feel it must pass, to protect our Constitutional Second Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and for any Legislator be it Central Government or State, to vioate their Oath of Office, should be brought up on Charges for the Violation of the Oath.
Respectfully
Kelly Jarboe U.S. Navy 1959 - 1967 
 
John & Ruth D... (Washington, MO)     H: 061 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Lois J... (Butler, MO)     H: 126 S: 31 Supports
Please support this bill and insure the rights of the second amendment for the people of our state. 
 
Annetta L... (Arnold, MO)     H: 097 S: 22 Supports
 
 
William E... (St. Louis, MO)     H: 090 S: 15 Supports
 
 
William M... (Lees Summit, MO)     H: S: Supports
Those among the legislature of the State of Missouri who would seek to infringe upon the right of the people to keep and bear arms are dabbling in legal wrong. In case law involving the U.S. Supreme Court, the (Court) has gone so far as to consider the vicissitudes of the Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as it might apply to the Second. The court has held that the Second Amendment is virtually all inclusive in both its language and intent - that it is a primary girder upon which the oath-of-office taken by all elected officials, military forces and law enforcement officers pledge their allegiance. More of late, reference the Heller and McDonald decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. To all who have serious concern about legislative dabbling in matters of the Second Amendment are aware that (perhaps) a million or more citizens among sheriffs departments nationwide, active military and state and local police forces are pledged to strictly observe their oath of office - particularly as that oath pertains to use of armed force against citizens who would defy infringements upon the Second Amendment. Missouri has fifteen sheriffs departments that have so sworn and the list is growing. Missouri legislators are aware of a bill proposing guilt by participation for assemblymen who enter bills infringing upon the Second Amendment. Every assembly person of our national, state and local government(s) has the duty to understand that the Constitution of the United States of America is the most fundamental and indelible law of our (entire) land; and as such, attempts to infringe upon the freedom therein enumerated is treachery of illegal import. To wit: The Constitution itself defines the only legal manner in which (it) may be modified and/or changed. Lastly, all those who would be representatives of the citizenry must understand that the Second Amendment to our Constitution is one for which millions of citizens will stand forthrightly. This limb of the Constitutional tree has been bent but it will not be broken! 
 
Catherine E... (St. Louis, MO)     H: 090 S: 15 Supports
 
 
Lynne M... (Edwards, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Robert E... (St. Louis, MO)     H: 090 S: 15 Supports
 
 
Elizabeth T... (Boonville, MO)     H: 047 S: 19 Supports
 
 
Mark M... (Amoret, MO)     H: S: Supports
Just do what's right and everything else is easy.
This is the right thing to do.
God Bless 
 
Gemey M... (St Louis, MO)     H: 081 S: 05 Supports
No government on any level has the right to infringe upon our God given rights of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Respect and defend the constitution as you swore when you took your oath of office!  
 
Gwendolyn W... (Joplin, MO)     H: 162 S: 32 Supports
 
 
James C... (Eldon, MO)     H: 124 S: 06 Supports
As a veteran who has served proudly for his Country, I will oppose with all my strength any opposition to taking or restriction on any firearms from the citizens of the United States of America. Except where checks that are now in effect by the individual states to check criminal backgrounds. And then only for felony convictions or where the person was confined in a mental hospital. Also I oppose any more restriction from the Federal Government overriding the State laws. This is supposed to be a Government for the people by the people, not by politicians for their own political gain and money gain. We seem to have a much better chance of getting rid of the persons on a state level than on a Federal level.  
 
Laura H... (Bourbon, MO)     H: 120 S: 16 Supports
I am so grateful that our Missouri legislators are rising up in defense of the people. I am so grateful that they are demonstrating an understanding of the only proper role of government--to protect the peoples' liberties. When the government operates from the basis that they need to take care of people instead of protect their rights to defend themselves from force and coercion, the government becomes the force that coerces the people and takes away their rights to life, to liberty and to enjoying the fruits of their labors. We have some Missouri legislators who understand this. Please know, Mr. Nieves and Mr. Funderburk that you are deeply appreciated for taking the stance you have in putting forth this bill. I do support it! 
 
Esther M... (Kearney, MO)     H: 008 S: 12 Supports
 
 
Mark W... (Kansas city, MO)     H: 012 S: 17 Supports
To my State Representative, Kenneth Wilson, of District 12, and to the House General Laws Committee,

Today, it’s generally forgotten that when the “Bill of Rights” was ratified in 1781, that it included a “preamble” from Congress that explained fundamental purposes for those first ten Amendments.

Understanding these fundamental purposes is important since those purposes constitute evidence of the intent of the Amendments/law. The law is the legislators’ intent. In the case of the Constitution and Amendments, the “legislators” are We the People. The preamble to the “Bill of Rights” explains the People’s/sovereign’s intent behind the Bill of Rights and thus explains the fundamental “law” of those Amendments.

For example, once you understand this “preamble,” you’ll see that the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms was intended to protect the people of the several States of the Union—not against invasion by foreign enemies—but rather, from despotism imposed by our own federal government.

I ask you, who could misconstrue or abuse the powers of the U.S. Constitution? The States of the Union? No. The counties? No. Foreign countries like England, Canada or France? No.

Insofar as the federal government is the only entity with access to the powers of the Constitution, the only entity that might able to “misconstrue or abuse” the powers of the Constitution would be the federal government.

Thus, the fundamental purpose of the Bill of Rights was to protect the States of the Union and the People of the States of the Union from the federal government.

The People who founded this country expressly demonstrated in the Preamble to the Bill of Rights that the People, quite sensibly, didn’t trust the newly-created federal government as far as they could throw it. They regarded the federal government as a necessary evil and, as George Washington had once warned, at best a “dangerous servant”. Therefore, distrusting the newly-created federal government, the People insisted that the Constitution be amended to include additional protections for the People and against the federal government.

From this perspective, you can see that the 2nd Amendment’s guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms was intended to protect the People from federal government. The 2nd Amendment was intended to empower the People against federal politicians, officers and employees if they tried to use the Constitution as a device to subject the People to despotism rather than serve them.

The purpose for the 2nd Amendment was to guarantee that the People had enough weapons to intimidate federal officers or employees if they attempted to subject the People to despotism (absolute rule). This is not a license to shoot any cop you don’t like. But, as declared in the “Declaration of Independence,”-

“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”

The 2nd Amendment is evidence that the Founders: 1) never trusted the federal government; and 2) sought to provide the People with sufficient weapons to “throw off” any despots that might one day seize control of the levers of federal power.

The 2nd Amendment’s purpose is not to protect the right to go duck hunting in the Fall. It’s not to protect us against invasion by Red China. The 2nd Amendment recognized that the principle enemy of the People of The United States of America was, and would always be, our own federal government.

If you haven't read the Preamble to the Bill of Rights for some time, or, if you've never read it, I encourage you to do so. Break it down piece by piece and you'll understand the intent and purpose of each amendment in the Bill of Rights.

You must support HB436 The Second Amendment Preservation Act. The People demanded these protections when the "Bill of Rights" was ratified in 1781. The People are demanding them still.



 
 
George P... (Ballwin, MO)     H: 099 S: 15 Supports
 
 
Claude E... (Trenton, Mo)     H: 007 S: 21 Supports
My wife and I support this bill to help protect our rights. We also support the right of the sherrif to be the chief law enforcement person in the county. 
 
Clinton W... (Independence, MO)     H: 021 S: 11 Supports
 
 
Kathleen H... (Gerald, MO)     H: 061 S: 26 Supports
I am a 67 year old grandmother of 10 and great grandmother of 10. I have a concealed carry permit and I believe it is my right to carry a gun for protection. I reject all federal acts that infringe on a Missouri citizens' rights under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. It should not be allowed for the Veterans Administration or the president to sign orders that prevent US citizens from exercising their 2nd Amendment rights without due process. My husband is a veteran and I have family serving in the military. I’ve lost friends and a cousin in war and feel that those who were lucky enough to come home should have the right to the 2 Amendment as well. The government is disregarding the words: “Shall not be infringed “. It’s not about gun control it’s about people control.  
 
Richard S... (Bonnots Mill, MO)     H: 061 S: 06 Supports
There is no right more fundamental than my right to protect myself and my family. Neither the federal government nor the state of Missouri grants me that right. They are merely charged with protecting it. I firmly support HB 436. 
 
Stanley M... (Elsberry, MO)     H: 041 S: 10 Opposes
The 2nd Amendment is doing just fine. It doesn't need "protection" 
 
Barbie C... (Peculiar, MO)     H: 055 S: 31 Supports
 
 
Lois S... (Mokane, MO)     H: 049 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Kathryn H... (St Louis, MO)     H: 096 S: 15 Supports
I am testifying on behalf of the Preservation of Our United STATES Constitution and maintaining the integrity of American FOUNDATIONAL Rights and Principles that were INSTITUTED from the Birth of LIBERTY established by our Founding Fathers of THIS NATION. The Document of the CONSTITUTION ESTABLISHED to preserve and protect the cause of Liberty against a over reaching government. As an American Citizen I urge you to Uphold, DEFEND and PROTECT the INTEGRITY of these RIGHTS on behalf of the AMERICAN PEOPLE, Your DUTY as an ELECTED Representative sworn to the PRESERVATION of the autonomy of THESE UNITED STATES of AMERICA and the Soveriegnty of the State of MISSOURI.

By all means; what needs to be examined is ones ALLEGIANCE to the cause of FREEDOM who would act otherwise to destroy the SOVERIEGNTY and INTEGRITY of the United States CONSTITUTION.
PROTECT THE BILL OF RIGHTs Support Amendment 2 Our CITIZENS RIGHTS to BEAR ARMS included!

Patriotriotic Allegiance to the Flag of theses United States of AMERICA, Mrs.Kathryn Holloway
 
 
Joseph A... (Warrensburg, MO)     H: 051 S: 21 Supports
The second amendment is the foundation upon which the Bill of Rights stands. Without it the others can not be protected against a federal or state government gone rogue. I fully support "the second amendment preservation act".  
 
Virginia S... (Belton, MO)     H: 037 S: 31 Supports
Please SUPPORT this bill to protect all Americans of their 2nd Amendment Rights to own guns privately.
 
 
Donald E... (West plains, MO)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
It appears that the states legislation is the only possible solution at this poing. The FED Governmant has already shown their hand by attacting the 2nd ammendment. 
 
Teresa S... (Florissant, MO)     H: 068 S: 13 Supports
Please pass. The 2nd amendment is the law of the land. We as a state, have a right to keep the 2nd amendment for our state. 
 
ruthie c... (boonville, mo.)     H: S: Supports
 
 
jeffrey w... (boonville, mo.)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
 
 
Shirley D... (St. Louis, Mo)     H: S: Supports
My father, brother, other relatives and friends are Veterans of the United States Military Services. The reasons you are using to take the guns away from those that fought for their country is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

The current military is fully armed and on V.A. PRESCRIBED DRUGS.... DO NOT DENY. I HAVE FRIENDS IN THE MILITARY TALKING ABOUT IT.

If guns are not for defense, then why does the police, sheriff's department, security guards and PRESIDENT OBAMA'S GUARDS CARRY GUNS????

CHICAGO WITH THE STRICTEST GUN LAWS HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST CRIME RATES... GEE, THE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS HAVE BEEN MADE SITTING DUCKS.

DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN TO OUR RETIRED SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN.

INCH BY INCH, STEP BY STEP AND THEN THEY (U.S. GOVERNMENT) GOT EVERYBODY'S GUNS EXCEPT THE CRIMINALS.

Shrley DeMay 
 
russel c... (boonville, mo.)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
 
 
russell h... (st. joseph, mo)     H: 010 S: 34 Supports
I want to keep my righr to keep and bear arms 
 
Cynthia B... (Warsaw, Mo)     H: 125 S: 28 Supports
 
 
Corey H... (Lebanon, Mo)     H: 129 S: 28 Supports
I am a United States Army war Veteran and the son of an Army retired veteran. My father, who just recently passed, gave 21 years of his life, liberties and freedoms to defend our nation in which now is threatening our very same freedoms. I can not believe this nation, in which I spent most of my career on foreign soil as a representative of freedom and democracy for, is now on the verge of taking away these freedoms from the people who served, and sacrificed so much for it. I will not allow my country, or my state to be sucked into Obama's evil plan of stripping away my second amendment rights. If there is anyone out there that truly represents the people, then i ask of you to not allow these tyrants to succeed in the stripping away of my rights as a citizen just because I am a soldier. My children should and will have the same rights as I once grew up with, and as a father I will proudly pass along the same love of my rights and my country on to them. So please vote yes for my children, so they may know that they can be proud to be the son of a veteran, just as I still am today.  
 
Audrey C... (Columbia, MO)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
Guns are not the problem. People are the problem. Our Constitution was written by intelligent, hardworking, common sense people. They knew what living under government oppression and taxation was about. They included the Second Amendment as a protection of the people against a tyrannical government. I personally do not like guns/firearms, but I refuse to deny anyone of owning them. Any kind they wish. I know that by prohibiting good, morale, law abiding citizens the right to own and protect themselves and their loved one, and for hunting and sporting activities is WRONG. That only places guns in the hands of the criminal element, because they will have them. There is no conscious remorse in the criminal mind. 
 
Marjorie S... (Chesterfield, MO)     H: 101 S: 26 Supports
Dear Representative Gosen--
We all know anyone can get a gun if they are determined, on a street corner or from those crossing into our borders. Sandy Hook was a horrifying, criminal action by a mentally challenged man.
Our Amendment II is "necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed". I do not want leaders in our communities having lists of which house has a gun and which does not. I do not want us heading down that slippery slope of countries with abusive Gun Control for citizens. One hundred million innocent citizens have been annihilated in the past century--Soviet Union, Turkey, Germany, China, Guatemala, Uganda, Cambodia--by leaders like Stalin, Lenin and Hiter.
Please support HB436 so Missouri citizens can hold our Second Amendment dear. Also Don, please include your name as a co-sponsor, and email me about how you will vote and why. Thank you for your service to protect us.  
 
Maggie K... (Lebanon, MO)     H: 123 S: 28 Supports
 
 
Deanna H... (Lees summit, MO)     H: 035 S: 08 Supports
The Second Amendment is not just an American right codified in a founding document, it is in fact a human right that is being upheld and protected in that document.Self-defence is as basic a human right as there is and what we are seeing in today's political world is something that has happened time and again throughout history. Failing governments begin attempting to strip basic human rights from it's citizens just before those citizens wealth is utterly plundered. The right to keep and bear arms is a human right because of the willingness of others, especially those in power, to rob, cheat, steal, and murder for more power. The Founding Fathers knew it because they were, to a man, students of history. And so are we.This right apparently must be affirmed yet again and my expectation is that our Missouri legislature will do so. 
 
Sandra E... (St Charles, MO)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
Protect us against tyranny regarding the 2nd Amendment and protect our veterans. 
 
Toni K... (Fulton, MO)     H: 049 S: 10 Supports
Since our congress people in Washington are choosing to ignore our Second Amendment rights (along with many others) delianated by our Constitiution, it is imperative of you, as our ELECTED Missouri officials to maintain and preserve our Second Amendment Rights. Under the US Constitiution the State of Missouri has the authority and responsibility to nullify any unconstitutional acts by the federal government.

May God be with you and yours during these tumultous times and may He give you the strenght to stand up for the very foundations this country was built upon and our fore fathers faught and died for.

 
 
Roger W... (Jackson, MO)     H: 146 S: 27 Supports
I urge you to support HB436 
 
James K... (Fulton, MO)     H: 049 S: 10 Supports
In these troubled times the second amendment is as important as an
y other time in our history.

Jim klick 
 
JoAnn W... (Jackson, MO)     H: 146 S: 27 Supports
I urge you to support HB436 
 
Marilyn T... (Williamsburg, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
 
 
INEZ C... (CUBA, MO)     H: 120 S: 16 Supports
 
 
Susan H... (Mexico, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Stacie N... (Mountain Grove, MO)     H: 141 S: 33 Supports
I strongly urge you to support this bill. I cannot run my farm without a gun to proctect my livestock and if necessary, to humanely put an animal down that is suffering. 
 
Earl W... (Mokane, MO)     H: 049 S: 10 Supports
We are at a point in our history where we must take Principled stands or our rights and liberties will be absolutely stripped from us. We have a Federal government that is WAY out of control and WAY out of line. I refuse to stand for any more of their attempts to further enslave the citizenry of this country. Pass this bill immediately! It will help separate the current day slavers from the modern abolitionists. 
 
Josephine B... (St. Louis, MO)     H: 082 S: 04 Supports
 
 
Sheila S... (Harrisonville, MO)     H: 055 S: 31 Supports
We need our Missouri legislators to respect the rights of law abiding Missouri citizens. While we have representatives that can't even go two months before they break their oath of office, we need Representatives that will respect and protect our rights. The Second Amendment is the final defense against tyranny as well as a person's first defense against an attacker. Some of the law abiding citizens of Missouri would also like the opportunity to start their own small business. This bill would give them that chance. We ask that you vote in favor of the bill.  
 
Jeff R... (Florissant, Mo)     H: 069 S: 14 Supports
Please support this important legislation that protects the rights of law abiding Missouri citizens! We must prevent any and all attempts to disarm our citizens and deny them their God given right of self defense both from violent criminals and an out of control government.

Thank you.  
 
Vicki M... (Belton, Mo)     H: 056 S: 31 Supports
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter.

I demand my legislators take the strongest, most principled stand they can take to defend our right to keep and bear arms!

Rep. Doug Funderburk and Sen. Brian Nieves' "Second Amendment Preservation Act" is the strongest and most principled protection of the right to keep and bear arms in the nation!.

It utilizes the words of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to explain Missouri's authority to nullify unconstitutional federal edicts within her borders.

 
 
Lola W... (Springfield, MO)     H: 131 S: 30 Supports
we must do everything we can to protect our Constitutional Amendment 2 (II) & our right to have arms to defend ourselves. President Obama must be impeached; he is doing everything he can to destroy America's freedom & rob us of what our forefathers fought so hard to preserve for us. 
 
Gordon W... (Springfield, MO)     H: 131 S: 30 Supports
We must fight with everything in us to preserve our freedoms & the right to have arms to protect ourselves with.
 
 
Donald N... (Doe Run, MO)     H: 117 S: 03 Supports
The second amendment is for all people, except for those that have lost their right through a felony act. Our government can not selectively pick and choose who can can or can not own a fire arm legally. It is an outrage that the VA can tell a veteran they can not own a fire arm, after putting their life on the line to protect our great country to have that right. I have been a veteran for 52 years, proudly served my country during the cold war. I can see the hand writing on the wall, the Democrats/Progressives want to strip this nation of weapons, so they will have total control of the US Citizen.

Japan had a plan to have a land invasion in conjuction with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, however, "Admiral Yammamoto said that was a bad plan, because there was a gun behind every blade of grass in America." We the people of the United States of America are this countrys second line of defense against our enemies.

I urge you to pass this bill to protect our second amendment right. 
 
Nancy J... (Unionville, MO)     H: 003 S: 12 Supports
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter.
Criminals will always have guns, they will get them no matter what. We deseve the right to bear arms.
 
 
Frances L... (Florissant, MO)     H: 069 S: 13 Supports
The United States Constitution clearly states that our Second Amendment rights "shall not be infringed". I don't find that hard to understand! 
 
Sarah J... (Raymore, Mo)     H: 055 S: 31 Supports
 
 
David W... (St louis, MO)     H: 091 S: 01 Supports
Are you Representatives working for the people of the State of Missouri, who elected you to office, or the Tyrants in
Washington D.C., who are trying to take our 2nd Amendment Rights away????

You need to do the Right Thing and Pass Bill HB436, or you could find yourselves Next, on a list of Incompetent Individuals, that have to get Obama's permission to Breath.

 
 
John S... (Kansas city, MO)     H: 036 S: 07 Supports
When the Second Amendment was authored the people of the United States had very newly won independence from the tyrannical government of King George. The authors knew full well that an armed populace was the best insurance against the tyranny of a domestic government or foreign invasion. In order to ensure that our right to bear arms could not be taken away by a tyrannical federal government they also authored the Tenth Amendment which gave the individual states the right to regulate arms within their own borders. The time to preserve our rights and our liberties is at hand. 
 
Wiliam H... (Wildwood, MO)     H: 110 S: 26 Supports
I strongly urge lawmakers to pass HB 436, and I encourage Governor Nixon to sign it, and Attorney General Koster to enforce it.

The original intent and original understanding of the Second Amendment was to give people the means to defend themselves against all enemies and threats. Limitations--infringements--on that right violate human rights. This bill helps ensure Missourians rights are not infringed.  
 
Robert B... (Springfield, MO)     H: 131 S: 30 Supports
 
 
Joyce K... (St Louis, MO)     H: 066 S: 13 Supports
I'm for passing HB 436 & SB 325. 
 
Shauna B... (St Peters, MO)     H: 102 S: 02 Supports
 
 
Roger R... (Pleasant Hill, MO)     H: 033 S: 31 Supports
I am in complete support of both HB436 and SB325. Being a veteran and a law abiding gun owner who has hunted and competed in various types of shooting competitions for almost 60 years, I am apalled that anyone wouold try to "INFRINGE" upon my Second Amendment rights. I wll not stand idly by and let some liberal politicians, who don't know which end of a gun the bullet comes out of, restrict or prohibit my right to "Keep and bear arms" as provided in the Second Amendment. You will note that it doesn't say "Keep and bear certain types of arms dictated by a governmental entity. It says "ARMS", period. I respectfully request that all Legislators in the State of Missouri, live up to the oath they took upon taking office,

"I do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of the state of Missouri, and faithfully perform the duties of my office, and that I will not knowingly receive, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable thing for the performance or nonperformance of any act or duty pertaining to my office, other than the compensation allowed by law."

and vote in favor of these two bills.

 
 
howard r... (harrisonville, mo)     H: 033 S: 31 Supports
 
 
Julie H... (Dardenne Prairie, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Kenneth L... (St Louis, MO)     H: 072 S: 24 Supports
PLease pass the Bill number 436.
The 2nd Amendment makes it quite obvious that our rights to posses Guns shall not be infringed !
With the ever increasing of crime, muggings, burglaries, Rapes, it is very impotant that we are able to Defend ourselves. I am 73 so i don't think i would win a battle in a fist fight. Someone breakes into our house i want to be able to Defend my wife and I, the odds are more in my favor with a Gun.
With the way this Obama and his Administration has damaged this Country by causing people to lose their jobs more people will be getting very desperate and will be getting food anyway they can. And even though I would get no pleasure from shooting and maybe killing them, I still have the right to protect my property and our lives.
Remember one thing, if someone is in you home with a Gun, SECONDS COUNT WHEN POLICE ARE MINUTES AWAY !!

Thank you
Ken LeBeau 
 
Matthew S... (Kansas city, MO)     H: 018 S: 17 Supports
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. I believe this applies to ALL such regulation. As a citizen of Missouri, it's important to me that I stand for legislation that supports my God-given right to defend my family and my community, and to keep the Federal Government from intruding upon my Constitutional right to keep and bear arms! Thank you.
 
 
William P... (Springfield, MO)     H: 133 S: 20 Supports
I am completely against any federal legislation that over reaches their authority. Missouri needs to stand up against the over reach of our federal leaders to this blatant attempt to strip Missouri Citizen of their Constitutional rights. I or my wife could easily be confronted in our home or business by criminal elements. If we are disarmed by our government then free people cannot defend their basic human rights and will become easy victims to the criminal element. 
 
James D... (Freeman, MO)     H: 056 S: 31 Supports
I am for strict interpretation of the U. S. Constitution. I believe it gives all law abiding citizens the right to own fire arms. Any law that restricts that right is not legal under the Constitution. I am shocked that the V A has decided or been told that they can deny that right to our former military personell. They have been the ones that have protected our Constitution and our country since its beginning. I am for passing this bill and encourage my congressmen to get behind it.  
 
Frieda K... (St Louis, MO)     H: 090 S: 01 Supports
 
 
Elizabeth A... (Liberty, MO)     H: S: Supports
The Second Ammendment Preservation act is extremely important, not only for the State of Missouri, but for the nation. It is vital that we stand against any type of gun control. We cannot compromise on this issue. Too many of our personal liberties are being taken away. Time to say NO. 
 
Maureen T... (St. Louis, MO.)     H: S: Supports
Missouri is a sovereign state. I am an American citizen from the state of Missouri. My father, brother, uncles and husband all served honorably in the Armed Forces. I have the right to keep and bear arms according to the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution. I fully support HB 436 to preserve the 2nd Amendment as intended by our Founding Fathers. 
 
Carol H... (Belton, MO)     H: 056 S: 31 Supports
I do not own a gun, but, even though pushing 84 I'm considering a gun purchase while I can. My poor eyesight is the only reason I haven't pursued my 2nd Amendment right to bear arms I am avid in support of the citizen's right to protect themselves, not just from criminals, but the real reason our forefathers gave us this amendment: to protect ourselves from a tyrannical government which would enslave us with no hope of escape. That is not a far-fetched idea now but an all too close reality.

Carol Hewitt 
 
Sandra N... (Smithville, Mo)     H: 012 S: 34 Supports
I am in favor of the Act, because we as citizens, have the right to have arms for our use in hunting etc and to protect our homes and families.. This was decreed by the Founding Fathers, and I do not believe that just because arms have been misused by criminal elements there should be a law taking them away from ordinary cirizens. Criminals will always find a way to get weapons no matter what is done.. 
 
William P... (Rockaway Beach, MO)     H: 156 S: 29 Supports
The Federal Government has NO BUSINESS telling "We the People" what type of guns or how big the
clips can be. The 2nd Amendment was put in the Constitution in order for the Citizens to protect themselves
from a Government Out of Control!!!
Please do the Job you have been elected to do, "Protect Our Rights"!!!! Please Pass this Bill

Bill Petrovic
Christian, Conservative, Life NRA Member 
 
Charles B... (Liberty, Mo.)     H: 038 S: 12 Supports
 
 
Larry L... (Rush Hill, Mo.)     H: S: Supports
Are we on the path where other countries had their rights taken away?
It looks like that is what is happening to me. 
 
Edwin L... (Rich Hill, MO)     H: 126 S: 31 Supports
Please support our right to keep and bear arms. 
 
John G... (Glencoe, MO)     H: 101 S: 26 Supports
The legislation to protect 2nd Amendment rights is absolutely necessary. What the Obama admiistration is doing is designed not to provide safety, but to disarm the U.S. public. I offer two significant quotes. "A Free People should be armed and well disciplined." G. Washington. "Those who beat their guns into plow shears, end-up plowing for those who don't." T. Jefferson I offer Federalist paper #46 by James Madison as to the reason why gun rights were expected to be maintained by the Constitution. Do not allow these tyrrants to disarm the public or the end result will be worse than any of us can imagine.

Thanks,
J. Gragnani, M.D. 
 
Charles J... (Holliday, MO)     H: 040 S: 10 Supports
Please support HB436  
 
Leza S... (THAYER, MO)     H: S: Supports
I urge you to give HB 436 you full support. An armed nation will remain a free nation. It's really that simple. This bill is strong and will protect Missouri citizens from federal attempts to disarm the people of our nation. Pass this bill, put this proposed Missouri law and Missouri courage up for all to see as encouragement for other states to follow. 
 
Kathleen B... (St Charles, MO)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
Please protect our service men and women who fought for freedom and now our government is trying to take what they fought for. Enforce the laws already on the books and protect our troop's right to the 2nd amendment.

Thank you,
Kathleen Burbank 
 
Catherine M... (Farmington, MO )     H: 117 S: 03 Supports
Dear Legislators,
I respectfully remind you that it is your duty to protect our Constitutional right to bear arms. You swore an oath to protect and defend the beloved Constitution, remember? The Federal Government shall not infringe those rights, and any powers not granted specifically to the government remain with the states--THE PEOPLE. I am THE PEOPLE.

Respectfully,
Mrs. Catherine Marler
Farmington 
 
Paul B... (Cape Fair, MO)     H: S: Supports
The 2nd amendment trumps all laws, both federal and state, that the PEOPLE say it trumps. Thus any legislation passed by Congress, signed by the President, and any judicial decision made by the Supreme Court of the United States, that the PEOPLE deem to infringe upon the 2nd Amendment, is null and void. Our represenetatives in federal and state government only represent us, they do not have the final say. The PEOPLE, at any time can take control of any issue involving the 2nd Amendment and declare it unconstitutional hence null and void. Who are the people? They are the citizens, and the 2nd amendment was placed in the Bill of Rights in part to protect them from a tyrannical government that they are at odds with. Thus they can use arms if necessary to enforce their will or if they so desire, have their representatives in government put their will into effect by legislation, but at all times retaining the right to reverse by force if necessary any such legislation made in regard to the 2nd Amendment. The PEOPLE have the might, and the founders meant it to be that way, and might makes right and what is just for the PEOPLE. I choose to have representatives in the MIssouri legislature pass legislation currently being considered to nullify any attempts by the federal government to infringe my 2nd Amendmentr rights. Please do so.  
 
Lee T... (Lexington, MO)     H: 053 S: 21 Supports
Please support HB 436 and SB 325, to preserve the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution, and protect the right to keep and bear arms. I am a US Army retired officer, who served my country for 24 years of service including two tours of combat in Vietnam, and feel that our country does not have the right to prohibit veterans or any other US citizen from ownership of firearms.

Thank you. 
 
Darrel H... (Fenton, MO)     H: 096 S: 15 Supports
As a Veteran, I support this bill completely. Any attempt to disarm Veterans should be viewed with the highest suspicion by all. Is it because we took an oath that means something to us, that we have the skills, knowledge, and ability to lead? The only people that would find that as a threat, are those contemplating taking all of our citizens rights away. 
 
Warren R... (Salisbury, MO)     H: 039 S: 18 Supports
 
 
Christine B... (Overland, MO)     H: 085 S: 24 Supports
Our precious veterans fight for our liberty and freedom on foreign ground, and now they need our support in their own country against
infringements of their's and our 2nd amendment rights.
Thank you for elected officials with a back bone to defend our Constitution and our rights. 
 
Ray T... (Pattonsburg, MO)     H: 002 S: 12 Supports
Please honor your oath of office and defend our constitution which in this case is the 2nd amendment.
 
 
Darrell O... (Nixa, MO)     H: 139 S: 20 Supports
 
 
Teresa K... (Ballwin, MO)     H: 100 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Mary S... (Saint Louis, MO)     H: 083 S: 04 Supports
 
 
William B... (St Clair, MO)     H: 119 S: 26 Supports
Missouri needs to draw a line in the sand, over which no elected politician shall cross, to infringe on our preexisting, God given right to keep and bear arms. This legislation will go a long ways in doing that.  
 
Celine P... (Kansas City, MO)     H: S: Supports
President Obama has been overstepping his assigned duties for some time. He is using the recent tradegy to further his cause which I feel is disgusting.

Each and every horrible gun incident has been committed by individuals who were on psychotic medication which are known to cause aggressive behavior, this is being overlooked.

Fast and Furious was a debacle hundreds were killed as a result of this hairbrained idea and nothing.

Over 70,000 criminals were arrested by the Federal government for gun violations and were allowed to go free. The reason.......the feds didn't have the $$$$ to proscute.

So you have criminals routinely breaking laws, causing chaos, sick people making the headlines and these morons in D.C. go after law abiding citizens.

Address the problems and leave law abiding citizens alone.

 
 
Christopher B... (Owensville , MO)     H: S: Supports
We need the individual states to take strong stands against our overreaching Federal government.  
 
Bev M... (Fulton, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
My husband asked me to watch Schindler's List with him. Fifteen minutes into the movie, when the Krakow Ghetto was invaded by the SS who began shooting children, women, men - anyone they could find who resisted. I had to leave the room. I thought I would vomit. Schindler's List is not just a movie. It is a documentary to what man will do to those whom he perceives as helpless. The story repeats itself throughout history. In the United States, the Native American holocaust is known by very few Americans. Then, as through out history, the weak and defenseless were slaughtered by soldiers who were armed and acting on the orders of their government. There is a lesson to be learned by looking at the not-so-distant history of this world: a man who is unarmed is powerless to defend himself, his wife, or his children. A people who cannot fight back are a people destined for slavery or extinction should a government decide they are unnecessary or unworthy of life.

the 1820 Missouri Constitution had this to say about our right to bear arms (Article Vii):
Missouri Constitution of 1820

We, the people of Missouri, inhabiting the limits hereinafter designated, by our representatives in convention assembled, at St. Louis, on Monday, the 12th day of June, 1820, do mutually agree to form and establish a free and independent republic, by the name of "The State of Missouri," and for the government thereof do ordain and establish this constitution.

Article I. Of Boundaries

We do declare, establish, ratify, and confirm the following as the permanent boundaries of said state, that is to say: "Beginning in the middle of the Mississippi river, on the parallel of thirty-six degrees of north latitude; thence, west, along the said parallel of latitude, to the St. Francois river; thence, up, and following the course of that river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the parallel of latitude of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes; thence, west, along the same, to a point where the said parallel is intersected by a meridian line passing through the middle of the mouth of the Kansas river, where the same empties into the Missouri river; thence, from the point aforesaid, north, along the said meridian line, to the intersection of the parallel of latitude which passes through the rapids of the river Des Moines, making the said line correspond with the Indian boundary line; thence, east, from the point of inter- section last aforesaid, along the said parallel of latitude, to the middle of the channel of the main fork of the said river Des Moines; thence, down, and along the middle of the main channel of the said river Des Moines, to the mouth of the same, where it empties into the Mississippi river; thence, due east, to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi river; thence, down, and following the course of the Mississippi river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place of beginning."

Article II. Of The Distribution Of Powers

The powers of government shall be divided into three distinct departments, each of which shall be confided to a separate magistracy; and no person charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of those departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except in the instances hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.

Article Ill. Of The Legislative Power

Section 1. The legislative power shall be vested in a "General Assembly," which shall consist of a "Senate," and a "House of Representatives."

Section 2. The house of representatives shall consist of members to be chosen every second year, by the qualified electors of the several counties. Each county shall have at least one representative, but the whole number of representatives shall never exceed one hundred.

Section 3. No person shall be a member of the house of representatives who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-four years; who shall not be a free white male citizen of the United States; who shall not have been an inhabitant of this state two years, and of the county which he represents, one year, next before his election, if such county shall have been so long established, but, if not, than of the county or counties from which the same shall have been taken; and who shall not, moreover, have paid a state or county tax.

Section 4. The general assembly, at their first session, and in the years one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, respectively, and every fourth year thereafter, shall cause an enumeration of the inhabitants of this state to be made; and, at the first session after each enumeration, shall apportion the number of representatives among the several counties, according to the number of free white male inhabitants therein.

Section 5. The senators shall be chosen by the qualified electors for the term of four years. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years; shall not be a free white male citizen of the United States; who shall not have been an inhabitant of this state four years, and of the district which he may be chosen to represent, one year, next before his election, if such district shall have been so long established, but, if not, then of the district or districts from which the same shall have been taken; and, who shall not, moreover, have paid a state or county tax.

Section 6. The senate shall consist of not less than fourteen, nor more than thirty-three members; for the election, of whom the state shall be divided into convenient districts, which may be altered from time to time, and new districts established, as public convenience may require; and the senators shall be apportioned among the several districts according to the number of free white male inhabitants in each; provided, that when a senatorial district shall be composed of two or more counties, the counties of which such district consists shall not be entirely separated by any county belonging to another district, and no county shall be divided in forming a district.

Section 7. At the first session of the general assembly the senators shall be divided by lot, as equally as may be, into two classes. The seats of the first class shall be vacated at the end of the second year, and the seats of the second class at the end of the fourth year, so that one-half of the senators shall be chosen every second year.

Section 8. After the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, all general elections shall commence on the first Monday in August, and shall be held biennially; and the electors, in all cases, except of treason, felony, or breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest during their continuance at elections, and in going to, and returning from, the same.

Section 9. The governor shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies as may occur in either house of the general assembly.

Section 10. Every free white male citizen of the United States, who shall have attained to the age of twenty-one years, and who shall have resided in this state one year before an election, the last three months whereof shall have been in the county, or district, in which he offers to vote, shall be deemed a qualified elector of all elective offices; provided, that no soldier, seaman, or marine, in the regular army or navy of the United States, shall be entitled to vote at any election in this state.

Section 11. No judge of any court of law or equity, secretary of state, attorney general, state auditor, state or county treasurer, register, or recorder, clerk of any court of record, sheriff, coroner, member of Congress, nor other person holding any lucrative office under the United States, or this State, militia officers, justices of the peace, and post-masters excepted, shall be eligible to either house of the general assembly.

Section 12. No person who now is, or who hereafter may be, a collector or holder of public money, nor any assistant or deputy of such collector or holder of public money, shall be eligible to either house of the general assembly, nor to any office of profit or trust, until he shall have accounted for and paid all sums for which he may be accountable.

Section 13. No person while he continues to exercise the functions of a bishop, priest, clergymen, or teacher of any religious persuasion, denomination, society, or sect, whatsoever, shall be eligible to either house of the general assembly; nor shall he be appointed to any office of profit within the state, the office of justice of the peace excepted.

Section 14. The general assembly shall have power to exclude from every office of honor, trust, or profit, within this state, and from the right of suffrage, all persons convicted of bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime.

Section 15. Every person who shall be convicted of having, directly or indirectly, given or offered any bribe to procure his election or appointment, shall be disqualified for any office of honor, trust, or profit, under this state; and any person who shall give or offer any bribe to procure the election or appointment of any other person, shall, on conviction thereof, be disqualified for an elector, or for any office of honor, trust, or profit, under this state, for ten years after such conviction.

Section 16. No senator or representative shall, during the term for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office under this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during his continuance in office, except to such offices as shall be filled by elections of the people.

Section 17. Each house shall appoint its own officers, and shall judge of the qualifications, elections, and returns, of its own members. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner, and under such penalties, as such house may provide.

Section 18. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected, expel a member, but no member shall be expelled a second time for the same cause. They shall each, from time to time, publish a journal of their proceedings, except such parts as may in their opinion require secrecy; and the yeas and nays on any question shall be entered on the journal at the desire of any two members.

Section 19. The doors of each house, and of committees of the whole, shall be kept open, except in cases which may require secrecy; and each house may punish, by fine or imprisonment, any person, not a member, who shall be guilty of disrespect to the house, by any disorderly or contemptuous behavior in their presence, during their session; provided, that such fine shall not exceed three hundred dollars, and such imprisonment shall not exceed forty-eight hours for one offence.

Section 20. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two days at any one time, nor to any other place than to that in which the two houses may be sitting.

Section 21. Bills may originate in either house, and may be altered, amended, or rejected, by the other; and every bill shall be read on three different days in each house, unless two-thirds of the house where the same is depending shall dispense with this rule; and every bill, having passed both houses, shall be signed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and by the president of the senate.

Section 22. When any officer, civil or military, shall be appointed by the joint or concurrent vote of both houses, or by separate vote of either house of the general assembly, the votes shall be publicly given viva voce, and entered on the journals. The whole list of the members shall be called, and the names of absentees shall be noted and published with the journal.

Section 23. Senators and representatives shall, in all cases, except of treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during the session of the general assembly, and for fifteen days next before the commencement and after the termination of each session; and for any speech or debate in either house they shall not be questioned in any other place.

Section 24. The members of the general assembly shall severally receive from the public treasury a compensation for their services, which may, from time to time, be increased or diminished by law; but no alteration increasing or tending to increase the compensation of members, shall take effect during the session at which such alterations shall be made.

Section 25. The general assembly shall direct, by law, in what manner, and in what courts, suits may be brought against the state.

Section 26.

[Part in bold & red: the occasion for the 2nd Missouri Crisis and 2nd Missouri Compromise]

The general assembly shall have no power to pass laws; First, For the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners, or without paying them, before such emancipation, a full equivalent for such slaves so emancipated; and, Second, To prevent bona fide emigrants to this state, or actual settlers therein, from bringing from any of the United States, or from any of their territories, such persons as may there be deemed to be slaves, so long as any persons of the same description are allowed to be held as slaves by the laws of this state.
They shall have power to pass laws; First, To prohibit the introduction into this state of any slave who may have committed any high crime in any other state or territory; Second, To prohibit the introduction of any slave for the purpose of speculation, or as an article of trade or merchandise; Third, To prohibit the introduction of any slave, or the offspring of any slave, who heretofore may have been or who hereafter may be, imported from any foreign country into the United States, or any territory thereof, in contravention of any existing statute of the United States; and, Fourth, To permit the owners of slaves to emancipate them, saving the rights of creditors, where the person so emancipating will give security that the slave so emancipated shall not become a public charge.
It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary.
First, To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to, and settling in, this state, under any pretext whatsoever; and,
Second, To oblige the owners of slaves to treat them with humanity, and to abstain from all injuries to them extending to life or limb.

Section 27. In prosecutions for crimes, slaves shall not be deprived of an impartial trial by jury; and a slave convicted of a capital offence shall suffer the same degree of punishment, and no other, that would be inflicted on a free white person for a like offence; and courts of justice before whom slaves shall be tried, shall assign them counsel for their defense.

Section 28. Any person who shall maliciously deprive of life or dismember a slave, shall suffer such punishment as would be inflicted for the like offence if it were committed on a free white person.

Section 29. The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney general, and all judges of the courts of law and equity, shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office; but judgment in such case shall not extend farther than removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit, under this state. The party impeached, whether convicted or acquitted, shall, nevertheless, be liable to be indicted, tried and punished, according to law.

Section 30. The house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. All impeachments shall be tried by the senate; and, when sitting for that purpose, the senators shall be on oath or affirmation to do justice according to law and evidence. When the governor shall be tried, the presiding judge of the supreme court shall preside; and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of all the senators present.

Section 31. A state treasurer shall be biennially appointed by joint vote of the two houses of the general assembly, who shall keep his office at the seat of government. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and an accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of the public money shall be annually published.

Section 32. The appointment of all officers, not otherwise directed by this constitution, shall be made in such manner as may be prescribed by law; and all officers, both civil and military, under the authority of this state, shall, before entering on the duties of their respective offices, take an oath or affirmation to support the constitution of the United States, and of this State, and to demean themselves faithfully in office.

Section 33. The general assembly shall meet on the third Monday in September next; on the first Monday in November, eighteen hundred and twenty-one; on the first Monday in November, eighteen hundred and twenty-two; and thereafter the general assembly shall meet once in every two years, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in November, unless a different day shall be appointed by law.

Section 34. No county now established by law shall ever be reduced, by the establishment of new counties, to less than twenty miles square; nor shall any county hereafter be established which shall contain less than four hundred square miles.

Section 35. Within five years after the adoption of this constitution, all the statute laws of a general nature, both civil and criminal, shall be revised, digested, and promulgated, in such manner as the general assembly shall direct, and a like revision, digest, and promulgation, shall be made at the expiration of every subsequent period of ten years.

Section 36. The style of the laws of this state shall be--"Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Missouri."

Article IV. Of The Executive Power

Section 1. The supreme executive power shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled "The Governor of the state of Missouri."

Section 2. The governor shall be at least thirty-five years of age, and a natural born citizen of the United States, or a citizen at the adoption of the constitution of the United States, or an inhabitant of that part of Louisiana now included in the state of Missouri at the time of the cession thereof from France to the United States, and shall have been a resident of the same at least four years next before his election.

Section 3. The governor shall hold his office for four years, and until a successor be duly appointed and qualified. He shall be elected in the manner following: At the time and place of voting for members of the house of representatives, the qualified electors shall vote for a governor; and when two or more persons have an equal number of votes, and a higher number than any other person, the election shall be decided between them by a joint vote of both houses of the general assembly at their next session.

Section 4. The governor shall be ineligible for the next four years after the expiration of his term of service.

Section 5. The governor shall be commander in chief of the militia and navy of this state, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States; but he need not command in person, unless advised so to do by a resolution of the general assembly.

Section 6. The governor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, and, except in cases of impeachment, to grant reprieves and pardons.

Section 7. The governor shall, from time to time, give to the general assembly information relative to the state of the government, and shall recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall deem necessary and expedient. On extraordinary occasions he may convene the general assembly by proclamation, and shall state to them the purpose for which they are convened.

Section 8. The governor shall take care that the laws be distributed, and faithfully executed; and he shall be a conservator of the peace throughout the state.

Section 9. When any office shall become vacant, the governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy, who shall continue in office until a successor be duly appointed and qualified according to law.

Section 10. Every bill which shall have been passed by both houses of the general assembly, shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor for his approbation. If he approve, he shall sign it; if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to the house in which it shall have originated, and the house shall cause the objections to be entered at large on its journals, and shall proceed to reconsider the bill. If, after such reconsideration, a majority of all the members elected to that house shall agree to pass the same, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall be in like manner reconsidered, and, if approved by a majority of all the members elected to that house, it shall become a law. In all such cases the votes of both houses shall be taken by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each house, respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall become a law in like manner as if the governor had signed it, unless the general assembly, by its adjournment, shall prevent its return, in which case it shall not become a law.

Section 11. Every resolution to which the concurrence of the senate and house of representatives may be necessary, except on cases of adjournment, shall be presented to the governor, and, before the same shall take effect, shall be proceeded upon in the same manner as in the case of a bill.

Section 12. There shall be an auditor of public accounts, whom the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint. He shall continue in office for four years, and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by law. His office shall be kept at the seat of government.

Section 13. The governor shall, at stated times, receive for his services an adequate salary, to be fixed by law, which shall neither be increased or diminished during his continuance in office, and which shall never be less than two thousand dollars annually.

Section 14. There shall be a lieutenant governor, who shall be elected at the same time, in the same manner, for the same term, and shall possess the same qualifications, as the governor. The electors shall distinguish for whom they vote as governor, and for whom as lieutenant governor.

Section 15. The lieutenant governor shall, by virtue of his office, be president of the senate. In committee of the whole he may debate on all questions; and when there is an equal division, he shall give the casting vote in senate, and also in joint votes of both houses.

Section 16. When the office of governor shall become vacant by death, resignation, absence from the state, removal from office, refusal to qualify, impeachment, or otherwise, the lieutenant governor, or in case of like disability on his part, the president of the senate pro tempore, or, if there be no president of the senate pro tempore, the speaker of the house of representatives, shall possess all the powers, and discharge all the duties, of governor, and shall receive for his services the like compensation, until such vacancy be filled, or the governor so absent or impeached shall return or be acquitted.

Section 17. Whenever the office of governor shall become vacant, by death, resignation, removal from office, or otherwise, the lieutenant governor, or other person exercising the powers of governor for the time being, shall, as soon as may be, cause an election to be held to fill such vacancy, giving three months' previous notice thereof; and the person elected shall not thereby be rendered ineligible to the office of governor for the next succeeding term' Nevertheless, if such vacancy shall happen within eighteen months of the end of the term for which the late governor shall have been elected, the same shall not be filled.

Section 18. The lieutenant governor, or president of the senate pro tempore, while presiding in the senate, shall receive the same compensation as shall be allowed to the speaker of the house of representatives.

Section 19. The returns of all elections of governor and lieutenant governor shall be made to the secretary of state, in such manner as may be prescribed by law.

Section 20. Contested elections of governor and lieutenant governor shall be decided by joint vote of both houses of the general assembly, in such manner as may be prescribed by law.

Section 21. There shall be a secretary of state, whom the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint. He shall hold his office four years, unless sooner removed on impeachment. He shall keep a register of all the official acts and proceedings of the governor, and when necessary shall attest them; and he shall lay the same, together with all papers relative thereto, before either house of the general assembly, whenever required so to do, and shall perform such other duties as may be enjoined on him by law.

Section 22. The secretary of state shall, as soon as may be, procure a seal of state, with such emblems and devices as shall be directed by law, which shall not be subject to change. It shall be called the "Great Seat of the State of Missouri,” and shall be kept by the secretary of state, and all official acts of the governor, his approbation of the laws excepted, shall be thereby authenticated.

Section 23. There shall be appointed in each county a sheriff and a coroner, who, until the general assembly shall otherwise provide, shall be elected by the qualified electors at the time and place of electing representatives. They shall serve for two years, and until a successor be duly appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed for misdemeanor in office, and shall be ineligible four years in any period of eight years. The sheriff and coroner shall each give security for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Whenever a county shall be hereafter established, the governor shall appoint a sheriff and coroner therein, who shall each continue in office until the next succeeding general election, and until a successor shall be duly qualified.

Section 24. When vacancies happen in the office of sheriff or coroner, they shall be filled by appointment of the governor; and the persons so appointed shall continue in office until successors shall be duly qualified, and shall not be thereby rendered ineligible for the next succeeding term.

Section 25. In all elections of sheriff and coroner, when two or more persons have an equal number of votes, and a higher number than any other person, the circuit courts of the counties, respectively, shall give the casting vote; and all contested elections for the said offices shall be decided by the circuit courts, respectively, in such manner as the general assembly may by law prescribe.

Article V. Of The Judicial Power

Section 1. The judicial powers, as to matters of law and equity, shall be vested in a "supreme court," in a "chancellor," in "circuit courts," and in such inferior tribunals as the general assembly may, from time to time, ordain and establish.

Section 2. The supreme court, except in cases otherwise directed by this constitution, shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which shall be co-extensive with the state, under the restrictions and limitations in this constitution provided.

Section 3. The supreme court shall have a general superintending control over all inferior courts of law. It shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto, certiorari, and other original remedial writs, and to hear and determine the same.

Section 4. The supreme court shall consist of three judges, any two of whom shall be a quorum; and the said judges shall be conservators of the peace throughout the state.

Section 5. The state shall be divided into convenient districts, not to exceed four, in each of which the supreme court shall hold two sessions annually, at such place as the general assembly shall appoint; and, when sitting in either district, it shall exercise jurisdiction over causes originating in that district only: Provided, however, that the general assembly may, at any time hereafter, direct, by law, that the said court shall be held at one place only.

Section 6. The circuit court shall have jurisdiction over all criminal cases which shall not be otherwise provided for by law, and exclusive original jurisdiction in all civil cases which shall not be cognizable before justices of the peace, until otherwise directed by the general assembly. It shall hold its terms in such place in each county as may be by law directed.

Section 7. The state shall be divided into convenient cir- cuits, for each of which a judge shall be appointed, who, after his appointment, shall reside, and be a conservator of the peace, within the circuit for which he shall be appointed.

Section 8. The circuit courts shall exercise a superintending control over all such inferior tribunals as the general assembly may establish, and over justices of the peace in each county in their respective circuits.

Section 9. The jurisdiction of the court of chancery shall be co-extensive with the state, and the times and places of holding its sessions shall be regulated in the same manner as those of the supreme court.

Section 10. The court of chancery shall have original and appellate jurisdiction in all matters of equity, and a general control over executors, administrators, guardians, and minors, subject to appeal, in all cases, to the supreme court, under such limitations as the general assembly may, by law, provide.

Section 11. Until the general assembly shall deem it expedient to establish inferior courts of chancery, the circuit courts shall have jurisdiction in matters of equity, subject to appeal to the court of chancery, in such manner, and under such restrictions, as shall be prescribed by law.

Section 12. Inferior tribunals shall be established in each county for the transaction of all county business; for appointing guardians; for granting letters testamentary, and of administration; and for settling the accounts of executors, administrators, and guardians.

Section 13. The governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint, the judges of the supreme court, the judges of the circuit courts, and the chancellor, each of whom shall hold his office during good behavior, and shall receive for his services a compensation, which shall not be diminished during his continuance in office, and which shall not be less than two thousand dollars annually.

Section 14. No person shall be appointed a judge of the supreme court, nor of a circuit court, nor chancellor, before he shall have attained to the age of thirty years; nor shall any person continue to exercise the duties of any of said offices after he shall have attained to the age of sixty-five years.

Section 15. The courts, respectively, shall appoint their clerks, who shall hold their offices during good behavior. For any misdemeanor in office they shall be liable to be tried and removed by the supreme court, in such manner as the general assembly shall by law provide.

Section 16. Any judge of the supreme court, or of the circuit court, or the chancellor, may be removed from office on the address of two-thirds of each house of the general assembly to the governor for that purpose; but each house shall state, on its respective journal, the cause for which it shall wish the removal of such judge or chancellor, and give him notice thereof; and he shall have the right to be heard in his defense in such manner as the general assembly shall by law direct; but no judge nor chancellor shall be removed in this manner for any cause for which he might have been impeached.

Section 17. In each county there shall be appointed as many justices of the peace as the public good may be thought to require. Their powers and duties, and their duration in office, shall be regulated by law.

Section 18. An attorney general shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. He shall remain in office four years, and shall perform such duties as shall be required of him by law.

Section 19. All writs and process shall run, and all prosecutions shall be conducted, in the name of the "State of Missouri;" all writs shall be tested by the clerk of the court from which they shall be issued, and all indictments shall conclude, "against the peace and dignity of the state."

Article VI. Of Education

Section 1. Schools, and the means of education, shall forever be encouraged in this state; and the general assembly shall take measures to preserve, from waste or damage, such lands as have been, or may hereafter be, granted by the United States for the use of schools within each township in this state, and shall apply the funds, which may arise from such lands, in strict conformity to the object of the grant, and one school, or more, shall be established in each township as soon as practicable and necessary, where the poor shall be taught gratis.

Section 2. The general assembly shall take measures for the improvement of such lands as have been, or hereafter may be, granted by the United States to this state for the support of a seminary of learning; and the funds accruing from such lands, by rent or lease, or in any other manner, or which may be obtained from any other source, for the purposes aforesaid, shall be and remain a permanent fund to support a university for the promotion of literature, and of the arts and sciences; and it shall be the duty of the general assembly, as soon as may be, to provide effectual means for the improvement of such lands, and for the improvement and permanent security of the funds and endowments of such institution.

Article VII. Of Internal Improvement

Internal improvement shall forever be encouraged by the government of this state; and it shall be the duty of the general assembly, as soon as may be, to make provision by law for ascertaining the most proper objects of improvement, in relation both to roads and navigable waters; and it shall also be their duty to provide by law for a systematic and economical application of the funds appropriated to those objects.

Article VIII. Of Banks

The general assembly may incorporate one banking company, and no more, to be in operation at the same time. The bank to be incorporated may have any number of branches, not to exceed five, to be established by law; and not more than one branch shall be established at any one session of the general assembly. The capital stock of the bank to be incorporated shall never exceed five millions of dollars at least one-half of which shall be reserved for the use of the state.

Article IX. Of The Militia

Section 1. Field officers and company officers shall be elected by the persons subject to militia duty within their respective commands; brigadiers general shall be elected by the field officers of their respective brigades; and majors general by the brigadiers and field officers of their respective divisions, until otherwise directed by law.

Section 2. General and field officers shall appoint their officers of the staff.

Section 3. The governor shall appoint an adjutant general, and all other militia officers, whose appointments are not other- wise provided for in this constitution.

Article X. Of Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 1. The general assembly of this state shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States, nor with any regulation Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States, nor shall lands belonging to persons residing out of the limits of this state ever be taxed higher than the lands belonging to persons residing within the state.

Section 2. The state shall have concurrent jurisdiction on the river Mississippi, and on every other river bordering on the said state, so far as the said river shall form a common boundary to the said state, and any other state or states, now, or hereafter to be, formed and bounded by the same; and the said river Mississippi, and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the same, whether bordering on or within this state, shall be common highways, and forever free to the citizens of this state and of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll, therefor, imposed by the state.

Article XI. Of The Permanent Seat Of Government

Section 1. The general assembly, at their first session, shall appoint five commissioners, for the purpose of selecting a place for the permanent seat of government, whose duty it shall be to select four sections of the land of the United States, which shall not have been exposed to public sale.

Section 2. If the commissioners believe the four sections of land so by them to be selected, be not a suitable and proper situation for the permanent seat of government, they shall select such other place as they deem most proper for that purpose, and report the same to the general assembly at the time of making their report, provided for in the first section of this article; provided, that no place shall be selected which is not situated on the bank of the Missouri river, and within forty miles of the mouth of the river Osage.

Section 3. If the general assembly determine that the four sections of land, which may be selected by authority of the first section of this article, be a suitable and proper place for the permanent seat of government, the said commissioners shall lay out a town thereon, under the direction of the general assembly; but, if the general assembly deem it most expedient to fix the permanent seat of government at the place to be selected by authority of the second section of this article, they shall so determine, and, in that event, shall authorize the said commissioners to purchase any quantity of land, not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, which may be necessary for the purpose aforesaid; and the place so selected shall be the permanent seat of government of this state, from and after the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six.

Section 4. The general assembly, in selecting the above mentioned commissioners, shall choose one from each extreme part of the state, and one from the centre, and it shall require the concurrence of at least three of the commissioners to decide upon any part of the duties assigned them.

Article XII. Mode Of Amending The Constitution

The general assembly may, at any time, propose such amendments to this constitution as two-thirds of each house shall deem expedient, which shall be published in all the news- papers published in this state, three several times, at least twelve months before the next general election; and if, at the first session of the general assembly, after such general election, two-thirds of each house shall, by yeas and nays, ratify such proposed amendments, they shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as parts of this constitution; provided, that such proposed amendments shall be read on three several days, in each house, as well when the same are proposed, as when they are finally ratified.

Article XIII. Declaration of Rights

That the general, great, and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare,

1. That all political power is vested in, and DERIVED from, the people.

2. That the people of this state have the inherent, sole, and EXCLUSIVE right of regulating the internal government and police thereof, and of altering and abolishing their constitution and form of government, whenever it may be necessary to their safety and happiness.

3. That the people have the right peaceably to assemble for their common good, and to apply to those vested with the powers of government for redress of grievances, by petition or remonstrance; and that their right to bear arms, in defense of themselves and of the state, CANNOT BE QUESTIONED (my capitalization)."


The Father of the Bill of Rights, George Mason had this to say:"I consider and fear the natural propensity of rulers to oppress the people. I wish only to prevent them from doing eveil. .. Divine providence has given to every individual the means of self-defense"

Thomas Paine wrote, " I am thus far a Quaker (a pacifist): I would gladly agree with all the world to lay aside the use of arms and settle matters by negotiation; but unless the whole will, thematter ends, and I will take up my musket and thank Heaven He has put it in my power."

Noah Webster wrote, 'Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed - as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power inAmerica cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword because the whole body of the people are armed."

I, as a citizen of the United States and of Missouri claim my right to use whatever force or arms may be necessary to preserve my rights given to me by God and protected by the Constitution. It is your duty as a sworn member of this legislator to uphold the Constitution. I expect and demand that you support HB 436. 
 
Earl C... (Sedalia, MO)     H: 052 S: 28 Supports
Having read the Constitution and taken courses in the history of the United States as well as world history, I'm seeing a variety of violations to the Constitution as well as the disregard of what history has taught. I am third generation military with my grandfather a retiree (now deceased), my father killed on active duty and myself retired. While active, I held a Tob Secret clearance with a SBI. I had to under go a phsyc eval every year and a polygraph every six months. I was not found even slightly unstable in 24 years service. Everything I learned about psychology says that it would be unlikely for me to become unstable at this point. I don't see a VA doctor (and if I did, it wouldn't be for psychological reasons) at this time. A medical doctor is unqualified to make any such determination and a lot of personnel the VA is hiring are foreign nationals who don't even have a similar background or values that would make understanding of possible psychological problems relevant. I believe the time is now to protect the freedoms I defended for so long from those who haven't defended anything including themselves. 
 
E D... (Chesterfield, Mo)     H: 089 S: 24 Supports
Please, for the love of God and country, protect and defend our rights. 
 
Stephen T... (Ava, Mo)     H: S: Supports
I believe every American has the right and responsibility to keep and bear arms to protect self, family and country. As I swore in to the USAF, to protect from enemies both foreign and domestic. 
 
George M... (Pleasant Hill, Mo.)     H: 033 S: 31 Supports
I support the Secound Amendment Preservation Act [HB436].This is Missouri at its Best! Thank You,George E. Morasch II 
 
Bob G... (Polo, MO)     H: 039 S: 21 Supports
Our Constitutional 2nd Amendment rights MUST be preserved!! 
 
AMY P... (SAINT ANN, MO)     H: 072 S: 24 Supports
AMERICA WAS FOUNDED UPON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AS MY REPRESENTATIVE IN EITHER THE HOUSE OR THE SENATE I EXPECT THAT YOU TOOK AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION IN IT'S ENTIRETY TO REPRESENT ME AND MY FAMILY. AS MY REPRESENTATIVE IT IS NOT YOUR JOB TO DECIDE FOR ME EITHER. SO I EXPECT FOR YOU TO ASK MY OPINION BEFORE YOU PLACE A VOTE, AND THE OPINION OF EVERY AMERICAN. THIS CAN BE DONE THRU ONLINE AND POST OFFICE MAILERS-AS POST OFFICE WORKERS ARE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES I WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT THEIR SERVICES FOR COMMUNICATION IN AN EFFORT TO AID THEM IN THEIR GOAL TOWARDS SELF SUPPORT. I ALSO EXPECT THAT YOU SHOULD MEET YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT, I FOR ONE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A KNOCK AT MY DOOR WHILE YOU HAVE EXPECTED ME TO PLACE MY VOTE IN YOUR FAVOR, THEREFORE I EXPECT YOU DO NOT KNOW OR CARE ABOUT THE OPINIONS OF THE PEOPLE YOUR REPRESENT, BUT EXPECT THAT YOU BELIEVE WE HAVE ASKED YOU TO THINK FOR US. THIS IS WRONG-WE HAVE ASKED YOU TO REPRESENT US. WE THE PEOPLE EXPECT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO BE UPHELD TO THE LETTER, NOT JUST TO YOUR INTERPRETATION. OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WERE VERY SMART MEN I EXPECT YOU TO SUPPORT THE SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT. THANK YOU. 
 
Cynthia R... (West plains, MO)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
The 2nd amendment does not give you; the government; the ability to decide to "allow us to have or have not" personal firearms to protect our families, our property and protect us from tyranny. Leave us alone to take care of ourselves and you protect your own selves and families. Thank you 
 
James B... (St Louis, MO)     H: 088 S: 24 Supports
An unarmed populist can be taken over by a corrupt government. If guns need to be registered then the corrupt government knows where to go to confiscate the guns.
Let the medical profession issue the gun purchase permits. This will greatly reduce the guns in the hands of mentally incompetent people. Prohibit the government from having any information of the gun purchase. Prohibit the government from having any control of registry of guns. There is nothing in the constitution that alow or requires the registration of guns. Pharmacists regularly can local police when drug prescription laws are violated.
Criminals don't care about gun registry. An unarmed common citizen can be over-run by armed criminals. The police are several minutes away, much too late.
 
 
beverly b... (owensville, mo)     H: 062 S: 06 Supports
We have been watching congress shred the Constitution and turn away from prosecuting obama for his treason....we know that something bad is coming. Why would our government practice killing us in drills, NDAA, FEMA CAMPS,EO to give complete control to traitor obama, buy billions of illegal shells, and then TRY TO TAKE OUR GUNS AWAY?.....we will never give up our guns with an out of control dictator in the white house and a corrupt congress that will not protect it's people. This TREASON will not be tolerated and all those involved will face a judgement day.

We have a God given right to protect ourselves and our forefathers knew that this day would come....we will fight all the way to keep our guns and the freedom they bring. You will not make us all VICTIMS like these STAGED school shootings...if our government can blow up buildings, start fake wars, kill innocent people all over the world for Banker greed and more .....why not kill innocent children in the name of propaganda...Sandy Hook is a staged false on a movie set called Sandy Hook full of actors to use against law abiding citizens to take our guns away....and make us all victims...THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN....YOU HAVE WOKEN UP THE SLEEPING GIANT ONCE AGAIN YOU WILL NEVER TAKE AWAY OUR FREEDOMS....WE WILL FIGHT...THE BLOOD OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN ON YOUR HANDS.....STOP THIS TREASON NOW! 
 
Paul D... (Webb City, MO)     H: 163 S: 32 Supports
I trust Missouri legislators to protect us from the unconstitutional actions of the federal government. 
 
Lorene C... (Sullivan, MO)     H: 119 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Virginia Y... (Lake St. Louis, MO)     H: 108 S: 02 Supports
 
 
A. David O... (Gladstone,, MO)     H: S: Supports
I strongly support HB 436 - The Second Amendment Preservation Act, in order to protect Missourians from Government intrusion. 
 
David M... (Fulton, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Larry F... (Chesterfield, MO)     H: S: Supports
Criminals & terrorists will not turn in their firearms (Eric Holder & Justice Dept. like selling them to the Mexican Drug Cartels so they can use them to kill our own U.S. Border Patrol Agents!!), so leave mine the heck alone!~ 
 
Larry H... (Concordia, MO)     H: S: Supports
On 01-10-2013 I received a letter from the V A informing me, due to information received from a V A Compensationand Pension Examination dated 09/13/12, they propose to rate me as being incompetent. (The reason for the C&P was for conditions for which I had never filed a claim.) The stated reason for their decision is seizure disorders, (Epilepsy).

In 2002 I suffered a mild brain stem stroke that left me with Absence Seizures diagnosed by my Neurologist. Never once was Epilepsy ever mentioned. (How the V A determined I had epilepsy is a mystery to me.) I was put on medication by my neurologist that totally controlled the Absence Seizures to the degree that I haven't had one in years.

The presumption I am incompetent and unable to handle my own affairs is totally false. I am a member of VFW Post 5649 in Concordia MO and have held numerous offices including Commander and as Post Adjutant for eleven years. I am the Community Activities Chairman for Missouri VFW District 6, and am responsible for twenty-three VFW Posts. I have been informed by the District 6 Commander, I have been selected by the Department of Missouri to be the recipient of Captain/Gunnery Sergeant A. J. Bodenwiser Award as the outstanding district officer for the Department of Missouri.

I am being represented by my VFW Veteran Service Officer at the Kansas City V A Medical Center, and am currently waiting for the V A's decision. I feel the V A is unjustly targeting Veterans and depriving us of our 2nd Amendment rights. I resent the fact we are considered guilty until proven innocent, and I fear the V A's action will simply serve to make criminals out of us law abiding veterans who without reservation, willingly placed our lives in harm's way for the good of our Nation.

I fully support the passage of HB 436. 
 
Judith M... (Wentzville, MO)     H: 063 S: 02 Supports
It is unethical and potentially oppressive & dangerous to try to strip U.S. citizens of the right to keep and bear arms. To try to deny law-abiding citizens the right to protect themselves is just what oppressive governments do when they want to establish a dictatorship. This is America, the land of the free! And to try to strip veterans of their right to keep & bear arms is really shameful - they can bear arms when they're fighting for freedom for us & for others, but they can't bear arms to defend themselves? This is just plain WRONG! You have a responsibility to support this bill. If you do not support it, you are not doing your job and are not speaking out for the welfare of the people that you SERVE. Everyone in the U.S. government has been elected to SERVE the best interests of the people, to look out for their welfare and to UPHOLD the constitution. Make sure you are doing just that, or let someone else who will perform these jobs take your place. 
 
Roy K... (Bloomsdale, MO)     H: 115 S: 03 Supports
Our government is the greatest in the world but it's the people in charge that has taken us down the wrong road. I honorably served my country and this is what I receive, a letter stating I'm incompetent. I hope politicians receives the same letter for incompetence.
I bought a 9mm handgun that is classified as a semi-automatic weapon. To be sure I received what I purchased, I loaded a magazine of 10 rounds, inserted it into the magazine well, pulled the slide back and loaded one round into the chamber. I then placed it on a table. I just stared at it. I even walked around the table but it didn't do anything. I returned to the store where I purchased the weapon and requested a refund because the weapon didn't operate the way it was classified. The salesperson advised me that I had to pull the trigger for the weapon to operate. I told him that the weapon is classified as a semi-automatic. I was again advised that I would have to pull the trigger for it to operate properly. It was a semi-automatic weapon! Wouldn't the weapon operate by itself most of the time? Doesn't semi-automatic means that something would occur even if I wouldn't have to do anything.
The law of physics-it takes a force for any weapon to operate properly. Meaning, a person must pull the trigger for the weapon to fire the projectile.
The moral: Guns don't kill people.
If the politicians would have the laws that already exist enforced, there wouldn't be any discussions about gun control. Of course, there will always be that percentage of the populace that will take advantage of the laws. However, why should law abiding citizens be punished for someone's criminal action? Especially veteran's?
I have been classified as a terrorist by the present administration because I believe in God, I'm retired military, I'm a Pastor, I own a weapon, I have conservative views and opinions, I believe in the Constitution of the United States of America, I believe in rights and freedom for all legalized citizens, I believe in less government and taxes, and I believe that marriage is between one man and one woman.
I have taken an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. So help me God! Don't the politicians also take the same oath? Then why are they trying to destroy the Constitution. I believe it should be a requirement for all politicians-- men and women--serve at least a minimum of two years in the military before they are eligible to be elected. That would shed some light on their character and loyalty to this Republic.
Most of this correspondence was absurdities and should be viewed as such. The point is... It's up to the individual to decide for themselves.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Roy D. Kaylor
MSgt USMC Rtd 
 
BETTY H... (KINGSTON, MO.)     H: S: Supports
 
 
William L... (O Fallon, Mo)     H: S: Supports
Please support, defend and enforce the 2nd Ammendent as it not only guarentees the right of the people to keep and bear arms , it also ensures security and defence of and with a malitia. All of which we need. Thank you for your kind considerations. 
 
Edwin C... (Linn Creek, MO)     H: S: Supports
HB436 AND SB325 ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI(AND EVERY OTHER FREEDOM LOVING STATE) WE HAVE IN WASHINGTON A POWER GROUP THAT IS WORKING OVERTIME TO DESTROY THIS GREAT COUNTRY. AND THEY ARE MEETING WITH LITTLE ORGANIZED OPPOSITION!!! THE PEOPLE NEED
A GOVERNMENTAL BODY THEY CAN TRUST AND BELIEVE IN AND TRUST TO DEFEND THEIR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS GRANTED BY THE U.S.CONSTITUTION. WE HAVE STOOD BY AND WATCHED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHT OF PUBLIC EXPRESSION OF CHRISTIANITY. (AND THAT IS ALSO GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION!!) WE WILL NOT STAND BY AND WATCH THEM TAKE OUR GUNS!!
THE 2ND AMENDMENT WAS NOT PLACED IN THE CONSTITUTION TO PROTECT THE RIGHT OF SPORTSMAN HUNTERS. IT AS PLACED THERE TO ENABLE THE PEOPLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM AN OUT OF CONTROL TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT!! AND WE WILL USE OUR GUNS TO DO JUST THAT!!I PASS THESE BILLS AND SHOW THE PEOPLE THE MISSOURI GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS A GOVERNMENTAL BODY OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE!! 
 
Robin J... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 016 S: 17 Supports
Please defend our rights to bear arms. Disarming law biding citizens is not the answer. Criminals will get their hands on guns no matter what laws are in place. It would put other lifes in jepordy to not be able to protect their property or their family.I hope you will consider this.
 
 
Christopher R... (Poplar Bluff, Mo)     H: 153 S: 25 Supports
 
 
Barbara S... (Leasburg, MO)     H: 120 S: 16 Supports
I support HB436 The Second Amendment Preservation Act.. 
 
Lee S... (Leasburg, Mo.)     H: 120 S: 16 Supports
I support HB 436 The second Amendment Preservation Act. 
 
Rosemary W... (Maryland Heights, MO)     H: 070 S: 24 Supports
 
 
Robert W... (Maryland Heights, MO)     H: 070 S: 24 Supports
 
 
Richard L... (Norwood, Mo)     H: S: Supports
I am a veteran of the United States Marine Corp 1962-1968. I think it is a disgrace the way this President is treating our Vets. He thinks more of Amnesty than he does for the Men that fought for the United States of America. 
 
Daniel H... (Manchester, MO)     H: S: Supports
Please protect my 2nd Amendment rights!!!! 
 
Gregory R... (Craig, MO)     H: 001 S: 12 Supports
 
 
Jimmy H... (Kansas City, MO)     H: S: Supports
I see this federal userpation of power equal to that of the slave days. The Northern Free States were using 10th Amendment and States Rights to oppose slavery in their states...and the federal government was their biggest obstical. Wisconsin declaired The Federal Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional. therefore, Wiscon should be the true symble of States Rights. The Confiderate Flag is a gross misrepresentation of States Rights.
 
 
Steven S... (Hallsville, MO)     H: 044 S: 19 Supports
Please pass this bill. Thanks for your service to Missourians. 
 
Ralph A... (Success, Mo.)     H: S: Supports
We the people need to stand up and be counted, Our Second Ammendment Rights are a God Given right. So should our elected officials stand up and Protect our Rights, We elect people who are too represent us. That Time Is Now.. Thank You Ralph & Verba Alkire 
 
Marcia B... (Augusta, MO)     H: 042 S: 02 Supports
I am a lifelong resident of St. Charles County MO and a direct, 6th generation descendent of Daniel Boone. The Constitution and Bill of Rights protect Missouri Citizens against tyranny from the Federal Government. "Gun control" legislation currently being pushed is an attack on our 2nd Amendment RIGHT to "keep and bear arms." "Gun control" and "registration" will lead to CONFISCATION of weapons from Missouri citizens...exactly as it did during the 1930's in Germany!

I urge MO legislators to support HB 436 and do EVERYTHING within their power to protect Missouri citizens and the Constitution from further attacks by the Obama administration.

Please remember your oath of office...

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God." 
 
Penny R... (Washington, Mo)     H: 061 S: 26 Supports
As a Missouri citizen, I pray that our state officials will listen to its people, that have elected them to their positions, to represent "us" and how "we" feel on issues effecting us all. Please remember that is why you are there. Help us, your people, to preserve our constitutional rights that our great country is founded on! Our governments just keep taking things away from its people one thing at a time. I also pray this legislation will stand up and not be a party to this ongoing saga we have endured in the past years. Thank you, Penny R 
 
Gary D... (Oak Grove, MO)     H: 053 S: 08 Supports
I urge strong support to HB 436, it is critical that steps are taken by our State Government to protect our Freedom & Constitution from an out of control Federal Government. HB 436 must be passed into law. Many thanks to those who drafted HB436, your courage & dedication to our Constitution is appreciated. 
 
Daryel M... (Excelsiore, MO)     H: 039 S: 21 Supports
 
 
Delbert G... (Mansfield, MO)     H: 141 S: 33 Supports
My rights to own and bear arms is stated plainly in our constitution and I fully intend to keep those rights to protect my family from an intruder or person that I feel threatened by that intends to do bodily harm or make it impossible for me to provide that protection to myself or family. Our founding fathers wanted us to be able to protect ourselves government tyranny. We have seen many examples in history where governments have disarmed the population and then taken over the country and enslaved the people. 
 
William H... (Houston Lake, Mo)     H: 014 S: 34 Supports
I support the HB436 Bill for it is our constitutional right given to us by our forefathers.  
 
Cynthia E... (Bourbon, MO)     H: 120 S: 16 Supports
Please do not let the present Federal Government overturn/destroy our 2nd Amendment Right To Bear Arms. The right of US citizens to keep and bear arms against our enemies, for the protection of our homes and lives, depends on the upholding of the 2nd Amendment to our US Constitution. We the people are not to be denied our inalienable rights under our Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Amendments Americans have fought and strived so hard to get and keep for over 200 years. We must ask our States to protect us from poor government we now have on the Federal level. Be responsible, Missouri legislators, and defend our rights in the upcoming vote on HB 436. 
 
Melissa C... (Florissant, MO)     H: 068 S: 13 Supports
Our founding fathers came up with the Second Amendment to keep the balance of power in check. The fact that so many are focused on banning weapons is a sure sign that those in power crave more power over the people. I urge this house to stand up for the Second Amendment.  
 
JON W... (OTTERVILLE, MO)     H: 058 S: 06 Supports
It is paramount that all bona fide US citizen's rights, freedoms and Liberties remain intact.

The Federal government, through the manipulative ploys of the current ‘Administration’ has been hard at work to dismantle the foundations of the 'American Way of Life'.

We've already witnessed many incidents wherein federal agencies and their employ have violated the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

The 'politically correct' perversion to oil every squeaky, minority wheel has already proven detrimental to my rights to state my feeling and beliefs about a variety of subjects. I do it anyway!

Only an imbecile would fail to recognize the simple, unwaiverable and concise wording which is indelibly carved into history with Amendment II of the U.S. Constitution. The 2nd Amendment is the Keystone of LIBERTY. We the Citizens of the State of Missouri will not sit idly by and allow a clearly 'domestic enemy' any further erosion of our rights to KEEP & BEAR ARMS!

World history has recorded the end results of despotic Tyrants in millions upon millions of innocents slaughtered on their whim.

That will not happen in this State or throughout the remainder of this Nation which was founded upon Judeo-Christian beliefs. We will not abandon our basic ability for self-defense, nor will we open ourselves up to wanton removal and termination.

The failure of the officials in State Capitols and in the District of Corruption (D.C.) to recognize the world's largest armed force will "Stand Its Ground" had better soon be imagined, unless...

Unless Mr. Obama's and his crew of Henchmen's true goal is the blood-soaked destruction and population reduction as outlined under the New World Order.

As Nathaniel Hale has been quoted, "I regret I have but one life to give for my Country"!

I took an oath, several times in the course of my career. That Oath affirmed my willingness to defend against all enemies, foreign, as well as domestic. At a time when the force structure of all combined US Armed Forces is not much more than a hollow shell, with resources and durable equipment having surpassed normal use life expectancies...the threat of foreign enemies grows daily.

The most looming threat however is domestic in nature. I am not suggesting, nor am I advocating any offensive actions other than my remaining right and freedom to express my views under the 1st Amendment. Be forewarned...a rapidly growing number of citizens are hearing the Patriots Call in the Spirit of 1775 and Bunker Hill.

We will not surrender or otherwise relinquish our arms, our powder or our lead in a cooperative manner. This simple statement of fact renders the expedient passage and Governor Nixon's signature as an affirmation that the Great State of Missouri will not bow to the illegal and wholly un-Constitutional requests or demands of the Fed.



 
 
Kenneth F... (Liberty, MO()     H: 017 S: 17 Supports
As a citizen of Missouri and of the United States I strongly support any legislation that will protect, strengthen and guarantee the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution and my right to defend myself with any means I choose up to and including the right to bear arms both at home and away from my home via concealed carry permits. 
 
Dennis M... (St. Louis, Mo)     H: 089 S: 15 Supports
Please support the Second Amendment Preservation Act 
 
Susan H... (Wildwood, MO)     H: 098 S: 15 Supports
 
 
virginia j... (Paris, Mo,.)     H: 040 S: 10 Supports
More lives are saved than lost due to gun ownership because of law officers and individuals qualified to carry weapons. We hear media accounts of killings by shootings but very little is made public of the many times people were saved by people with guns. You say if not on the news how do I know this is true. Word of mouth and accounts of people telling their experinces. I have a large family and most love hunting. I am 77 and in all my years our family has never had a hunting accident because all were raised to respect guns and others. 
 
william r... (washington , mo.)     H: 061 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Carole L... (Boonville, MO)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
Honor your Oath of Office to Uphold the Constitution - pass this bill

Missouri Constitution
All federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section 23 of the Missouri Constitution. Some laws declared invalid under this act include the Gun Control Acts of 1934 and 1968, certain taxes, certain registration and tracking laws, certain prohibitions on the possession, ownership, use, or transfer of a specific type of firearm, and confiscation orders.

“In every state in the United States no one can be declared incompetent to administer their own affairs without DUE PROCESS OF LAW and that usually requires a judicial hearing with evidence being offered to prove to a judge that the person is indeed incompetent,” he explained.

“This is a requirement of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that states that no person shall ‘be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.’

Stripping Veterans of Their Rights:
The VA's determination is made by neither a doctor or a lawyer but by a person in the VA - It is unconstitutional
The VA determination is by neither a lawyer or doctor, but by a person in the VA, and is unconstitutional 
 
Shirley E... (Independence, Mo)     H: 029 S: 11 Supports
FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS!!! That is why we elected you because we believed in you AND IN our AMENDMENTS that our forefathers AND OUR military have fought for all those years and STILL fighting FOR OUR FREEDOM THAT IS BEING TAKEN AWAY EACH AND EVERY DAY!!!!

THANK YOU for fighting for what we STILL believe in.

Question:
DO YOU STILL BELIEVE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? 
 
Ann G... (Kansas City, MO)     H: S: Supports
If the unlawful get the upper hand and desire to destroy our towns, cities or states we the people who desire to uphold lawfulness would not only be able to protect ourselves which would alleviate some burdens for the law enforcement agents to protect us but in fact it would further aid and assist the goal of law enforcement agents of bringing order. 
 
Edward W... (Newburg, MO)     H: 121 S: 16 Supports
It is of the up most importance that our Missouri Legislatures protect our second amendment rights from the anti gun activists in Washingtom.

It is clear that the socialist/communis elements holding seats in our federal government have finally zeroed in on disarming free America in order to further they`re agendas.

Being a retired business owner in the Phelps and Pulaski County areas, a hunter, a conservationist and currently a free American, I speak for not one but probably hundreds of fellow citizens in my area when I say Missouri must take a leading role across the United States in passing the necessary Bills for protecting Missouri Citizens gun rights and setting prescidence through out America that we the people will not stand for the over reaching illegal attacks on our second amendment rights.

Respectfully

Mr. & Mrs Edward E. Wilson 
 
Carol P... (Jackson, MO)     H: 146 S: 27 Supports
We need action now to stop infringements on our rights.

Thank you! 
 
Michael F... (St. Charles, Mo)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
Missouri needs to take a stance againt federal over reach into our lives restricting our Second Amendment rights. The only way We The People can keep our freedoms is .through maintaining our Constitutional rights. Any attempt to remove our rights in any way by laws restricting the types of gun, magazines, ammunition or where these may be carried is a threat to the Constitution by a death of a thousand cuts 
 
Rusty M... (Cameron, MO)     H: 008 S: 21 Supports
I support an individuals right to own firearms. That includes people who made mistakes in there youth and have felony convictions of nonviolent crimes. They should also have there 2nd amendment right returned once they have turned there life around. The 2nd amendment is a right not a gift.  
 
Scott G... (Blue Springs, Mo)     H: 033 S: 08 Supports
It's a shame that government officials are not only trying to strip everyday citizens of their second amendment rights. They are also trying to strip veterans of those rights; those same veterans that fight to preserve those rights for us. This bill shouldn't be necessary. But unfortunately it is necessary.  
 
Anthony T... (Grain Valley, Mo.)     H: 032 S: 08 Supports
I am against all gun control. 
 
wayne k... (Hume, Mo)     H: S: Supports
Why in the world is this allowed,,, We get this president and we're gonna loose all, I'm a vet like millions of others,, why is it important to go after vet's in not allowing owership or buying,,,, we go do the governments bussiness and this sounds like vet's are a problem for doing what you told us to do??, I dare say every last one of You Need As Well loose Your Rights for Your Mistakes before again we get the wrath of your mistakes and doings,,,,, I also dare say our rights to do anything is in jeperdy,,,,,,,every Free Right all of us have enjoyed,,,,,,,,wake up and smell the roses,,,I supose now after alls said and done i can expect retaliation from our government for speaking out,,,, 1st admendment here,,All the Good people in washington needs to get real serious against those pushing all of this.. 
 
Kyle C... (Fenton, MO)     H: 098 S: 15 Supports
 
 
William U... (Edgerton, MO)     H: 011 S: 34 Supports
It is imperative that our representatives adhere to the U.S. and Missouri Constitutions. You are all bound to the oathes that you have taken. Therefore, we respectfully insist that you allow the passage of this Bill to preserve the rights of the people. Thank You. 
 
Edward W... (Clinton, MO)     H: 057 S: 31 Supports
I am a strong believer in the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. As a veteran, and having a wife who is a strong supporter as well, (and a retired Missouri teacher and Administrator) we jointly call upon you, our Honorable Representatives to do whatever is necessary to preserve our Rights granted to us in our Constitution. We will jointly bear witness to our concerns and ask you to proceed in this matter. Thank you for your time, your concerns, and your acts in our behalf. 
 
Nancy K... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 014 S: 34 Supports
I urge you to support this bill. The Citizens of this State and Country are under siege from all sides. We look to our elected Representatives to preserve our most basic right to protect ourselves, our families and our homes.  
 
Pamala F... (Blythedale, MO)     H: 002 S: 12 Supports
As a 10 year veteran of the U.S. Army Reserves I SUPPORT the Second Amendment Preservation Act.
 
 
Keith M... (St Clair, MO)     H: 119 S: 26 Supports
So it has come to this.

We Americans were warned in the early 1950's that communism would overtake the republic. The power hungry socialists weren't planning on overthrowing our beloved freedom-soaked way of life by force. Nay, the bastards were going to do it by subversion and deceit. And, they TOLD US they were going to do it! Just like Osama bin Laden declared war on the U.S. in 1998, and the smug subversive, W. J. Clinton, largely shrugged it off. Now, twice the sheeple have been fooled into thinking that being a subject of the socialist state is better than being a citizen of liberty land, and voted for the most dangerous enemy of the United States to ever sit in the Oval Office.

I swore to defend the U. S. Constitution and now I am seeing a PERSONAL assault on my rights and freedoms. The 2nd Amendment is under assault by people who have no desire to seek anything but their own grandeur. I am also under attack in regards to the 4th Amendment. The USDA is acting under a law that was unconstitutionally enacted back in 1997, requiring a mandatory (under penalty of "law") "Census of Agriculture".

I demand my right to defend myself against the unconstitutional search and seizure which the USDA is attempting. The sheriffs of Missouri had better well understand the document to which they swore allegiance when they took office. As a citizen of the Republic with an honorable discharge from the US Navy after 20 years of service, I have already proven to be willing to put my life up in defense of our rights. I WILL DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY to live free, enjoy the liberty God has granted us, and to pursue the happiness a well-lived life provides. USDA is NOT welcome on my property and will be reported to the Sheriff for tresspass should they appear on my doorstep.

I can ask no less from my elected officials. Senator Nieves and Representative Hinson MUST keep the Federal decay from taking down the Republic. The pen may be mightier than the sword, but the sword need always be ready to put down the enemy foreign or DOMESTIC.
IMPEACH those who are showing disregard for the US and Missouri Constitutions with their freedom crushing feel good BS proposals.

May God Bless all with the intestinal fortitude to stand together for freedom and liberty! 
 
Donald B... (Festus, MO)     H: 115 S: 03 Supports
My fifth great Grandfather and his four brothers fought in the war of 1776 to secure our rights. My fourth Great Grandfather fought in the war of 1812 to maintain our rights. my Great grandfather fought in the civil War in the Union also to preserve the union. My Father fought in WW1 and earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart for his wounds, again to preserve our rights. I fought in Viet Nam and my Son was in the first Iraq War deployment. Did all of us waste our time and blood?
For the first time in my life I fear for the future of my eight Grandson's and two Grand daughters.
I SUPPORT the Second Amendment Preservation Act. 
 
Jack M... (Lees Summit, Mo)     H: 035 S: 08 Supports
Let this correspondence stand in support of HB 436.

Respectfully submitted,

Jack A. Morasch
24 February 2013 
 
Mary M... (Lees Summit, MO)     H: 035 S: 08 Supports
I am in support of HB 436. The federal government is constrained in its authority by the decrees of the people from which it derives said authority. Those rights are captured in the Constitution of these United States, and we the people place a sacred trust in our elected officials to uphold that constitution. When the federal government tries to overstep its defined authority, the state of Missouri should act to protect its citizens from such breaches in that sacred trust. 
 
James R... (St Ann, mo)     H: 072 S: 24 Supports
The first 10 Amendments to the UNITED STATES Constitution are the Bill of RIGHTS. They are called rights because they are not grants. Our Founders knew personally what absolute monarchy and other despotism looked like. Thus,they drafted our Constitution with bias toward personal rights and laws stating that what is not specifically delineated to the federal government are reserved to the STATES. They further recognized that our rights derive from Nature and Nature's God. Without the Second Amendment, the others cannot be enforced, and liberty will die.
That won't happen? Why not? Because our government is benevolent? Governments are not benevolent. George Washington had it right-"Government is like write-up is a dangerous servant and a fearful master". Our Founders knew the past. Rome and Greece were republics before They were dictatorships. Stalin and Hitler rose on promises of making things better for all. Then seized their citizens guns, killed objectors,and their citizens became slaves. Lead in a different direction Missouri. Lean to Washington and Madison, not half ignorant panicking. That I even have to write urging defense of the second amendment or any other is absurd and a little disturbing. Thanks for your time and service. James Reilly(former USAF) 
 
James B... (Jefferson City, MO)     H: S: Supports
I totally support HB436 and SB325. The US Constitution gives all naturalized citizens the right to own and bear arms and no government agency should be allowed to pass any laws that control guns or infringes on that "right". 
 
norma P... (st. Louis, MO)     H: 085 S: 14 Supports
I believe that it is absolutely necessary for the State of MO to take action in the state government to protect the 2nd amendment Rights of our Veterans and all of its citizens. At this time in our country's history we are seeing un precedent moves against our liberties. Never before have we, as citizens of this great country, been so assaulted from within. This Second Amendment Preservation Act MUST be passed. 
 
W R... (Blue Springs, Mo)     H: 031 S: 08 Supports
Every time a firearm is used in the commission of a crime the cry goes up to restrict some form of ownership.

It is time to enforce existing law and put the criminal in person for life for pulling the trigger, not just for taking a life, and at least 25 years for using a firearm in the act of a criminal action.

Pass this bill! 
 
Jeffrey H... (foristell, Mo)     H: 063 S: 02 Supports
This is such a shame the Treason has gotten this far. I hope Missouri can be Proud to say we stood up to those who tried to Infringe. It may bring more companies to Missouri the bad states are seeing an exodus. Please don't let us down. I liked that Bill that made it a Felony to Infringe guess this will have to do.
 
 
Larry W... (Eldridge, MO)     H: 123 S: 28 Supports
I feel that this legislation is my only representation showing my disdain for the laws being proposed in Washington DC. Which would be a gross misjustice against the second amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. My right to bear arms for the protection of my family and my country against tyranny and invasion from without and within.
Larry R. Weisz 
 
Linda S... (Forsyth, MO)     H: 155 S: 29 Supports
 
 
Leonard S... (Lexington, Mo.)     H: 053 S: 21 Supports
The Second Amendment is not about duck hunting! 
 
William T... (Graff, MO)     H: 141 S: 33 Supports
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter.

I desire our State Officials do everything in their power to keep the US Constitution intact and not try in anyway to dilute it or re-write it.

Thank you,

William Timmsen 
 
Sally W... (Anabel, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
 
 
Denny H... (Sikeston, MO)     H: 148 S: 27 Supports
I want it known, that myself and my family want our state representatives to vote a YES vote on HB436. And we want our senator to vote a YES vote on SB325. We respectfully consider it their duty – their oath to the constitutions of the United States and to the people of Missouri.
 
 
Nancy M... (Kirkwood, MO)     H: 090 S: 15 Supports
As a Missouri citizen, I am in favor of HB 436, and would like to see it move forward. 
 
Robert W... (Glasgow, MO)     H: 048 S: 21 Supports
The phrase "shall not be infringed" means what it says. We nee this legislation to become law this session. 
 
John J... (Arnold, MO)     H: 097 S: 22 Supports
 
 
John D... (Columbia, MO)     H: 044 S: 19 Supports
The right to bear arms is necessary to ensure that every American citizen remains free from government tyranny. 
 
THOMAS E... (St. Louis, Mo)     H: 081 S: 04 Supports
Please Pass Bill 436 
 
Gene M... (Scott city, Mo)     H: 148 S: 27 Supports
Please protect our 2nd ammemdment rights by supporting HB 436. 
 
Ron M... (Moberly, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
Protect citizens rights under the Constitution. No new restrictions on citizens right to keep and bear arms. 
 
Stu S... (Williamstown, MO)     H: 004 S: 18 Supports
 
 
Janet A... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 036 S: 07 Supports
I support HB 436. The 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter.

That applies to ALL such regulation.

I am asking from our legislators no less than the strongest, most principled stand they can take to defend our right to keep and bear arms! I am asking for a YES vote on HB436. I consider it the duty of my representatives– to uphold their oath to the constitutions of the United States and Missouri requires a YES vote.

Rep. Doug Funderburk and Sen. Brian Nieves’ “Second Amendment Preservation Act” is the strongest and most principled protection of the right to keep and bear arms in the nation!. I fully support them in this legislation insuring our right. I ask that you stand with them by making this bill law to protect our rights as well.

Janet Asbury

 
 
ann o... (st louis, mo)     H: 073 S: 14 Supports
if you have ever had a home invasion (we have), you can only pray they don't use their weapons. Who is going to insure criminals are not the only ones with weapons? 
 
Justin S... (Chaffee , Mo)     H: S: Supports
I sincerely request your support fo HB436 Please join with me, with semo10 and thousands of pro states rights Missourians in saying no to further federal encroachment into our lives. Thank you for your service to this great an sovereign state. Justin W Sullivan. 
 
James L... (Blairstown, Mo.)     H: 057 S: 31 Supports
Please stop any and all attempts by the Federal government that may infringe on our 2nd amendment rights 
 
Ryan H... (Dixon, MO)     H: 062 S: 06 Supports
Please stand for our 2nd amendment rights. We are getting absolutely tired of our liberties and rights being continually stripped away. My representatives in Jefferson City have said they stand for the right to bear arms. Now is time for them to show it. Thanks for your service and consideration. 
 
Paul A... (Liberty, MO)     H: 013 S: 34 Supports
 
 
Mari C... (Wentzville, MO)     H: 063 S: 02 Supports
My family has served this country for generations in all branches of the military. We are appalled by those elected officials who would desecrate the Constitution, by proposing legislation that could deny them their 2nd Amendment rights. Is this supposed to be how our country treats its men and women, who have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedom? Shameful. Absolutely shameful and possibly treasonous. "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Period. 
 
john F... (Bridgeton , , Mo)     H: 072 S: 24 Supports
 
 
Kenneth W... (Anabel, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
 
 
Gay E... (Augusta, MO)     H: 042 S: 02 Supports
When the US Constitution gives citizens the right to bear arms, it is the responsibility of those in the government to support the Constitution. Our founding fathers were concerned about the privilege to bear arms freely: for protection and for procuring food. There are too many countries who have deteriorated into dictatorships or overbearing rulers when the citizens' rights to purchase and own guns has been taken away from them. Looking into the future, what are we really saying about ourselves and our government? Would there have been a USA if Great Britain had enforced a gun ban? If the government is trying to prohibit guns, especially when it includes our veterans, when we read between the lines what is the government really saying? I sincerely hope that it is not saying that those in charge desire a totalitarian state.  
 
Brandy P... (St Peters , MO)     H: S: Supports
I support HB 436 
 
Dale E... (Sulllivan, MO)     H: 119 S: 26 Supports
This bill epitomizes the Constitutional powers of the States; the States have the Constitutional authority to override the Central Government in ALL areas not included in the Enumerated Powers. As a tax-paying citizen of the State of Missouri,
I hope and pray that my elected officials can and will make the right decisions, and follow the words of the Constitution of the United States - not someone's twisted interpretation.

Thank you. 
 
Herman K... (Chesterfield, MO)     H: S: Supports
We must protect our Second Amendment Rights to have arms as citizens. The Australian government confiscated the citizens guns which has made the them victims of the criminals who still manage to obtain guns because criminals do not follow the law. That is why they are criminnals.  
 
Jackie K... (Bernie, Mo.)     H: 151 S: 25 Supports
Doing anything to mess with our 2nd ammendment right should be a criminal offence. 
 
Barbara S... (Blackwater, MO)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
I support the 2nd Amendment and the protection this bill provides for the 2nd Amendment. 
 
Wade H... (Benton, Mo)     H: 148 S: 27 Supports
Please vote yes. It your job to protect our rights. Thank you 
 
richard k... (sedalia, mo)     H: 052 S: 28 Supports
 
 
William C... (Chadwick, MO)     H: 140 S: 20 Supports
 
 
Raejean O... (Holt, MO)     H: S: Supports
Please pass HB436 on the Second Amendment Preservation Act. I have owned and used a gun since I was seven (7) and rely on it to hunt food and protect myself and my family. THANK YOU! 
 
Jay B... (Carrollton, MO)     H: 039 S: 21 Supports
Please pass HB436 on the Second Amendment Preservation Act. I have owned a gun since I was ten (10). I use guns to hunt and protect my family. You should not take away my right (federal level) but preserve it at the (state level). Thank you for working not only for me but all Missouri citizens on this right to bear arms! 
 
Gary P... (Bowling Green, MO)     H: 040 S: 18 Supports
 
 
Raymond S... (Truxton, MO)     H: 041 S: 10 Supports
I believe freedom should prevail at all cost. My 6th great grandfather fought in the Revolutionary war, as a private in the,North Carolina Regiment,Continental Line from 1776-1783. he passed in 1832 and is buried in Bryant Creek Cemetary in Elsberry,Mo. I encourage you to really look at all the really stupid laws and regulations that are eating away at the freedoms that these brave people fought for. we need people to have more personal and moral responsibility.
lets protect our freedoms and rights 
 
Joseph M... (Grain Valley, MO)     H: 032 S: 08 Supports
The context of our Constitution, and by extension, the 2nd Amendment, is clear. The government "shall not infringe".... This was not included to protect our ability to hunt or sport, but clearly to protect the people against tyrannical regimes, foreign or domestic.

The U.S.is suppose to be the beacon of light, hope and freedom for the world to follow. Yet, over the past decade we have set and watched as these freedoms have been incrimentally stripped away. People have drawn a line; and I will be truly blessed to call my self a Missourian when this legislation is passed; as we strive to re-light the beacon; blazing a path for the rest of the nation to follow.

Sincerest and most humble regards,
Joe Marchisio 
 
Carl B... (Saint James, MO)     H: 120 S: 16 Supports
The basic principle that the individual states formed a central government which was to assist in the organization and maintenance of their mutual protection and general welfare must be preserved. The unauthorized, self-assigned expansion of federal powers needs to be stopped by every state in the union before our aligned nation of individual states becomes an totalitarian society.

Although the tenth admentment to the U.S. Constitution makes it clear that the federal government shall have no authority over issues not directly granted to it within the Constitution, this bill will re-enforce the position of the great state of Missouri that we will not simply submit to any and all rulings of the federal government. 
 
Steven S... (Foristell, Mo)     H: 064 S: 02 Supports
 
 
Steve R... (Lone Jack, MO)     H: 033 S: 08 Supports
 
 
Ronald K... (Eolia, MO)     H: 040 S: 18 Supports
Gentlemen,

As our representatives you have sworn an oath to defend our U.S. & Mo. Constitutions against all
enemies of it, both Foriegn and Domestic, and this includes the 2nd amendment... As a Pastor of
2 Churches I admonish you to stay true to your oath and prevent the bloodshed that would occur if
anyone from the government would try and take away our God given rights.

Pastor Ron Kunzweiler 
 
Gayle B... (Platte City, MO)     H: 012 S: 34 Supports
I stand in support of this bill to preserve our rights to bear arms. 
 
Todd S... (Lebanon, MO)     H: 129 S: 28 Supports
I fully support our second amendment protections, and urge you support and pass this legislation. Thank you.  
 
Michael S... (St Charles, MO)     H: 102 S: 02 Supports
I strongly oppose the over reach of the Federal Government and infringement of my Freedoms and Rights which are granted by our Almighty God and Creator and not by man or government. I support and applaude my State Representative & Senator for their concern and action to preserve my rights and the rights of my fellow citizens of Missouri against the over reach of the Federal Government, especially the Right to Bear Arms for the protection of life, property and Freedom when necessary. If it is found necessary to impose laws for the assurance of safety in respect to Bearing Arms, those laws should be the responsibility of the State and not imposed by the Federal Government or Foreign Alliances. Respectfully, Michael A Schneller 
 
Walter J... (Neosho, Mo)     H: 160 S: 32 Supports
It is the responsibility of the States to uphold the Constitution of this country and stand against any attempts to infringe upon the rights of the individual. Just as it is the responsibility of Congress and the President, but if Congress and the President infringe on the Constitution and the the rights spelled out therein it is the responsibility if the States to stand against the Federal Government. This country is a Constitutional Republic and the States need to stand for their rights as a State and the rights of the people of the State.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Stand for the second amendment as it is written! The President nor any other group in Washington D.C. have the right to change or infringe on the rights of the individual or the State.

Thank you,
Walter Jackson 
 
Edward I... (Florissant, MO)     H: 067 S: 13 Supports
The Supreme Court of the United States has reaffirmed the Constitutionality of the Second Amendment for Citizens to possess and bear arms. This is not to be infringed except by another Constitutional Amendment, 3/4s of the States and 2/3 of both houses are required to ratify this to make it happen. To educated citizens, it is obvious the current trend of stealth Marxists in our government believe that they are allowed to circumvent the law of our Republic and there should be no questioning of their motives. It is time to stand up for the law of our land and fight these deluded fanatics. 
 
kenneth E... (pierce city, mo)     H: S: Supports
in defense of my God given right as a freeman and according to the 2nd amendment of the constitution of the united states. I urge you to use common sense and support HB436.Protect our righr to bear arms without restricting or modifying that right . 
 
Dave D... (Stockton, MO)     H: 128 S: 28 Supports
As a Viet Nam era Veteran and a Defender of the Constitution I am willing to fight for our Freedom. I expect all Missouri Elected Officials to do the same without having to be asked or told to do so. So help us God. 
 
Larry D... (Raymore, MO)     H: 055 S: 31 Supports
No two ways about it, the Fed's have no right to come into Missouri to take our weapons or anything else. 
 
James S... (Cabool, Mo)     H: 142 S: 33 Supports
10th Amendment. Powers not granted to the Federal Government are reserved to the the States and people. I believe any gun control issue is a matter to be dealt with by the State of Missouri and the people within.  
 
Scott C... (st louis, mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Jeff S... (saint louis, mo)     H: 083 S: 01 Supports
Congress doesn't have to pass a new law. The president doesn't even have to sign an executive order. Under existing law the Veteran's Administration can make a policy change that triggers a clause already in the Brady gun control act and strip veterans of their right to keep and bear arms. Read this story and this one.It's clearer than ever, they won't be satisfied to just ban "assault rifles", they won't stop until every citizen has been disarmed! The states must each rise to the defense of their people. Some Missouri Reps and Senators are doing just that -- and you can help.In Missouri, HB 436 and it's companion Senate bill, SB 325, are the only bills that will protect our veterans from the sort of infringements described above.Either this coming Tuesday or the following Tuesday HB 436, the Second Amendment Preservation Act, will have a public hearing in the House General Laws Committee. This committee is predisposed to support this bill, but we need to send a message of strong support that will resonate throughout the Capitol. 
 
Stephen S... (Ashland, Mo.)     H: 050 S: 19 Supports
 
 
Wade H... (Lone Jack, MO)     H: S: Supports
I completely uphold the 2nd ammendment the way it is! What does the federal goverment and state of missouri NOT undestand about "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED"? 
 
R B... (Aurora, MO)     H: S: Supports
Please remember my constitutional rights. All of them.
Thank you 
 
Stephen S... (Paris, MO)     H: 040 S: 10 Supports
I support HB436. Please do everything in your power to get this passed. Thank you. 
 
Larry B... (Hawk Point, MO)     H: 041 S: 10 Supports
Dear Sirs,
I am not sure AT ALL why the government feels like they have to take our guns away from us. I have Had some sort of gun in my home every day of my life. Even in My anger I have never considered ever taking a gun out and using it on those I was angry with. I truly feel it nessasary to keep in my home protection from those just like the ones who have used them in THEIR ANGER on others. New Town incident is just one more reason why I want to keep my guns.
We all feel for those who have been affected by very bad people. My intent is for that NOT to happen to us. I am a collecter a hunter, and an sporting shooter. It is and has always been my right to keep a gun in my house, Just because it LOOKS SCARY does'nt mean it shoots any different than any other gun. If you disarm America you will leave the door open for every bad guy not only in my home town but in the entire Country, maybe even invasion. I implore you to Not do this, You don't need more laws, just enforce the ones we already have,which you don't. You don't need to take the good guys guns away, the bad guys will ALWAYS have access to an illegal weapon. Check the books! Most of the bad guys caught did NOT have their own registered gun on them, did they? Thank You 
 
Jack B... (Crestwood, MO)     H: S: Supports
Citizens who appreciate their freedom and the rights granted by our Constitution are appalled by the federal government's attempts to dismantle these rights. HB 436 is needed to guarantee Missourians our rights.  
 
Paul D... (Wright city, MO)     H: 041 S: 10 Supports
Pertaining to gun legislation, every community has the right to make laws concerning guns. We must not usurp individual rights to deter crime and protect their property against those who would use violent means to take by force those rights. A gun in the hands of a law abiding citizen has never been a threat to our constitutional rights! It is a force to keeping those rights in place. 
 
Alan L... (St Louis, MO)     H: 093 S: 01 Supports
Please vote in favor of HR436. We need to preserve our 2nd Amendment rights. To many people are trying to slowly chip away our rights. 
 
James F... (New Haven, mo)     H: 061 S: 26 Supports
I"d like to speak in favor of HB-436,2nd Amendment Preservation Act,The 2nd Amendment is as written ," the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed". The word "infringed" is defined as ; not to be touched,or not to be messed with or altered in any way,I feel the Federal Govt in Wash DC in their attempt to pass these additional law's in the aftermath of the New Town shooting in at best a knee jerk feel good re-action and violation of their Oath of Office,therefore I'm in favor of the text and penalty of HB-436,in the hope our State will involk the 10 amendment and secure the people's Liberty in the great State of Missouri.
 
 
Timothy F... (Dardenne Prairie, MO)     H: 102 S: 02 Supports

I strongly support HB 436 and the 2nd amendment. It is a fact that a great majority of Missourians are pro-2nd amendment and do not want to go the way of Chicago and DC where gun control laws have been a complete and utter failure by empowering criminals and making innocent citizens impotent. Thank you, Rep. Doug Funderburk for sponsering this important bill!  
 
Oscar B... (Forsyth, MO)     H: S: Supports
Protect our 2nd amendment rights by state law if necessary.
Oscar Booth 
 
Antoinette P... (Freeman, MO)     H: 056 S: 31 Supports
Our representatives took an oath to uphold the constitutionand support the rights of the american people to bear arms. To protect ourselves, our homes and if neccessary, our country. Hard working, law abiding citizens should not be targeted by new legislation.. Following a political agenda will not solve this problem. 
 
Rodney F... (Salem, MO)     H: 143 S: 16 Supports
On February 5, 2013 Missouri State Representative Doug Funderburk introduced House Bill 436, the Second Amendment Preservation Act, which make all federal acts, laws, rules, regulations whether they are past, present, and or future, and that infringe on the right to keep bear and bear arms as invalid within the state, and shall be considered null and void within the state of Missouri, providing penalties to any agent, officer or, official of the federal government attempting any such federal act within the state's borders.

Such laws are not without historical precedent. Historian Thomas Woods has written an excellent brief history of state nullification of federal laws in his article, "The States' Rights Tradition Nobody Knows." In recent years dozens of states have introduced nullification-type legislation to stop Real ID, affirm the Tenth Amendment, reject a federal mandate to buy healthcare insurance, and to reject federal firearm laws for guns manufactured, sold, and used intrastate (known as Firearms Freedom Acts or FFA). A total of eight states have passed FFAs. Now, all across the country sheriffs and legislators are acting to nullify President Obama's gun controls.

The purpose of these for this bill bills is to guarantee that the people of Missouri's Second Amendment rights are not curtailed or trampled on in any manner or form by the federal government. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

At the time of the Second Amendment's ratification, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights, in December 1791, it was understood that the militia meant the free able-bodied citizenry of the country. In 1788, Richard Henry Lee, signatory to the Declaration of Independence and subsequent Articles of Confederation, explained the meaning of the term militia, as understood at the time, and the imperative for citizens to be armed. Lee wrote, "A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves ... and include all men capable of bearing arms... To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms...."

In volume 1, page 300, of St. George Tucker's edition of Blackstone's Commentaries: With Notes and Reference (1803), which was the most popular legal commentary of its day, Tucker stated:

"The right of self defense is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever ... the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction."

St. George Tucker was an attorney and a military officer who was wounded twice during the American Revolution, and was one of the leaders of the 1786 Annapolis Convention, which paved the way for the subsequent Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia. Tucker was a legal professor at the College of William and Mary, and served as a justice in the Supreme Court of Virginia. President James Madison later appointed him as a federal judge.

In addition to the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 23 of the Constitution of the State of Missouri states, "That the right of every citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or when lawfully summoned in aid of the civil power, shall not be questioned; but this shall not justify the wearing of concealed weapons."

The right to keep and bear arms is one of the most essential components enshrined in both the Bill of the Rights and the Missouri State Constitution in order to secure the preservation of one's liberty and property. These proposed bills further strengthens this right by rejecting any newly created encroachment by the federal government and imposing criminal charges on any federal agent that would enforce any such violation of both the Constitution of the United States and the Missouri State Constitution.

Please be sure to vote YES, in favor, of HB 436 (the Second Amendment Preservation Act).
 
 
Edward J... (Warrenton, MO)     H: 042 S: 10 Supports

I understand that my 2nd amendment rights are being threatened. This is not right. Please vote for Bill HB496. 
 
Charles M... (Wentzville, MO)     H: 063 S: 02 Supports
 
 
The Missouri Patriot F... (Wentzville, MO)     H: S: Supports
The Missouri Patriot and Missouri Patriot Forum voted unanimously at its meeting on February 23 to support HB 436 (The Second Amendment Preservation Act) 
 
Tom M... (Springfield, MO )     H: 131 S: 30 Supports
The second amendment to the constitutional is a fundamental right and it is what guarantees that the people remain free to redress our government, that we are able to speak freely, and we can peaceably assemble to inform our elected officials of grievances against abuses of the very representatives who have introduced legislation trying to remove this right from the people.  
 
Max M... (Bolivar, MO.)     H: S: Supports
DO NOT INFRINGE ON MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS! 
 
Bradley F... (La Plata, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
 
 
Carl G... (New bloomfield, MO)     H: 049 S: 10 Supports
Put criminals and mentally unstable people in locked rooms not guns. 
 
Earl C... (High Ridge, MO)     H: 112 S: 22 Supports

I can not believe, that instead of enforcing the laws that are on the books, they are trying to take our 2nd amendments rights away. Not because of a law abiding citizen, but because of criminals that have no regard for other peoples lives and take them at random.

You would often think that a person who ran for a seat in our government would have our best wishes and thoughts to present to the public, but instead a few try to run the many. 
 
Franklin L... (Mountain View , Mo)     H: 142 S: 33 Supports
 
 
Mary Jean S... (Winfield, MO)     H: 041 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Karen H... (St Louis, Mo)     H: 087 S: 04 Supports
Our constitution should be honored. The second amendment was included in our constitution to protect us against our own government. The massacre's that happen are commited by mentally ill people, not normal people. There should be some help for the mentally ill people in this country. In the cities that have laws against guns, they are the cities with the highest crime rates. In countries that have outlawed guns--those countries have gone through quite a transformation where the criminals have the guns and the law abiding citizens are terrorized by the criminals. 
 
Charles K... (Hornersville, MO)     H: 150 S: 25 Supports
Thanks House, and Senate. 
 
Joshua E... (St Charles, MO)     H: 065 S: 23 Supports
To be succinct, I am a strong supporter of the second amendment and am concerned that this right - guaranteed to us in the U.S. Constitution - is being wittled away at by short-sighted career politicians. It is largely for this reason that I am in support of this measure. 
 
Sherry K... (Tipton, Mo)     H: 058 S: 06 Supports
Protection of my constitutional rights, given the demeanor in the present assembly in the United States congress, is of the utmost importance to me as a citizen of Missouri. I request the support and passage of the above mentioned legislation to thwart any infringement of my constitutional rights.  
 
Joe K... (Tipton, MO)     H: S: Supports
Protection of my constitutional rights, given the demeanor in the present assembly in the United States congress, is of the utmost importance to me as a citizen of Missouri. I request the support and passage of the above mentioned legislation to thwart any infringement of my constitutional rights.  
 
Bobby P... (Warrensburg, Mo)     H: 051 S: 21 Supports
I believe that if guns are taken away from the general public only the the thief and the unscrupulous will have guns giving them the oppurtunity to become more brazen.  
 
Kathryn R... (Kirkwood, MO)     H: 090 S: 15 Supports
I am strongly in favor of protecting our rights under the constitution, including the right to bear arms. I believe the right to bear arms protects the law abiding citizens right and ability to protect themselves from the unlawful people who will bear arms and use them against us no matter what the law says. Don't forget, convicted felons already don't have the right to carry a gun, and yet they do.  
 
Glenda M... (St. Charles, MO)     H: 065 S: 23 Supports
We never should take the citizens right to bare arms, or any other citizens rights of freedom. 
 
Beverley H... (Pierce City, Mo)     H: 160 S: 32 Supports
Please support HB 436.Protect our rights to bear arms 
 
Michael G... (Ellisville, Mo)     H: 098 S: 15 Supports
The 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, therefore, the regulation of the ownership of firearms is a state, not a federal matter.

I hope that our Missouri legislators take the strongest, most principled stand they can make to defend our right to keep and bear arms! Let's send the imperial Federal Government a clear message that the rights of Missourians will not be messed with.

 
 
James W... (Ironton, Mo)     H: 144 S: 03 Supports
 
 
emily k... (dutzow, mo)     H: S: Supports
I am a Grandma that lives in a rural area and Want my gun for protection. It is my right guaranteed by the constitution. Far too many civil rights are being taken by past and present legislatures. The citizens of this country need to be respected and their rights protected. Government needs to slow down and stop abusing power. I am astonished at how far the government has infringed on ourrights and am scared. I am not frightened that my neighbor has a gun but that the criminals and government do. 
 
Connie S... (St Louis, MO)     H: 071 S: 24 Supports
 
 
George L... (St. Louis, Mo)     H: 095 S: 01 Supports
I am totally against any policy, regulation or reduction that effects my protection under the 2nd. Amendent. No federal, state or local government has the right to upsrup my rights under the 2nd Amendent, by disgusing something to make us think it is perfectly legal to reduce my rights.

Anything to change the 2nd Amendent must go through the legal regulations spelling out how to make changes to our constitution. 
 
Robert P... (Kansas City, MO)     H: S: Supports
I support HR436 and it's sponsors who are working to protect our freedom to keep and bear arms. This will send a clear message to the feds that the people of Missouri want to the right to protect ourselves and our freedom and that Missouri honors the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.  
 
Joseph F... (Winfield, MO)     H: 041 S: 10 Supports
I would sincerely like to see this bill passed. 
 
Jack N... (Springfield, MO)     H: 136 S: 30 Supports
Much suspicion exists concerning motivations for increased gun control in that it will lead to disarmament of the American citizenry and with it the removal of their ability to defend themselves. One must ask why?

The answer lies in a simple observation of history. Throughout which each tyrant with evil designs used fear/terror tactics of all contenances to meld/goad them into subjugation for egotistical greedy gain at the constituents loss, many times including life. This must be held and erred to defend against on the side of security, i.e. better safe than sorry. 
 
Lawrence W... (St Joseph, MO)     H: 009 S: 34 Supports
I support this bill. 
 
Jules G... (Brookline, MO)     H: 133 S: 20 Supports
In my opinion, there is no more important Constitutional Amendment than the 2nd, the right to keep and bear arms. Without the 2nd Amendment, there would be no absolute redress against an overbearing government taking away any of the other rights guaranteed by the Constitution. There is no need to ban arms of any kind, what is needed is enforcement of the gun laws against the law breakers, the criminals in our society. The law-abiding citizens needs no restraints on the use of their guns, they respect the laws. The criminals do not.
Anyone who proposes to deny the law-abiding citizen his rights should be prosecuted for being a traitor. This should include all elected officials at all levels.  
 
Richard R... (Branson, MO)     H: 156 S: 29 Supports
Missouri House
The wonderful and grand record of almost 230 years with Federal Constitution Amendment 2 serving America and every state in this great Union well as it provides personal safety for almost every household and business. For a noisy minority to try to make modification without any, any proof what so ever and with much evidence against such a modification is beyond the scope of reasonable. For law abiding citizens to own really any type weapon they desire is a far more quietly beneficial peace keeping aid to law enforcement than it might appear. So why do some minority groups with political motivation pressure you in our Congress, trying to get you to pass legislation to strike at the freedom of law-abiding citizens. Reasonable people must ask what is their motive, because the removal of firearms from law-abiding citizens will do nothing to remedy the criminal gun violence and proven around the world to actually increase gun violence. I urge you, plead with you, pass this bill # HB-436. In reality it is sad to have come to this state of affairs in America, Missouri must protect her people from the political motives of minority groups and other the affairs of States.
 
 
Thomas V... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 014 S: 34 Supports
As Rep. Doug Funderburk states in HB 436 and the companion bill SB 325, collectively known as the Second Amendment Preservation Act, the Federal constitution is clear that only certain things are the purview of the Federal Government and the rest (by the 10th Amendment) belong to the people or the States seperately... and Gun ownership and use are specifically (by the 2nd Amendment) the purvue of the people...

As such, I want you representatives of the state of Missouri, to stand boldly and strongly for the legislation identified as HB436 and SB 325. You have the ability to right an ages old wrong with this legislation, correcting for the people of Missouri that which representatives in every state should and now are beginning to do.

Do not be afraid of what others will say, rather stand up as responsible representatives to the oath you each swore, to uphold the laws of this nation and of the great state of Missouri --Show Me, and the rest of the country what those of us in the heart of America, are really capable of. Be a part of those who would right the wrongs of the past, for your constituents, their children, and those not yet born.

You are capable, You are empowered, You are the ones, and This Is The Time !

respectfully,
Thomas A. VanEyck 
 
Russell W... (Columbia, MO)     H: 044 S: 19 Supports
I am in complete agreement with HB436. The regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. 
 
Blanche E... (Owensville, MO)     H: 062 S: 16 Supports
Please represent the masses and vote YES on HB436 and SB325. I strongly believe your oath to the constitutions of the United States and Missouri requires a YES vote. As the Head of my household, with two children to protect and a victim of a serious stalker, I hold my second amendment rights of high importance. 
 
Robert P... (St Louis, MO)     H: 090 S: 01 Supports
Please approve HB436 and SB325 and protect our Second Amendment rights. 
 
Trish M... (Washington, MO)     H: S: Supports
I support HB 436!!! Me and about 2000 of my neighbors! 
 
Dennis O... (Warsaw, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Edgar G... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 016 S: 17 Supports
Dear Representative Funderburk,

Thank you for introducing HB 436. As a citizen, a resident of Missouri, and a federal law enforcement officer I fully support the principles underlying HB 436. During these trying times I am thankful to the framers of the US Constitution for having the courage and wisdom to design a system of government in which sovereignty and power are divided between the national government and its political subdivisions, the states. This provides a practical mechanism by which the rights of individuals can be protected from unconstitutional encroachments whether they come from the states, an individual state, a group of states, or from the national government.

I have worked in law enforcement since 1990 when I left the US Army. When I started in law enforcement in Oklahoma my agency authorized me to carry firearms on duty but when my shift ended I was disarmed just like any other honest Oklahoma resident was disarmed. In 1995 the Oklahoma Legislature and Governor enacted the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act allowing citizens to have the means to defend their own lives for the first time since statehood. That act went into effect the first day of 1996. I, who supervised convicted felons, was finally allowed to have the means to protect myself on my own time and my wife finally had a fighting chance should some released convict or convict associate target her or my children in retaliation against me for the performance of my professional duties.

In 2002 we moved to Independence, Missouri and I found myself right back in the same situation I was in in 1995 before the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act became law. I was helpless. Then in 2003 the Missouri General Assembly corrected that situation with the passage of the concealed weapons license provisions to the criminal code. In 2004, after a lawsuit which reached the Missouri Supreme Court, the act became law. Once again I was able to have the means to defend my own life against criminal attack.

Now my civil rights are under attack. This time the attacker is not a collection of state governments whose governmental machinery is in the hands of those who would use the power of the state to infringe my rights based on my skin color as was the case in certain states in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. During those decades it was the federal government that stepped up, did what was right, and forced those renegade states to honor the rights of all of their citizens. Today it is the federal government that is threatening to overstep its authority by intruding into areas which the third branch of the federal government, the US Supreme Court, has ruled are areas into which only states may regulate.

I urge all members of the Missouri House of Representatives to stop this intrusion by supporting House Bill 436.

Thank you.

Edgar Garrett
 
 
Matthew G... (Camdenton, MO)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
 
 
Jo B... (St louis, MO)     H: 094 S: 01 Supports
 
 
Norma P... (Unionville, MO)     H: 003 S: 12 Supports
Having the right to own and bear arms is a state, not a federal matter. Please let individual people keep the right to have these arms, as many people in our state are hunters and use them for that purpose.  
 
Joe S... (O'fallon, MO)     H: S: Supports
I'm asking yourself to prevent this unlawful attact to on our constitutional right as the 2nd Admendmehtbstates. We don't need anymore guns laws (look at Chcago as the failure of gun laws. Lets respect the rights of us law abiding citizens and putt head guys away. NO more laws, no universal registration. Remember, those of us who have fought and bled for our Country are not the problem. Each of us represent more than one vote. In my case, I control 16 votes and we are all ready to push back with the feared nemesis to politicians..."getting voted put" I ask for your sport to put this attack to the 2nd Admendment to bed and support us Veterans. I can guarantees the veterans are on watch.  
 
Bettie S... (Butler, MO)     H: 126 S: 31 Supports
 
 
Donald J... (Blue springs, MO)     H: 031 S: 08 Supports
I totally Support HB 436. It is long past time for us the People of Missouri and the rest of the Country to stand up to this Administration's ignoring of the Constitution, and trying to instill their agenda upon us for the Crimes committed by Criminals and the Unstable people that have committed the atrocities in the Gun Free Zones know more correctly as Gun Free Killing Zones.

(NOTE) It has been reported that the People to date that have committed these atrocities are in fact Liberal Democrats, or members of a Family that espouses the liberal Democrat Agenda, Not Conservative Republicans!

This Administration uses the Coffins of Innocent Children to push their agenda of disarming the Population to fulfill their ultimate goal of total disarmament of the Population to what end we can only guess but History has many examples of the result of such a move.

The United States And Missouri Constitution are for us the Law of the Land the Us Constitution provides us with the Bill of Rights which are not provided by any Man but FROM GOD which the Second Amendment provides us the Simple and necessary Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and PLAINLY states in the Same Amendment that this right SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED, The Obama Administration and the Democrat's in the Senate fail to understand, and now it seems that we have Democrat's in the Missouri General Assembly's Senate that seem to share the same beliefs as the Central Government.

It is their contention that We Citizens do not have any real purpose for a Weapon that holds 30 Rounds or more of Ammunition, that it serves no useful Hunting Purpose, and that only the Police and Military should have these high capacity weapons.

Which shows their Ignorance of the Bill of Rights which if they understood the Purpose of the Second Amendment it would be perfectly clear that the Citizen Militia were to be armed with small arms comparable to that of the Military Forces, Granted times have changed we no longer use the Muzzle Loading Weapons of our Founders but the Concept still very much applies today that we as Citizens are entitled to the same Small Arms in use by our Military should we ever be called to aid in the Defense or our Country from Without or Within!

The use of the Nomenclature of a Semi Automatic Weapon as an Assault Weapon is both misleading and totally incorrect, there is only Automatic, Weapons which will fire until empty or until the trigger is released or a semi automatic weapon that fires one round with each pull of the trigger. The Former is against the Law to Own, the latter takes in a world of different weapons but none of which are against the Law to Own!
 
 
Kole K... (Imperial, MO)     H: 113 S: 22 Supports
 
 
Jeannine G... (Clinton, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Jade L... (St. Charles, MO)     H: S: Supports
YES to both of these bills. We must protect not only our right, but our duty to bare arms against anyone who trys to take away our sence of security and well being and to anyone who says we can not stand up for our freedom. We need these bills to be passed for the right and freedom of us all. By looking back on Germany in World War II, Russia, and every other country in which the country's leader disarmed its own citizens, we begin to understand the many lives that where taken, due to this fatal and unconstitutional act. All those lives could have been saved, if those citizens could have defended themselves as well as eachother. For the better of the future of this country, these bills must be passed so we can protect ourselves and our families in the generations to come. Vote yes! 
 
Raenee K... (Wildwood, MO)     H: 110 S: 15 Supports
My family are responsible gun owners. We are not hunters and that is not the reason for the 2nd amendment. The federal government is once again overstepping their authority and I believe the best defense to this is a strong state amendment prohibiting federal laws that take away our freedom. 
 
Ralph K... (Savannah , Mo)     H: S: Supports
Our founding fathers made it quite clear why the second amendment. It is as important as the Constitution itself as George Washington said in firearms are our liberty teeth. Therefore, as a retired United States Army first Sgt. and my investigations of government, at the federal level hereby serve notice. Any attempt to deny law-abiding American citizens the right to defend themselves and the state with the weapons that give them a fair advantage over Obama's so-called private security force should be nullified before it even gets off the ground.

Uninformed American citizens have not read William F Jasper's book the United Nations exposed, they have not read the iron mountain report, the have-nots looked into organizations such as the Bilderbergs, the club of Rome, illuminati, the United Nations agenda 21 documents. I have spent the last five years going on six years researching these organizations and documents our federal government is pushing our nation in the direction of what is been called a new world government. And went governments building concentration camp from the United States authorized by HR 645 and uncovered by Sen. Brooks of Texas during the Iran-Contra investigation when Col. Oliver North United States Marine Corps retired was asked the question if he had worked on the continuity of government's and the committees chairman stopped the comments by saying that is a classified operation. And we will not talk about it at this time. The American public does not know because of their apathy and the lack of the news media outlets have been bought off and corrupted to the point of uselessness.

I require the support of my elected politicians to uphold their oath of office and the Constitution and Bill of Rights of the United States of America to do less would be performing treason to the office and the people who put them there.

With all due respects.
Ralph W Kennard first Sgt. United States Army, retired

PS. Don't forget that we have been put under a states of combat readiness in the United States under the national defense authorization act of 2012. That makes the American homeland a combat zone. This leaves a lot of wiggle room for our corrupt politicians to instigate military actions on American soil that are detrimental to the Constitution and Bill of Rights. The informed American citizens know this and they realize that the attempt to confiscate firearms from law-abiding American citizens would be a dictatorial operation performed by a socialist government. 
 
Carolyn H... (New Franklin, Howar)     H: 048 S: 21 Supports
 
 
Roger M... (St. Charles, MO)     H: S: Supports
I"d like to speak in favor of HB-436,2nd Amendment Preservation Act,The 2nd Amendment is as written ," the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed". The word "infringed" is defined as ; not to be touched,or not to be messed with or altered in any way. Therefore I'm in favor of the text and penalty of HB-436,in the hope our State will involk the 10 amendment and secure the people's Liberty in the great State of Missouri. 
 
Kandy P... (Liberty, MO)     H: 038 S: 12 Supports
The constitution is the law of the land and must be preserved. If we start picking it apart, piece by piece, we are creating a slippery slope that will not end until there is another revolution. It is not fair to leave this to our children and grandchildren. 
 
Michael E... (West Plains, MO)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
I believe that I can speak on the behalf of thousands of daily listeners to our program. Therefore I ask this simple question of you men and women who are representatives of the people;

Do you have the courage to stand for the liberty that gave you a representative position? Does your position not come with the responsibility to defend our State and Federal Constitution and the people therein from all threats both foreign and Domestic?

Our nation is at a crossroad. Today, you stand as the firewall between a federal government who believes that our State has no say in our own affairs. That they know what is best for us including the right to disarm the people in direct violation of, not one but two, Constitutions that you yourself have sworn an oath to uphold.

Our founders well understood the dangers of a central government that garners complete control and then uses the courts to support a given conclusion. A mere 50 years from our nations declaration of freedom from tyranny, Thomas Jefferson warned, "It is too evident, that the three ruling branches of [the Federal government] are in combination to strip their colleagues, the State authorities, of the powers reserved by them, and to exercise themselves all functions foreign and domestic." (Jefferson to WB Giles - 1825)

It is the obligatory responsibility of the states to interpose themselves and prevent enforcement of unconstitutional laws. The Constitutions of both our State and National government are, after all, only pieces of paper. They cannot enforce themselves. Only men and women strong in their conviction of liberty can accomplish that defense. Our states are the only REAL check on federal power.

Edmund Burke is famously quoted, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." And yet we have, as students of history, a long trail of empirical proofs of the path down which our national government strides. The federal position on firearms and their proliferation is diametrically opposed to liberty for the simple reason that liberty is protected by the 2nd Amendment, rightfully placed with conscious thought, by men who well understood the dangers of an unarmed populace. The laws and agencies that promulgate and regulate them are themselves in opposition to that unalienable right. A right that is unalienable can no more be 'regulated' than can matter and anti-matter occupy the same space. Life and Death are diametric opposites. Liberty and Tyranny cannot simultaneously exist. Freedom and regulation cannot co-exist.

No amount of rationalization or twisted logical justification can amend our framework document. Not if we are truly intellectually honest. Attempting to 'end run' the strictures of our Constitutions is the work of men who know the truth of that, yet scheme to defeat that which itself has delivered them into a position of representation and power. And yet they seek to void that which is the seed of our freedoms.

Alexander Hamilton reproached, "There is no position which depends on clearer principles, than that every act of a delegated authority contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act contrary to the constitution can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm that the deputy is greater than the principal; that the servant is above his master; that the representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves; that men, acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid."

These bills, which this body debates today, are a declaration wherein we cry out our liberty, our States sovereignty and independence, and most importantly; that we support and defend that which has delivered us from tyranny - to liberty.
So shall we rely upon one of the three powers of the same government who seeks to void that most basic and unalienable of our enumerated natural rights? I think not. Joseph Desha, governor of Kentucky, in 1825, elucidated that argument quite clearly, "It is the right, as it may hereafter become the duty of the State governments, to protect themselves from encroachments, and their citizens from oppression, by refusing obedience to unconstitutional mandates. For when the general government encroaches upon the rights of the State, [I ask] Is it a safe principle to admit that a portion of the power shall have the right to determine finally whether an encroachment has been made or not? In fact, most of the encroachments made by the general government flow from the Supreme Court itself, the very tribunal which claims to the final arbiter of all such disputes. What chance for justice have the States when the usurpers of their rights are made their judges?”

Today, We the People, seek a declaration of our most basic and fundamental right. The right to defend ourselves, our families, our State, and if necessary, our nation. That this august assembly declares this legislation is appropriately exercised and enacted pursuant to the police power of our State to protect the life, liberty, property and freedom of its citizens because these powers are reserved to the state of Missouri and its people under the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
 
 
Jimmy W... (Bridgeton, MO)     H: 072 S: 24 Supports
The gun grabbers are the anti-government ones, because they are against our Constitution. These anti-government anti-American would-be tyrants have been INCREMENTALLY taking away our rights for a long time. ENOUGH! NO MORE COMPROMISE ON OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS! No registration! No background checks! No limitations on the types of firearms or magazines or accessories. No limitations on where we can carry our firearms or how we carry them, open or concealed. For the people to protect themselves from tyranny, they must have the same types of weapons as the military. NO MORE COMPROMISE! 
 
Richard K... (Osage Beach, MO)     H: 124 S: 16 Supports
How often does a citizen stop crime because they have a weapon?

Law enforcement is overworked and rarely stops crimes when they occur . . . they, too often, show up to draw a chalk outline, hopefully apprehending the perpetrator(s) after its too late.

A personal firearm is the only way to assure personal protection.
 
 
Maggie S... (Saint Joseph, MO)     H: 016 S: 17 Supports
I want to compliment the sponsor of this Bill. Doug will probably remember me from a lot of years back. He knows me that I am a strong supporter of our Constitution. It is a shame that we have to introduce a bill like this, because it appears we have elected people who either don't understand the Constitution or choose not to.

I support this bil and I support the 2nd Amendment, and the entire Constitution.

Please put education back into our state schools.

Thank You,

Maggie Siegmund 
 
Donna R... (St. Peters, MO)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
 
 
Gene H... (St Louis, MO)     H: 092 S: 01 Supports
It is my deeply held belief that I have the right keep and bear a firearm for my my personal protection and that of my family and home. This law will support maintain and defend this constitutional right. Any other action to the contrary is unlawful. 
 
Ronald u... (columbia, mo)     H: 047 S: 19 Supports
the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution was put in place to protect the individuals freedoms and liberties, to protect this country from foes both internally and externally. No other directly stated Amendment to the constitution is as important as this one as it in fact guarantees all others.
The 2nd amendment must be protected for all peoples of our nation to live free and with out fear of tyranny.
I stand strongly with the right to bear arms as intended by our founding constitutional framers and up held by our courts a multitude of times.
I implore this committee and this state governmental body to stand with the majority of Missourians and to defend our country our state and our individual right to liberty through the second amendment by supporting this HB436, which sends a strong message to our federal representation. Thanks for this opportunity to be heard
Sincerely Ronald W Utterback 
 
Kris M... (Joplin, MO)     H: 160 S: 32 Supports
The people of Missouri know the right to keep and bear arms is guaranteed by the United States Constitution and are defined as "inalienable rights". The federal government has no Constitutional empowerment to grant, infringe upon in any way, or remove these guards that allow one to protect themselves and their family, or to put down a federal government using tyranny to enslave its citizens.

 
 
Lewis H... (Rolla, MO)     H: 120 S: 16 Supports
Support the Second Amendment Preservation Act. 
 
Roger R... (Bolivar, MO)     H: 047 S: 19 Supports
The right of individual people to bear arms is fundamental for maintaining a free state. A disarmed people has no hope for defending against a tyrannical state; history proves this time and time again. Therefore, one must see a legislator who attempts to disarm the people as unworthy of the people's trust and confidence. A legislator or official who attempts to disarm the people should definitely be punished for trying to use his position to take away the rights of others; such an official is indeed a danger to the freedom of the state and his actions treated as criminal. HB 436 does just that and should be adopted by the State of Missouri as the law of the land.  
 
Terry V... (Ste. Genevieve, MO)     H: 116 S: 03 Supports
 
 
Chuck L... (Cape Girardeau, MO)     H: S: Supports
The Second Amendment Preservation Act needs to pass! 
 
Glenn Y... (West Plains, MO)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
I favor this bill. I believe this bill is necessary for the preservation of of both the state and the federal constitution as they currently stand and in fact should assist in reclaiming some of the encroachment by the federal toward the states.  
 
Maryann C... (Moberly, Mo)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
I write to fully support HB 436 and its companion SB 325. I urge our elected officials in Jefferson City to protect our second amendment rights with a clear message to President Obama's administration and their efforts to curtail those rights. As important as hunting and sports shooting are, the second amendment was purposely included in our constitution by our forebears to be sure we, their descendants, would be able to protect ourselves from overreaching police and military personnel, and politicians. By supporting this legislation Missouri will be a light for the nation.
-Mary Ann Coatney 
 
Shari L... (High Ridge, Mo)     H: 112 S: 22 Supports
I support HB 436. 
 
Orville N... (West Plains, Mo)     H: S: Supports
I urge you to pass HB 436 to insure the rights of Missouri citizens to keep and bear arms no matter what the Federal law become.  
 
Ralph C... (Wright City, MO)     H: 063 S: 10 Supports
The right of the PEOPLE to KEEP and BEAR arms, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. This is part of the Constitution that was sworn to be PROTECTED, not modified or otherwise interpreted by elected officials.  
 
Jerome J... (St Louis, MO)     H: 082 S: 04 Supports
1. Disarming innocent citizens does not protect innocent citizens. In the United Kingdom, Australia, and in many European countries the crime rate shot up by 50% after disarming. Criminals prefer unarmed victims. Criminals will ALWAYS have guns.

2. History is loaded with examples of a genocide following the disarming of citizens by their government "For Their Own Safety." To mention just a few, the Armeanan Massacare in Turkey, the Jews in Germany being disarmed following Kristalnight, the Hutus and Tootsies in Africa.

3. If the Obama administration has taught us citizens one thing, it is that they are not to be trusted. Their real motives are kept hidden until it is too late. ( The ACA, ObamaCare, being a perfect example. It all started with Obama saying that we have a problem. There ere citizens who did not have health insurance. And it grew from there. We were promised heaven but got hell instead. ) Another example of not trusting the Obama administration is that politicians will retain THEIR right to be armed, as also will Obama's police state police enforcers.

4. This is a manufactured crisis. A fraud. If Obama REALLY wanted to protect innocent children he would protect them from abortion. Hundreds are lost to abortion for every one killed by guns. 
 
Chris D... (Lebanon, MO)     H: 123 S: 28 Supports
"....from my cold dead hands!!!!!!!" 
 
Wanda M... (OZARK, MO)     H: 140 S: 20 Supports
I am a hunter and a farmer and I am asking that you vote' FOR' HB 436 - the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act. We are a sovereign state and state and local officials should be the only ones deciding what our regulations should be for our protection.

It is my belief that we are much safer when we can protect our own home and family.

All of this has been said many times before, but it is not the gun that kills.

Please keep the Federal Government out of our gun regulations. 
 
James G... (Ballwin, MO)     H: 100 S: 15 Supports
I support the Second Amendment Preservation Act. No amount of legislation should be passed against the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment is a Right for everyone and should not be infringed by any Legislature. 
 
Michael B... (Sullivan, MO)     H: 119 S: 26 Supports
 
 
john w... (lebanon, mo)     H: 123 S: 28 Supports
 
 
Virgil S... (Rolla, MO)     H: 121 S: 16 Supports
I support HB 436 and SB 325 as being necessary to protect our rights as law abiding citizens of the great state of Missouri from the tyrannical overreach of the federal government. 
 
Thomas F... (Rocheport, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Calvin W... (Florissant, MO)     H: 075 S: 13 Supports
I spent 8 years United States Army serving God and country and to protect our way of life. Now I'm being told that I cannot bear arms to protect my family in property, that is so wrong on so many levels. What are they afraid of that they're going to take weapons of the hands of law abiding citizens, this cannot happen otherwise what have me and my brothers fought and died for. 
 
Nicola H... (West Plains, MO)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
This bill will give Missouri the ability to be in the forefront of the agenda for all Americans to keep their Second

Ammendment rights. Let us be the leaders of the states in this issue by passing this bill and shining a light for the

peoples rights, who seem to have been slowly taken away. You can put an end to this by passing this bill. Vote for

the people. Show us whose side you are on! Vote for this bill.

Thank You,


Nicola Hull 
 
Ronald L... (Lebanon, Mo.)     H: 123 S: 28 Supports
I firmly believe that our founding fathers gave to us the second admendment which the federal or state goverment can not take away. I support the view of states rights and I feel the states have let the federal goverment infringe on states rights. It is important that we pass this bill and make it law! How can a man be free if he can not defend himself and his family? 
 
Bert P... (Liberty, Mo.)     H: 038 S: 12 Supports
I believe that our gun rights are sacred and should not be compromised at any level of government, beyond the point that they are now.
Thank You
Bert Powers 
 
Henry M... (St Charles, MO)     H: 106 S: 23 Supports
I am a Military memorbilia collector and have several items that would be baned. I will not give up my rights or my wepons. 
 
Debbie B... (St. Peters, MO)     H: 103 S: 23 Supports
This is my signed authorization that I am for my 2nd Amendment RIGHTS by the people. As stated in the 10th Amendment of our Constitution, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. That applies to ALL such regulation. Please share my concerns as you meet on this day to fight for our rights.

Thanks
Debbie Bax 
 
Donald C... (Sikeston, MO)     H: 148 S: 27 Supports
We need to do whatever is necessary to keep every aspect of our second amendment in force. The way I understand why this was put into the constitution was to make sure the population had the means to stand up against the tyranny of any government, including our own. The federal government should have no power to remove our guns of any kind or limit magazine sizes. 
 
Robert M... (West Plains, MO)     H: S: Supports
I am 67 years old. I have had access to rifles, handguns and shotguns since the earliest days that I can remember. I remember my father taking our family to the woods to target shoot. Upon graduation from high school, I attended the United States Military Academy, graduated 4 years later and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army. In the ensuing years, I served all over the world to include in Vietnam. In all of these situations, I had access to both my personal weapons and those provided to me by the US government. Upon my retirement, I bought a farm in southern Missouri and have lived here ever since.
I have enjoyed my 2nd Amendment rights, both from enjoyment of firing my weapons and for the peace of mind that comes with feeling secure in the protection that these weapons provide me and my family.
Although the passage of this bill would not affect me, it would give me the peace of mind in knowing that the government would remain out of my business.
Remember this...the Second Amendment says nothing of hunting, nothing about small magazines and nothing about being less effective that those arms provided to our protectors. It says merely that "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Thank You for your attention to my concerns. 
 
Loren C... (Harrisonville, MO)     H: 055 S: 31 Supports
I beleive ALL law biding American should be able to buy any Gun's and ammo they want to. How are we the citizen going to stop crimals from overtaking us. 
 
Karol S... (Mountain Grove, MO)     H: 141 S: 33 Supports
Americans are free because of our 2nd Amendment rights under the United States Constitution. The current administration in Washington DC wants to disarm us. Each state MUST stand strong against the the federal government when it threatens the freedom of American citizens. You are elected to do just that for Missouri citizens. I urge you to pass this legislation. 
 
Charles H... (Harviell, MO)     H: 152 S: 25 Supports
HB 436 is a powerful statement to protect Firearms owners in the State of Missouri and I believe it is time to take a stand to protect our Nation with this type of legislation. I support it and my Representative in the Missouri House, Todd Richardson..

“When the general government encroaches upon the rights of the State, is it a safe principle to admit that a portion of the encroaching power shall have the right to determine finally whether an encroachment has been made or not? In fact, most of the encroachments made by the general government flow through the Supreme Court itself, the very tribunal which claims to be the final arbiter of all such disputes. What chance for justice have the States when the usurpers of their rights are made their judges? Just as much as individuals when judged by their oppressors.” Quote Joseph Desha, governor of Kentucky, 1825 
 
David R... (Waynesville, Mo)     H: S: Supports
Now that Diane Feinstein has unveiled her proposed gun control measures and weapons ban list, as a Veteran and law abiding citizen who is also a constituent of yours I urge you to oppose any and all gun control agendas by any party. Such a knee jerk and irresponsible reaction in response to the isolated actions of mentally ill people should never compromise the rights of law abiding citizens. All criminal actions have a common denominator (the human mind), and it is that common denominator that needs to be and should be the focus of any debate on curbing violence (not reducing our rights). Violent criminals should not be allowed out of prison to commit more violent crimes. Mentally ill people should have more involuntary intervention at early stages of life to prevent future public meltdowns. Criminals will not turn in their guns, criminals will not register their guns, criminals will not reduce their magazine capacity, they will in fact laugh in the face of their clear victory over the ordinary law abiding citizen. The answer is more right to carry laws and the lifting of gun free zones to give the ordinary citizen a level playing field with criminals. Have the courage to “Do the Right Thing!!! 
 
Ronald P... (House Springs, MO)     H: 111 S: 22 Supports
The second amendment is a right we cannot waver on. It guarantees our freedom from tyranny & out of control goverment.
In my opinion, the reason for gun conrol is for the take over of the goverment by thugs as it was in Germany many years back or Russia. The goverment will protect you! Sounds like a bunch of B.S. To me. The only thing that i HAVE EVER SEEN AFTER GUN CONTROL IS DEATH. They just take you out & kill you. We can`t be that nieve to think our goverment is going to protect us. Look at the deficite. They can`t even balance out their personal checking accounts let alone run a country.
Next we have genecide ( killing of the unborn) & the draw back away from our creator (GOD). We are replacing GOD with evil, substituting good for bad. Does our congress still say a prayer when they open their session?
Fifty years ago we had the ten commandments in our court rooms & we actually had justice that made sense now a days we have lost our way from common sense to stupidity & lost the basics for living. I hope that this testimony will be heard & acted upon & some kind of true justice will prevale from our elected officials. It is about time for accountability. Yours Truly, Ronald P. 
 
Michael L... (Rock Hill , Mo. )     H: 083 S: 01 Supports
To preserve the constitution as intended by our forefathers.  
 
Deborah P... (Chilhowee, MO)     H: 054 S: 21 Supports
There is absolutely no respect for an oath taken for any office in government to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution , the Bill of Rights and all freedoms of the people when you ignore your oath and begin to attack the Rights of all citizens that were given to us through these documents.
Any elected official that truly believes they are above the law of the land is not being truthful to their constituents and deserves nothing short of impeachment or termination. The only reason one would want to control the guns of people is strictly for their own power and arrogance.
It is time we the people speak up and ask for commonsense policies from our government officials that are created to make life easier and more pleasant, not disasterous. We are feeling the personal attacks from several State and Federal officials who are using their positions of power to walk on every citizen they work for. This is disgraceful!
For those of you that respect the oath you took, please stand up for the people that trusted you enough to put you in a position and prove you believe in this great country and it's promises given to the people through these precious documents.

Proud to be an American with inalienable Rights
Deborah Phillips 
 
Merle M... (Foristell, MO)     H: 063 S: 02 Supports
 
 
Stephen B... (Ozark, MO)     H: 140 S: 20 Supports
I spent 27 years of my life defending this country and the US Constitution. I will not stand by and watch these idiot liberals destroy my country nor its Constitution. 
 
Edgar M... (St louis, MO)     H: 091 S: 01 Supports
Please support HB436. The 2nd Amendment is the corner stone of our constitution.

Thank you, Ed Martin

 
 
gilbert y... (jackson, MO)     H: 146 S: 27 Supports
As a die-hard supporter of the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights, I whole-heartedly demand that my elected representatives support this bill. No if, ands or buts! 
 
Martha W... (Doniphan, MO)     H: 153 S: 33 Supports
 
 
Ronald W... (Doniphan, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Carol B... (Florissant, Mo)     H: 068 S: 13 Supports
HB 436 is a wake up call to the federal government. It "reminds" our elected representatives, both state and federal, that the 10th Amendment exists for a reason. As does the 2nd Amendment. Only those, who don't understand, or those who choose to reject the Constitution, will reject HB 436. The U.S. Constitution is not a list of "needs" or "wants" that our elected representatives call dole out as they see fit. I would suggest to those legislators, who do think that the body of our Constitution is nothing more than a "wish list", that they are in serious need of re-education and enlightenment.  
 
LARRY S... (WAYNESVILLE, MO)     H: S: Supports
I am in favor of preserving our Nation’s 2nd Amendment rights and all other Constitutional rights. Missouri Government should take a stand in stopping Federal attempts that are infringing on our Constitutional rights and liberties as American Citizens and Missouri Residents. These acts that the government attempt to impose on us border line on criminal and are certainly unconstitutional.
I am an US Army Retired Veteran; I had sworn an oath to defend the Constitution in order to serve, There is another oath sworn when you retire and to serve in my current Government job. A similar oath is sworn to by all our elected officials, many of them forgotten that their personal feelings are not to weigh in on their judgment of the Constitution!
I am concerned that the US Government is completely out of their line of duty as representatives for the American People.

VOTE AGAINST 2ND AMENDMENT INFRINGMENTS. 
 
Walter H... (Isabella, MO)     H: 155 S: 33 Supports
I am a 71 year old Viet Nam vetreran and I want to make this statement as clearly and as simply as I can. It is my God given right to defend my life and the lives of my family, and in this world in which we now live, the only effective way to do that is with a gun. That is why the president and every congressman has guards who carry GUNS. The very same right they claim for themselves they want to take away from the soverign citizens of this country.Our constitution states that my right to be armed "shall not be infringed". As a law abiding citizen therefore, I refuse to register or surrender my guns.
Reguardless of the endless retoric surrounding the Sandy Hook incedent, which the president has so shamfully used, the simple truth remains that those children died because there was no armed defense in that school.
The simple truth also remains that in my opinion and that of the majority of Americans, the real reason behind this administrations drive to confiscate our guns is to consolidate power in it's own hands and silence all opposition.
Both history and reason allow no other conclusion.
I therefore respectfully demand that this assembly pass into law HB436 and assure the citizens of Missouri the right to defend themselves against this present and ever expanding federal tyranny. Thank you,

Walter C Henningsen 
 
Jennifer K... (Wildwood, MO)     H: 101 S: 26 Supports
You must defend Missourians from the agenda of the executive branch of the federal government. Be vigilant against his executive orders and the actions of his cabinet and their agencies. While you are guarding our second amendment, please consider creating a witness form to restore our freedom of speech in Missouri as well by nullifying the Hatch Act and Johnson Act.  
 
Clifton L... (Linn Creek, MO.)     H: S: Supports

Please support our right bear arms and support HB436.  
 
Vicki L... (Camdenton, mo)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
 
 
Arthur S... (Jefferson City, MO)     H: 060 S: 06 Supports
I believe it is very important to allow and maintain the Second Amendment to be preserved for now and for our furture.

We must remember, many years ago when a very strong Russian leader by the name of Nikita Khrushchew planned to invadison the United States. He felt there were too many years

Years after he stepped down as the leader of Russia, "Khrushchew" stated there were too many guns in the hands of it's citizians. Therefore, he felt they would loose the battle because of too many citizens owned guns."

Something to think about it,
Art
 
 
Brian S... (newburg, MO)     H: S: Supports
As an Army Veteran and a life long resident of Missouri, I truly believe with all that I am in the 2nd amendment and the security of myself and my family it gives knowing i can own any firearm i so choose.

It is my belief that of all the amendments the second is the most important. A population that fears the government are slaves to such. but a government that fears the people work for the people.

By allowing the government or entity thereof to deem at will who can and can not own firearms is totally unacceptable and a slap in the face to all of my brothers and sisters who fought and died for our freedoms.

 
 
terry s... (lake ozark, mo)     H: 124 S: 16 Supports
 
 
Scott K... (Camdenton, MO)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
Please vote to protect our 2nd amendment rights in MO. 
 
Arthur s... (Jefferson City, MO)     H: S: Supports
"Nikita Khrushchev retired years ago and said the reason they didn't invade the United States was because there where too many citizians with guns. " Therefore, he felt he would not be able to win a war aginest us. The point is, without guns we may not be able to do protect us from those who want to hurt us.  
 
galen b... (oak grove mo., mo.)     H: 033 S: 08 Supports
my testimony is simple the constitution gives us the right to keep and bear arms by way of the 2nd amendment, the 2nd amendment was put in place by the founding fathers NOT FOR HUNTING as some would like us to believe, but for WE THE PEOPLE to have the means to protecting ourselves from a corrupt goverment. from the voting booth to the battlefield patroits have fought and died for this right.IN MY OPINION for a goverment to attack the 2nd amendment is not only disrespectful but down right criminal.

thank you ---galen boley---
 
 
Steven L... (Camdenton, MO.)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
I am very much in favor of "Strong, 2nd Amendment gun rights" I do not believe our great country will be better served by more restraint and increase in restrictions on gun ownership. I am in support of opposition to gun bans of any type. I hope you will consider my thoughts on this important matter. Thank You, for your consideration. 
 
William B... (Ballwin, MO)     H: 100 S: 15 Supports
I support this legislation in order to protect my 2nd amendment rights!!! 
 
Matt G... (Chilhowee, MO)     H: 054 S: 21 Supports
As an immigrant from Australia I am a proud citizen of the United States of America. I always thought Australia was a free nation until I came and lived in America. Now I understand better than most what real freedom is and I do not take it for granted. Freedom has been fought for and must be protected for future generations if this great nation is going to stay great. I believe in the Constitution of the United States of America that I proudly gave my allegiance to when I was sworn in as a citizen. I encourage all citizens to speak in favor of Bill HB 436 "Second Amendment Preservation Act". My wife and I are in total support of this bill that upholds the truth and foundation of the Second Amendment. We must as faithful law abiding citizens protect the rights of all law abiding citizens and not follow the Federal Governments lead in any way that chips away at our freedoms. We cannot enforce any federal law that violates the Second Amendment. 
 
chris b... (chaffee, mo)     H: 146 S: 27 Supports
we need more legislation to protect the second amendment 
 
Robert B... (Florissant, MO)     H: 067 S: 13 Supports
I fully support and demand that all who took an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution and or the Missouri Constitution fully support this bill. This bill reinforces a natural right. 
 
John L... (Defiance, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Bruce B... (Camdenton, Mo)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
Millions of perople have been killed by their Governments after they were disarmed. The second amendment protects us from our Government, not from criminals. This right must be maintained.

Bruce D. Barton 
 
Edward B... (Thornfield, MO)     H: 155 S: 33 Supports
I am against any and all restrictions on the 2nd amendment (as well all other amendments) of our U.S. Constitution. The gun laws of the federal government and the state of conneticut caused and are responsible for the slaughter of those innocent children. With President Obama's logic all government employees should be disarmed because governments have killed more innocent people than all the deranged shooters combined. The government as well as the local police cannot and will not protect me or my family. Please MAN-UP and vote for this bill. 
 
Don D... (Lebanon, Mo)     H: 123 S: 28 Supports
I am a disable vet USMC 1965/1966 Vet Nam I fought for the right to keep and bear arms and no one has the right to take that from me. 
 
Joseph B... (Raytown, MO)     H: 028 S: 09 Supports
 
 
Paul B... (Mexico, Mo)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
Our constitution gives us the right to bear arms to protect ourselves and our families.  
 
Barbara S... (Warrenton, MO)     H: 042 S: 10 Supports
As a senior citizen who believes in the Constitution of the United States of America,also in states rights and personal rights of all. 
 
Sarah R... (Grain Valley, MO)     H: S: Supports
It is VITAL that Missouri stand for the 2nd Ammendment and HB 436. I think anyone that believes in the Constitution and doesn't have an agenda for "control by Socialist measures" knows that gun control has very little to do with lowering the crime rate. Data has proven in multiple locations, that where there are very strict gun control laws, the crime rate is higher. One of the best examples is Chicago. Conversely, data also shows that in a community in GA where laws require citizens to own guns, that the crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation.

The real issue is not guns...but more control by the government. We must value our Constitional rights and actively exercise them to maintain our freedom. Do not start going down the road of passing gun control measures of any kind; that will become a slippery slope which will gradually eat away our freedoms.

I plead with you to stand strong for the Constitution regarding this and all other issues in Missouri.

Respectfully,
Sarah Jo Roberson 
 
Craig A... (Perryville, MO)     H: 116 S: 27 Supports
Please pass HB 436 and prevent Federal usurpation of the peoples right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment.

Thank you

Dr. Craig J. Asselmeier 
 
Anthony R... (St louis, MO)     H: 093 S: 01 Supports
I urge you to vote for HB 436 (The Second Amendment Preservation Act), as attacks against The Second Amendment are unconstitutional and this is strong legislation to preserve our Second Amendment rights. 
 
Carol S... (Fremont, MO)     H: 153 S: 25 Supports
 
 
larry r... (columbia, ky)     H: S: Supports
I strongly feel that veterans, should not be treated as convicted felons. 
 
Joseph S... (Montrose, MO)     H: 057 S: 31 Supports
This is a very important bill and needs to pass and become law in Missouri!!!!! 
 
Tom D... (Rolla, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Michael W... (Mountain View, MO)     H: S: Supports
Gentlemen

Recent events involving horrible crimes have raised the hue and cry for control of “things” supposedly responsible for and touted as the root of the problems. This sleight of hand and misdirection by many in the public arena proposes to “solve” the problem by controlling the “things” and has largely ignored the real issues which bring about these monstrous disasters. The cry to control the “things” is largely grandstanding by public figures who are determined to use the death of others to attract as much attention to themselves as possible and to portray themselves as the “wise counselors” ; who after careful consideration have crafted legislation that will with certainty positively effect the safety of each of us. I do not believe that most of these persons are driven by any desire to do right by the public; but are instead chiefly concerned with the next election cycle and how many votes they can garner by proposing “feel good” legislation. The truth is that this “feel good” legislation has been tried before and shown to have little or no impact on the activities they claim to prevent. Interesting to note that most of the “wise counselors” have people around them constantly who carry “things” to protect them; some of them carry “things” themselves.

The matters important to the problem and that have received scant attention are the issue of culture, education, and ethics. These matters are far more complex in nature, and require long term complex solutions that do not fit into a thirty second sound bite, and therefore are not the subject of much discussion or scrutiny by the “wise counselors”.

These “things” I speak of are of course guns and in order to have legitimate discussion about the subject it is necessary to consider the cultural, legal, civil rights, and historic aspects of the matter. Hopefully this can be accomplished in a thoughtful and articulate manner, setting aside emotion. It is also necessary to adhere to the tenets of “intellectual honesty” and try to consider the full range of the matter, not merely considering those things which support a predetermined viewpoint or proposed solution.

America gained its freedom through force of arms; this bit of history predisposes many Americans to consider firearms in a positive light, myself included. Many Americans are veterans of out nations armed forces or have performed other national service, and used firearms routinely in their military or other duties and consider this service to have been a great honor; this also causes many Americans to consider firearms in a positive light; myself included. The added aspect of having grown up in the “hunting culture” further adds to this positive leaning in regards to firearms. I say this make full disclosure of my predispositions regarding firearms.

The founding fathers were students of the world as a whole, and especially European history, they were students of the conflicts that preceded the American revolution and our Constitution and Bill of Rights reflects that study. It is no mistake that people entering into public service take an oath to “Uphold and Defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic”. During these early times weapons (including firearms) were held exclusively in the possession of the Kings or other rulers, and those in service swore their allegiance to the particular King or Queen, or other ruler in power. The momentous difference in the United States is that allegiance is sworn to the document that codifies and recognizes the natural rights of persons, and not to any individual.

Contained in the Bill of Rights are many provisions and all of them are “individual” rights. The Second Amendment is no exception and the Supreme Court has so ruled, most recently in the case of Heller vs U.S.. In addition the “ The subcommittee on the Constitution” of the “Committee of the Judiciary”, United States Senate, Ninety Seventh Congress, Second Session, February 1982, left no doubt in their published study of the matter that the “Right to keep (possess) and bear (carry) arms” is an individual right and was so intended by the founders.

But legaleze aside lets look at the the historical matter of gun control as practiced in this country since prior to its founding.

The first victims of gun control were the native Americans beginning in the New England Colonies and progressing across the continent from the 1600's to the 1900's; how did that gun control work out for them ?
Even when muskets became a trade item they were seldom of the quality or accuracy of the same items afforded the colonists and settlers. It was not until the late 1860's that limited numbers of Winchesters, Springfields and like rifles made it into tribal hands and by then they had been pushed half way across the continent.


Fast forward to the 1860's following the “Civil War” and large numbers of freed blacks remain in the south or begin to migrate north into midwest cities. In these areas local gun control legislation is brought about with the express purpose of keeping guns out of the hands of freed blacks. This trend extended its reign at least until the 1960's when Martin Luther King himself ( who possessed guns in his home) was denied a permit to carry a concealed gun in the State of Alabama after his home had been bombed.

Lets move to the early 1900's when the only non union miners left in America are in the states of Colorado and West Virginia. Most lived in dirt poor conditions shackled to the coal companies and their “company stores”. Do some research on the treatment of miners in Ludlow Colorado on April 20th, 1914, when state militia ( today’s National Guard ) surrounded a miners camp and opened fire with machine guns after disarming the camp residents. Then research the attempts of West Virginia miners to meet and peaceably assemble in Mingo County West Virginia and the subsequent “Battle of Blair Mountain” in 1921 that pitted coal company guards, state militia, and government aircraft against miners trying to exercise their first amendment rights. Hunting rifles and shotguns versus machine guns. A good primer for this is “ When Miners March” by William C. Blizzard.

Another good study that falls in line with this narrative is the treatment of the WWI G.I. Bonus Marchers in 1932 in Washington, D.C. when Federal Troops under the command of Douglas MacArthur, and George Patton used tanks and machine guns to run off another group of Americans exercising their First Amendment Rights. The Bonus Marchers were embarrassing the administration. I’ll bet Doug and George were proud to have had a part in the deaths of several WWI veterans that day.

Lets chug up the time line to 1946 when GI’s returning from WWII in McMinn County Tennessee, put forth a slate of candidates in the primaries to oust the corrupt political machine in power. After the election the McMinn County Sheriff shows up with his Deputies and “confiscates” the ballot boxes removing them to the County Courthouse. The Sheriff stated he would have the ballots counted and announce the winner. Veterans assemble and demand the release of the ballot boxes to be counted according to law; the Sheriff refuses and a gun battle ensued. The Sheriff only relinquished control after GI’s using dynamite blew the front stoop off the Courthouse.
How about guns in the hands of government representatives at Kent State University ? How did that work out ? Dozens of children killed in Waco, Texas, under the guise of protecting them.

So even a cursory review of history reveals that “gun control” is about “people control” especially people who don’t tow the party line, or belong to the “in” group ( as “in power” ). Gun control as utilized in the United States has often been a tool for keeping specified groups of people in line by denying them their civil rights. As for the hue and cry about “military weapons” ; I’ll bet the miners and their wives and children in Ludlow, Colorado, huddling beneath canvas tents while machine gun bullets whizzed overhead were thinking that a couple of “military style weapons” with “high capacity magazines” might not be a bad idea.

Claims that civilians don’t need guns with high capacity magazines ring hollow, and obfuscate the important issues. I don’t accept a politician with armed guards deciding what I need to possess for my protection. Registration schemes create an unnecessary bureaucracy whose real purpose is to provide lists for future gun confiscation as exercised by Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, Mao Tse Tung, Castro and others. Both of the above proposals will be as successful as Prohibition. Canada tried gun registration very recently - it didn’t work.

The Colonists at Lexington and Concord who faced off with British regular Army did so with technology equal to or superior to that carried by King Georges men. The British had muskets; most Colonials had rifles.

I do not believe that there is a “conspiracy” to deprive Americans of their Second Amendment rights; yet the historically repetitive nature of actions by government representatives and others to deprive Americans of many of their civil rights could easily lead some to believe it so. Any mention of “Operation fast and Furious” would have to be handled in a separate document.

Lets begin by strictly enforcing the laws already on the books. Lets take steps to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally disturbed. Lets begin teaching civics and ethics and critical thinking in our schools so we create citizens that realize that with every civil right, comes duties and responsibilities. Lets hold parents accountable for their children’s behavior. Hell, lets hold adults accountable for their behavior. A policeman in the school wouldn’t be a bad thing. A little church goin wouldn’t hurt most of us neither.


Most recently the news media has been abuzz with reports of civilians misusing guns. Funny thing is not much of anybody is carrying the daily reports of drug dealers and other criminals in metropolitan areas as they battle with each other and police for possession of their “turf”. Not many reports either about the criminal use of guns along the southwest border recently; has that activity slacked off ?, I doubt it. Does the repetitive stream of propaganda that attempts to demonize gun owners have some purpose ?

The right of self protection inherent in the carriage of firearms is an ancillary benefit of the Second Amendment, not its primary purpose.

The founders established the Second Amendment as a backup to the First Amendment and our other rights as recognized by the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution. It was, and is, the ultimate check and balance against government tyranny. It ain’t about duck huntin

Mr. Wendell Bailey said it best “ I’m all for gun control - you control yours and I’ll control mine ”.

VR Mike W.  
 
John F... (Des Peres, MO)     H: 089 S: 15 Supports
I support the “Second Amendment Preservation Act”.The 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. That applies to ALL such regulation.
Let the Great State of Missouri lead this Great Nation in defending the rights of its citizens to not only keep and bear arms, but manufacture and sell those arms and ALL the ammunition and equipment that goes with those arms, and keep the Federal Government from putting any law-abiding, gun owner citizen from being put on a list and marked in some negative way. Our fore-fathers fought against this kind of tyranny to make our Great Nation free. We need our Legislators; as is their elected duty; to continue that fight and represent the Citizens of Missouri against unlawful and unwanted excesses of the Federal government. 
 
Jill C... (Villa ridge, Mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Marilyn S... (West Plains, MO)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
The Second Amendment - "A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

English history made two things clear to the American revolutionaries: force of arms was the only effective check on government, and standing armies threatened liberty. Recognition of these premises meant that the force of arms necessary to check government had to be placed in the hands of citizens. The English theorists Blackstone and Harrington advocated these tenants. Because the public purpose of the right to keep arms was to check government, the right necessarily belonged to the individual and, as a matter of theory, was thought to be absolute in that it could not be abrogated by the prevailing rulers.

These views were adopted by the framers, both Federalists and Antifederalists. Neither group trusted government. Both believed the greatest danger to the new republic was tyrannical government and that the ultimate check on tyranny was an armed population. It is beyond dispute that the second amendment right was to serve the same public purpose as advocated by the English theorists. The check on all government, not simply the federal government, was the armed population, the militia. Government would not be accorded the power to create a select militia since such a body would become the government's instrument. The whole of the population would comprise the militia. As the constitutional debates prove, the framers recognized that the common public purpose of preserving freedom would be served by protecting each individual's right to arms, thus empowering the people to resist tyranny and preserve the republic. The intent was not to create a right for other governments, the individual states; it was to preserve the people's right to a free state, just as it says.



 
 
Larry W... (NORWOOD, MO)     H: S: Supports
As a citizen of the United States I am guaranteed the right to bear arms. This amendment clearly states this right is not to be infringed and it is not up for debate.  
 
Larry B... (Wright City, MO)     H: 063 S: 10 Supports
I believe in the second amendment, and to deny law abiding citizens the right to defend themselves is a travesty, and to deny someone who fought for everyones rights and freedoms without due process is an abomination. Shame on any lawmaker who supports any form of denying the right of the law abiding to possess firearms. We do not need new laws!! Enforce the ones we already Have!! Criminals don`t follow the law anyway, so any new laws will burden the law abiding making it easier for them to become victims of criminals because they will know that we will be unarmed. I promise to do my best to support any candidate who supports the second amendment while doing what I can to see any law maker who undermines the second amendment voted out of office at their next election. Thank you for allowing me to express my feelings on this subject. 
 
clint K... (Independence, MO)     H: 029 S: 11 Supports
Stop demonizing the wrong people! 
 
Richard H... (Camdenton, MO)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
The crimmals will also get a gun illegally when they want to do harm so why does the government want to disarm honest Americans to protect themselves and our country??? As the government keeps taking our rights away are they trying to disarm us to keep control as our country becomes run by a dictator? Lets follow our constitution! 
 
Dan B... (Imperial, Mo)     H: 113 S: 22 Supports
I believe that our sovereign state should protect us from any threat to our constitutional rights, including any proposed by the federal government as this is out of their jurisdiction to do so. As a responsible MO citizen, a tax payer, gun owner and regular voter, I expect for my elected representatives to protect my second amendment rights as our founding fathers believed was of utmost importance. 
 
John M... (West Plains, MO)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
 
 
Blieuanda F... (West Plains, MO)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
According to the U. S. Constitution, the federal government has no authority to dictate to the states what they can or cannot allow. Please return to Missouri what is rightfully theirs. Missouri should be able to dictate what weapons should be allowed to be held by our citizens and how the weapons can be carried. 
 
Chad B... (Lebanon, Mo)     H: 129 S: 28 Supports
GUN RIGHTS: How come we as citizens are competent enough to raise kids and pay taxes but not own an assault rifle? There is nothing wrong with the gun laws we have now, they just need to be enforced. Instead the Government wants to make excuses for the people who break the laws. I can already tell you that any person who wants to kill someone for any other reason than self-defense has something wrong in their head; I’m not a doctor and can tell you that. We don’t need to spend MILLIONS of dollars trying to figure this out. Trials that last two-five years/$$$ to determine the person is crazy needs to stop. Hold people responsible for their actions and punish them! 
 
Eric C... (House Springs, MO)     H: 111 S: 22 Supports
It is my view that the federal government has taken to big of a roll in our daily lives. The state government has all to often bowed to federal laws to recieve federal money for said state. It is time that state governments take bake their role the people of said state. I support this bill because it is a step in the right direction to limit federal government over the state of Missouri. 
 
Bryan W... (Des Peres, MO)     H: 089 S: 15 Supports
 
 
Elisabeth W... (Roach, MO)     H: S: Supports
The Constitution has guaranteed certain Rights to the citizens of this country. The Rights cannot be taken away by the government whenever the government at any time finds it inconvenient to uphold the said Rights without seeking the nation's vote and introducing relevant amendments.
There has been time when this great nation was the beacon of freedom to those oppressed living under the communist boot Guns do not shoot by themselves, people do. Let us bring back the basis upon which this country was form, including the states being the ones making the decisions relevant to the particular state.
The government is telling us, we can only have so and so weapon, have so many rounds and yet the Homeland Security is purchasing 450 millions rounds of the hollow point bullets. Does it means that the government is allowed to arm itself against us while limiting our own opportunity to defend ourselves? Does it mean the government is afraid of us, those who put it where it is now and if so I wonder why?
I grew up under the communist regime and suffer under it. I remember people being told by the government what we were allowed to do, to have and how to behave, telling us the consequences of any opposition including using force against the populace. Are you, the Americans who cherished the Rights of Freedom given to you by the founding fathers under the Constitution of the United States prepared to give those Rights up to be ruled, not governed?
The first thing Hitler did when he came to power, was to confiscate all the weapons from the German people and we all know what followed. You have to decide whether you still want to have the Freedom to choose or have no choice at all.

Finally, I find it offensive to be told by the government that I am not able to think for myself. I want to make my own decisions based on my own assessment of the situation or circumstances. 
 
Jennifer B... (Gravois Mills, MO)     H: 058 S: 06 Supports
In favor of the Second Amendment Preservation Act 
 
Gary A... (Falcon, Mo)     H: 123 S: 28 Supports
I am strongly in favor of this legislation. We as a state must make a clear statement that we will, under no circumstances, comply with any laws, rules or regulations which in any way restrict our right to keep and bear arms.

Our gun permit is contained in the words of the second amendment to the U S Constitution and within the Missouri Constitution. No mother permits, licenses or other documents are required to legally bear arms!

Gary Anderson 
 
Robert P... (Chilhowee, MO)     H: 054 S: 21 Supports
It is of the greatest importance that the constitutional rights granted by the State of Missoure be protected. 
 
Loren S... (Montreal, mo)     H: S: Supports

I am in favor of the "Second Amendment Preservation Act" 
 
Larry W... (Liberty, Mo)     H: 038 S: 17 Supports
The Second Amendment is the "instrument" that insures "Respect" by Government for all the Rights of "We the People". The Second Amendment states in part "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed". Any Law that "Bans" or Restricts" this Right is Unconstitutional and must be Nullified.
I support the, "Second Amendment Preservation Act", HB 436 and SB 325.





 
 
Shirley S... (La Plata, Mo)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
Our Constitutiion is clear on the Second Amendment. 
 
Darrell S... (Cape Girardeau, MO)     H: 147 S: 27 Supports
To whom it may concern,

On behalf of numerous members of the Cape County Tea Party, I strongly urge you to vote for passage of HB436 the Second Amendment Preservation Act. It is way past time that the State of Missouri (and all states) take necessary actions to protect and preserve not only the individual rights and liberties guarranted to "We the People" by the Constitution of the United States, but also the authorities and powers granted to the States themselves alike. To stand by doing nothing and thereby allowing the Federal Government to usurp the rightful powers and authorities reserved for the States along with our collective individual rights and liberties not only is unconscionable but nullifies and diminishes the authority of this Supreme Document of the Land by which you swore a sacred oath to uphold.

Sincerely,
Darrell W. Seabaugh.
CCTP member 
 
Alene W... (Kansas City , MO)     H: S: Supports
Please support HB 436 and any related bills that protect our US Constitutional rights . 
 
Joyce G... (Kirksville, MO)     H: 004 S: 18 Supports
In light of the federal government's interference into citizen's freedoms and rights, I believe Missouri and all states must be pro-active to prevent further erosion. We cannot sit and wait hoping our national constitution will stand as even federal judges continue to rule against it and what the founding fathers intentioned. I believe our only hope is to declare by law that Missouri will abide by it's own 2nd amendment rights. They still may override the law as they have with others. Criminals will always find a way to possess guns. We the people must be able to protect our families and with more and more unrest due to the economy and a breakdown in family values, we will need guns to protect ourselves and our property. Please vote yes on HB436.

Thanks for your vigilance on this matter.  
 
wendell m... (washin gton , mo)     H: 061 S: 26 Supports
no vote,, leave the gun control alone . the right to bear arms. must stay as is .  
 
Arnold M... (Ballwin , Mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
John R... (Weston, MO)     H: 011 S: 34 Supports
Quite simply the 2nd Amendment, to not be infringed, guarantees the right to keep and to bear arms. To bear arms is required to combat evil and those who intend to do harm. It is not the arm that does the harm but the intent of the bearer. Therefore, unless government intends to bear all intentions (socialism), then arms are required to put meaning to my voice, keep government in check, and to uphold love and righteousness, for what is love without the will and the means of defending it?  
 
Ralph M... (Kansas city, MO)     H: 025 S: 07 Supports
I support HB 436. 
 
Keri B... (Raytown, MO)     H: 028 S: 11 Supports
I am writing today in favor HB 436, better know as the Second Amendment Preservation Act. As a former soldier and a mother, I'm in favor of this legislation because I firmly belief in my constitutional rights a both a citizen of Missouri and of the United States and also because I believe I should be able to protect my family and property.

As a soldier, I've seen first hand how helpless the populace was to defend themselves against dictators and tyrannical regimes. As a mother, I know the what it could mean for my family should this legislation not be allowed to pass.

Please give me the rights afforded to me by the US Constitution, vote yes of HB 436.

Thank you. 
 
Bea P... (Camdenton, MO)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
Help us keep our guns and stand by the 2nd amendment 
 
William I... (indep, mo)     H: S: Supports
The 2nd amendment is meant for us to keep and bear arms and it should stay that way.I think it just is stupid people doing stupid things trying to get our gun rights taken away from law abiding citizens. 
 
Elizabeth M... (Sibley, MO)     H: 020 S: 11 Supports
 
 
Debra N... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 022 S: 09 Supports
Please support our 2nd amendment rights by passing this law!  
 
Homer S... (Lee's Summit, MO)     H: 030 S: 08 Supports
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter.
That applies to ALL such regulation. We must demand from our legislators no less than the strongest, most principled stand they can take to defend our right to keep and bear arms! Rep. Doug Funderburk and Sen. Brian Nieves' "Second Amendment Preservation Act" is the strongest and most principled protection of the right to keep and bear arms in the nation!.
Notice that it utilizes the words of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to explain Missouri's authority to nullify unconstitutional federal edicts within her borders. Including this language is essential to the success of the bill. It also specifically lists the types of things we will not put up with, and that's what gives state officials the "cover" they need to enforce the bill.
Tenth Amendment Center article about HB 436.
What you can do:
1.Right NOW, either plan to attend the hearing for HB 436 (time to be announced), or fill out the online witness form..
2.Pass on this email or another with the generic witness form link to as many liberty loving people as you can.
3.If you have any personal contact with your rep or senator ask them to commit to supporting these bills.
For Liberty,
Gene 
 
Roberta C... (Leslie, MO)     H: S: Supports
It is abhorrent to me that the federal government and some state governments are infringing upon the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. I strongly believe that it is my right to own a firearm(s) and be able to lawfully use it as deemed necessary and appropriate. Usage may involve competitive shooting, hunting, and the need for protection. 
 
James L... (Harrisonville, MO)     H: 055 S: 31 Supports
Please stand firm against the Federal Government's abuse of its power to assume authority the U.S. Constitution has not granted to it. The 2nd Amendment is one of 10 amendments known as the Bill of Rights. The purpose of those 10 amendments is to protect the people from the government. 
 
JULIA M... (CREVE COEUR, MO)     H: 088 S: 24 Supports
I believe in the Constitution of the United States and the Second Amendment. I come from a country where only the Federal Government and Police Forces are allowed to possess fireams of any kind. It is no coincidence that the country has been ruled by dictators and military coups throughout it's history. I understand very well the intent of the Second Amendment, we must be able to defend ourselves against our own government. Those that would do us harm have got to get that message. This bill will go a long way towards sending that message. God bless America! 
 
JAMES M... (CREVE COEUR, MO)     H: S: Supports
I support this bill fully. There has always been times in our history when we the people have had to stand up to the Federal Government and say NO. This is the time. The Second Amendment has done its job - prevented attacks from within and without from people who would like to take us over. As Admiral Yamamoto of the Japanese Imperial Navy said it would not be a good idea to invade the United States because behind every blade of grass there would be an American with a gun. We need to keep letting everyone know that is still true. 
 
James H... (Kansas City, Mo)     H: 018 S: 17 Supports
 
 
WAYNE H... (KINGSVILLE, MO.)     H: S: Supports
Request that all Missouri citizens (military veterans) have the right of the Second Amendment. And not be singled out, due to being a military veteran, by way of Veterans Administration with holding VA benefits and veterans retirement pay as a way to keep Vets from owning firearms.
It should be noted that a statement being made regarding Assault type wepons being owned by the general public is not correct. A Military Assault weapon has the capability of automatic fire which is illegal for the general public to own. There are Semi-Automatic sporting weapons with Cosmetic changes to resemble assault type weapons for use in hunting and sport shooting just like there are air guns and paint ball guns that resemble assault type weapons for sporting use.
Respectfully,
Wayne E. Hadley
Ret. USN  
 
Robert L... (Camdenton, Mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Lucas S... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 025 S: 07 Supports
The idea that governments are morally superior to the people over whom they rule is a dangerous and deceiving falsehood. Our federal government has an increasing reputation for not upholding the oaths of their office. If the federal government does not keep their oath of office to protect and preserve the constitution, then Missouri should take this step to take a stand against attacks upon the 2nd amendment and attacks on all "natural rights". What part of "shall not infringe" do they not understand?

We should not have to fill out witness forms and tirelessly spend our precious resources and effort to fight for our rights. Government does not grant us our rights, and neither can they take them away. In fact, governments do not have rights, individual people have rights, and the right to keep arms is intended for the people. Missouri must strike down every infringement on our rights, and stand with liberty.

"...to disarm the people - that was the best and most effectual way to enslave them." (George Mason, 3 Elliot, Debates at 380)  
 
anson e... (bellflower, mo)     H: S: Supports
we do need our arms protected i do feel like there needs to be stricter guidlines for gun ownership or try anyways in my opinion our nation is undewr attack because of the way our nation has become we are scared of losing our freedoms its ashame that criminals get treated better than our elders in my opinion hard time should mean hard time the guys i know that have been to prison get out and tell people they were on vacation and not one of the guys that just speak with out knowing i was in state custody by 13 and the state did me right so when i got out i showed it to everyone and at 29 years old never been back in trouble because i was not treated like a damn vacationer all im saying is if there were stricter punishments for criminals there would be less criminals in my opinion and with the way the world is getting my guns will not be going anywhere and i hope that all real americans would see why we want our 2nd ammendment protected form scared little people who dont realize just like that deal with the pitbulls if you one breed because of fighting there just going to find another breed its the same with the guns take the guns away for one the criminals will over run everywhere and guess what theyll just find another weapon while the law abiding citizens are left unprotected not real smart if you ask me because me like many other im sure wont stand by and watch and thank you very much for standing up for the real rights of americans its about time because there some politicians that seem to be confused of where the u.s. is thanks again anson eskew 
 
Margaret Y... (Joplin, MO)     H: 160 S: 32 Supports
I strongly support the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act and all efforts to stem federal intrusion into states' rights. For decades, the federal government has increasingly intruded into areas that are not given to it in the U.S. Constitution. It is times for the states to stem this tide and take back their rights.  
 
Gregory G... (Vanzant, MO)     H: S: Supports
I heartily encourage the passage of the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act (HB 436). The citizens of this country have lost (had stolen) so many rights to this power grabbing administration that it has to stop before we are all no more that surfs to the government.
The time has come for our over reaching federal government to be reigned in. 
 
Tamara G... (Vanzant, MO)     H: S: Supports
I heartily encourage the passage of the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act (HB 436). The citizens of this country have lost (had stolen) so many rights to this power grabbing administration that it has to stop before we are all no more that surfs to the government.
The time has come for our over reaching federal government to be reigned in. 
 
Joshua T... (Lake St. Louis, MO)     H: 108 S: 02 Supports
The Constitution of The United States Of America includes a BILL OF RIGHTS, NOT a BILL OF NEEDS. Those Rights are not provided to us by the Government, but endowed upon us and guaranteed by our Creator. The Bill of Rights is a directive notifying our Government (past, present, and future) that we will not allow them to infringe upon those Unalienable Rights. Today throughout our nation we are seeing our Federal Government usurping more and more power, and threatening our Rights. Most notably, our 1st, 2nd, and 4th Amendment Rights. The 2nd Amendment, in particular, was included as the second most important Right guaranteed to us because it protects us from any infringement upon our other Rights. Recently we have been told that we do not have to worry about our Rights infringed upon, and that we do not need certain types of firearms to defend ourselves and our families. We are told the Founding Fathers would never have allowed so called "assault weapons" to be included in the protections of the 2nd Amendment. However, The Founding Documents of our Nation are some of the most carefully and thoughtfully written documents ever produced. The authors did not exclude any types of firearms when they wrote, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." They did not state that the people had the right to keep and bear Arms, except Cannons. The intent was for the people to remain free from despotic tyranny, and thus should have available to them any such arms with which to protect themselves from an oppressive and out of control government.

These attempts by Politicians to control the American People, to deprive and abscond the Rights of the American people are unconstitutional and reprehensible, and I implore our elected Representatives to uphold their oaths to the Constitution and take a stand WITH the American People AGAINST tyranny.

 
 
Stephen H... (Pittsburg, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Henry B... (Warrenton, MO)     H: 042 S: 10 Supports
As a Vietnam veteran who protected himself in a war zone with a rifle, I urge that our legislators pass this bill in order to allow Missouri citizens to keep protecting themselves and their properties, without governmental interference. 
 
John F... (Lee's Summit , MO)     H: 034 S: 08 Supports
I am supporting HB 436 the Second Amendment Preservation Act 
 
Darren P... (Saint Peters, Mo)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
The second amendment assures the rights we are given. If we do not have the second amendment we will not be able to defend all of the others. The government has absolutely NO cause to infringe on these rights and I implore you to do your duty, and follow the oath you took to defend them as they are written. 
 
Chris H... (Rolla, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Charles R... (Versailles , Mo)     H: S: Supports


Dear American,
Some bullets travel at a speed exceeding 1300 feet per second. Light travels at a speed of 186 Thousand miles a SECOND. A Light Year is light travelling 186 thousand miles a second for every second of every minute of every hour of every week of every month for a solid year. This calculates to 5.6 TRILLION Miles. Our country is nearly 3 Light-years in debt with only 311 Million citizens and only nearly half of those paying taxes. It is my belief that America will fall without drastic cuts in spending NOW.
Given that, The Constitution may be all that we have left of our country, and that is the good news. With all the problems that will come in a collapse do we really want to tamper with our rights? Lets apply the same logic as some have for the 2nd amendment to the 13th amendment. Should only law abiding people be free from slavery? Should one need a permit to be free? How about a mental health check? A tax? A background check? Should one have one cow but no more than 7 to be free, or is the 13th amendment a right? If one took a person into slavery would they not cry out that they have a right? What gives them that right? First would be God and second would be Our Constitution.
Consider that the rights were based in priority from say 1 to 16. Would not the 2nd right have a higher value than the 13th? Maybe they should have equal value? Then wouldn’t the 2nd right have the same importance as not being a slave or in fact a free person? Would those rights be equal or would the 2nd be of higher value? I contend that you cannot have the 13th, or any other, without the 2nd, but both are essential to our Constitution and our Liberty.
Do not allow anyone to tamper with our Liberty. While some argue about how many bullets one can have and that background checks are ok let’s take a hard look at the damage already done to the second amendment. The current ATF 4473 firearms purchase form already limits rights and has done so for some time with the blessings of the NRA. Its not just felonies that disqualify ownership. You should obtain a copy of this form, read it, and think it through. You can get a Felony for throwing a snowball at a snowplow or a stop sign, or copying a VCR tape. There are many so called “crimes” punishable by one year or more as a maximum sentence. Dui’s have that. So does littering in some states. Is this what is meant by “more stringent” and “universal background checks”? Is this the plan for taking our guns? We cant take this chance. Remember how the seat belt law came about?
Topeka Kansas has stopping prosecuting domestic violence, another disqualifying misdemeanor; does that mean they let people beat their spouses? No, it means they are now charged with assault. The reason this stopped was because it was discovered to be standard procedure for lawyers to file restraining orders and claims of abuse to get a bigger divorce settlement. Is this only happening in Topeka?
I know a good man. He is prominent in the community and successful. He is a charitable, hard working, church going senior citizen. He can’t have a firearm because when he was 18 he forged an ID to buy beer and has a felony from it. He hasn’t drank in nearly 40 years. Is it right that he cannot hunt or defend his family? If someone wrote some bad checks in the error of his youth but in many years married, found The Lord, been blessed with children and responsibilities. Should he be denied this right for a lifetime? A lifetime? Should the wife and children be vulnerable and unprotected as well? In the old western movies when a man got out of jail he was given his gun back. He was a free man. Maybe that’s Hollywood but I just don’t see all these qualifiers when I read “shall not be infringed”. Have we become an unforgiving people? A free man should be a free man. Though be it, even I think there should be some kind of waiting period and limitations for truly violent offenders, but then maybe violent offenders should still be in jail. Everybody seems to be ok if someone else’s rights are infringed (taken) so long as it is not theirs, forgetting that if others rights are infringed ours will soon be, as now evident. Are we so self absorbed that we forget those that fought and died for our rights as we let our liberty go with hardly even a question? If we are going to allow more stringent background checks I think the disqualifiers need to really be looked at hard and stick to the barest of limitation putting it back to the original form of a Felony which was a crime against the state like treason, murder, armed robbery, etc. Given mental health checks how can we deny people rights for what they “might” do? Do we really trust credentials of mental health professionals to not be political when we can plainly see that the agendas of the left are come down the pike of the department of education? Please forgive my sidetrack.
My point is that a right is a right. While the left argues for background and mental health checks the conservatives agree and argue about the number of bullets permitted in a clip and cosmetics. Both are allowing for more controls and blaming each other. Is this by design or are they both simply ignorant that this is a right of the people and that the 2nd amendment is as much a right as the 13th? Tampering with rights is a very dangerous gamble with freedom. History has shown us that. Please fight with vigor for our Liberty.
Thank you.

"No free man shall ever be de-barred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
- Thomas Jefferson
PS: At the time of this writing a man in Florida was charged with a felony, which will cost him his 2nd amendment right, for releasing heart shaped helium filled balloons into the air as a show of love for his girlfriend.  
 
Margaret R... (O fallon, MO)     H: 064 S: 02 Supports



We must support and pass this historic bill HB436 that will strengthen and assure our 2nd amendment rights. 
 
Karen G... (Norwood, MO)     H: S: Supports
I don't believe the Federal Government has any Constitutional right to limit my ability to keep and bear arms in defense of my family or property, or to tell me what sorts of guns or ammunition I may purchase or possess. Nor do I believe there is any compelling interest to track those purchases or possessions through mandatory registration. It's time for the legislators in Missouri to stand up and protect our God-given rights 
 
William P... (West Plains, Mo)     H: S: Supports
US Constitution, Amendment 2 - Ratified 12/15/1791---A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be INFRINGED.---
Joseph Story Vol 1 1833 - Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States.
--- http://archive.org/stream/commentariesonco01stor#page/n3/mode/2up---
Inerpretation - The words in use and there meaning at the time of the documents drafting to obtain the true intent of the legislature.

Quote----When interpreting a constitutional provision, we must look to the natural meaning of the text as it would have been understood at the time of the ratification of the Constitution---Chief Judge David Sentelle; The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; 1/24/2013.

What does INFRINGED mean in 12/15/1791?

Samuel Johnson 1785 Vol 1 A-K - A Dictionary of the English Language.
INFRINGED = To violate; to break laws or contracts; to destroy; to hinder.
Best interpretation----A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be HINDERED---

No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms. ---Thomas Jefferson: Draft Virginia Constitution, 1776.

[The Constitution preserves] the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation...(where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. ---James Madison,The Federalist Papers, No. 46.

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive. ---Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution (Philadelphia 1787).

Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American...[T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people. ---Tenche Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.

[C]onceived it to be the privilege of every citizen, and one of his most essential rights, to bear arms, and to resist every attack upon his liberty or property, by whomsoever made. The particular states, like private citizens, have a right to be armed, and to defend, by force of arms, their rights, when invaded. --- Roger Sherman, during House consideration of a militia bill (1790):---14 Debates in the House of Representatives, ed. Linda Grand De Pauw. (Balt., Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1972), 92-3.

Quote---Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.---George Washington, address 2nd Session of 1st Congress.

And lastly it is a Federal felony to seek to suppress, or enforce gun grabbing contrary to the amendment 2 as per the following:
18 U.S.C. § 242 : US Code - Section 242: Deprivation of rights under color of law
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/18/I/13/242
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.---
This Federal penalty is far worse than any penalty in this Missouri bill
 
 
William G... (Norwood, MO)     H: 155 S: 33 Supports
Any regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter, according to the 10th Amendment.
This bill specifically lists the types of things we will not put up with, and that’s what gives you legislators the "ammunition" that you need to enforce the bill.
We ask you to defend our right to keep and bear arms!



 
 
Michael L... (Rocheport, Mo.)     H: 047 S: 19 Supports
I am for any Legislation which honor, and abides by , and for The United States Constitution's 2nd Amendment..Our Right to Bear Arms must be upheld.
Far too many Legislators are too weak on the issue of this countries Constitution. The 2nd Amendment must be honored.

Sincerely

Michael T. Lowry 
 
Jane B... (sunrise beach, mo)     H: 058 S: 06 Supports
An X-Marine made this observation on gun law.
A person steals guns, (WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW),
shoots and kills his own mother (WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW),
transports these guns loaded (WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW),
brings guns onto school property (WHICH IS AGAINS THE LAW),
breaks into the school (WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW),
discharges the weapons within city limits (WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW),
murders 26 people (WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW),
and commits suicide (WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW).

And there are people in this country that somehow think passing ANOTHER LAW
banning guns would protect us from someone like this.

If you haven't noticed, people like this are not concerned about breaking laws - they only care about fulfilling their own twisted agenda.

The only people that a gun ban law would impact are the LAW ABIDING CITIZENS, which will only serve to cripple the ability to protect themselves.

Attorney General Holder, who was implicated in the Fast & Furious gunrunning scandal, stated that the President determines who is "entitled to possess handguns.

Our founders created a foundation for a strong local self-government as the keystone to preserving Human Freedom. Political power automatically gravitates toward the center, and the purpose of the Constitution is to prevent that from happening. The centralizaiton of political power always destroys liberty by moving the decision-making function from the poeple on the local level and transferring it to the officers of the central government. The process gradually be deadens the spirit of the people.

As one of our own State Reps of recent has stated, "private property and the principles of self-ownership" is what is at stake here. Protecting property rights as mentioned in Amend V, is directly related to our right to own and bear arms in Amend. II. In Amend III it clearly states that the Federal Govt can not force you to do something "but in the manner to be prescribed by law." The State of Missouri is the buffer zone between the People and the Federal Govt. States rights are clearly defined in Amend. X.

Without our liberties we do not have freedom. Our liberties are tied to our right to own property, the right to bear arms and have the ability to protect ourselves, our families and our property. These are all related to Self-ownership, individual freedoms, and individual-responsibilty. The erosion of our liberties depleats our freedoms. Governance comes directly from the people, appointed to our Representatives through the electoral process. WE are a republic with a democratic government.

These bills we are discussing here today will clarify and define that governance comes from the People through our appointed representatives. A central government has no constitutional right to tell the people of a state what they can own and what liberties they are allowed to have. This is in violation of our civil liberties and can be interpreted as a violation of our civil rights.


 
 
Christopher H... (Hannibal, mo)     H: 005 S: 18 Supports
I support Sen. Neves senate bill to protect our gun rights in missouri. Lets keep the federal govt our of our business. 
 
kathy b... (fordland, mo)     H: 137 S: 33 Supports
 
 
gene o... (sullivan, mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Brian S... (Pomona, Mo.)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
 
 
Joseph G... (West Plains, MO)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
I am writing this on behalf of my entire household and several registered voters. Having read the contents of both HB 436 and SB 325 this communication is being sent to express our collective full support of these two bills. We very strongly feel that it is the sworn duty of our elected Officials to uphold both the Constitution of the United States of America and our rights contained in that most sacred of documents. We have elected our Government Officials to represent the voice of “we the people” and are very adamant in that our opinions and voice must be reflected by the votes of those elected Government Officials. Untold hundreds of thousands of men and women have, in the line of Active Military Service, paid the ultimate price for the preservation of the U.S. Constitution. Arlington National Cemetery if full of the graves of such Patriots and the United States of America is full of living Veterans who have paid their own price in defense of that most precious of living documents, the United States Constitution. As is common knowledge, the oath taken by every Service Member begins with “…to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic…” It is our collective and firm belief that any law which violates the Constitution is very much an “enemy domestic” and must be nullified. “We the people” would, of course, not expect our elected Officials to desecrate the graves of the Patriots interned at Arlington National Cemetery. Please do not desecrate their memory by lending your full support to both HB 436 and SB 325. We will be watching and our gratitude or displeasure will be expressed at the polls in the next election. Thank you. 
 
Donna K... (Camdenton, MO)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
Please help keep our Constitution in one piece!
Too many rights are being taken away or just overriden by Washington - why did we elect the reps? Who and what are they afraid of? I believe our representatives/senators do not do their jobs - in all matters pertaining to the people's rights and for the good of the nation, I believe they should all forfeit their salaries for one year - and not be reelected.! Until they solve the current problem & uphold this ammendment. 
 
Greg B... (Raytown, MO)     H: 027 S: 09 Supports
I'm writing to you today to make sure that one thing is clear in my opinion. The 2nd Amendment is one part of the law of this land and all of it's citizens who abide by such laws have a right under this Amendment to keep and
bear arms.

I would like to point you to it:

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

In my mind it means a couple of things, the first obvious meaning is to keep and bear arms. More importantly, is all the other parts that people tend to miss of the last part of this essential amendment. The first it talks about keeping a well regulated militia. This means that this amendment is here to let us be able to protect ourselves in times of need. In this day of age it's most important that we be allowed to own the firearms that we've chosen to buy because criminals will indisputably be able to acquire any firearms they wish to buy with the funds gained through many sources. As long as there is a black market to support it. Which means that in order for you to stop criminals from acquiring firearms, they must indeed follow the law. Which criminals do not follow laws by definition. So, by enacting such a law it would only really take away the right of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves with tools that would be adequate to defend themselves. That is the last thing I would think anybody would want to do in such a great country as ours is.

The other part entails that is necessary to the security of a free state and that the right shall not be infringed. I
understand that this right is probably one of the more important ones because it guarantees a free state. It also
implies that the right cannot be tampered with. I feel that enough damage has already been done by the gun
control advocates that we cannot further risk our second amendment rights by enacting laws that do
nothing to actually solve the problems we have with violence.

Yes, you heard me right, the real problem is not the tools used in crime itself, but the criminals. I would support
two kinds of actions if there is to be any solution to the problems we face. I would support a better mental health-
care system, because lets be honest, all crime starts with one intention. It starts with crazed individual(s) that
find the easiest target to attack. Just look at States such as California, New York, and Illinois. They are three of
the highest crime-ridden states in the US and they subsequently have the highest crime rates. I don't think this is
by accident. I believe it's because we have restricted their most important asset, their citizens, from
being able to defend themselves with the tools they need.

You see, the main point of the amendment has those literal meaning built into it, but you also have to see things
from the point of view of the writers of the amendment. At the time back in 1787 when it was being created, we were seceding from a country that was slowly eradicating our rights away. While we were being oppressed by a professional army, we had to have the ability to defend ourselves. At the time the most modern piece of equipment were muskets. Which in today's standard would be something like the AR-15, AKMs (and equivalents), and others like it. “But why have all of this built into our Constitution?”, you might wonder. I can tell you with confidence that it is a check against tyranny. It is a way that we, as the average citizen, can have the same advantage as any standing army of the time in order to defend ourselves. Which I believe is important to the security of our free state. Just remember:

IF YOU VOTE FOR MORE GUN LAWS, I WILL NOT VOTE FOR YOU. WHICH MEANS NO SO-CALLED,
“ASSAULT WEAPONS” BANS, MAGAZINE BANS, UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKING OR OTHERWISE.

For one, we already have almost 500 pages worth of laws in that regard. Who has the time to sit down and read all these laws? Therefore, any sort of measures that add to an already intensive background checking procedure that criminals would simply avoid is futile. Any sort of additional magazine bans that would make it easier for criminals to attack us with and they would be able to ignore. An outright ban on assault weapons which criminals have been ignoring since the 1930's when the full-auto ban was put in place will be useless. I also urge you never to sign any sort of agreement to take away tools that the citizens of this United States needs in order to curb from striking. So, do not give in to such measures that are really only the easy way out.

Remember what J.F.K. Said:

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.” 
 
Steve B... (Monteal , MO.)     H: S: Supports
The Second Amendment confirms our right as American Citizens to bear arms. That right is not given,as if it could be taken away. It is not a right that we may use our weapons to forage for food. It is not the right to use our weapons to shoot clay pigeons or tin cans. Or, it is not at it's least the right to protect ourselves from robbers, muggers, rapists or theives. The Second Amendment confirms our right as American Citizens to protect not only our families but also our communities, counties, states and if need be our whole United States of America, as a last line of defence against any threat to our beliefs and way of life. Assult rifles are not to shoot game!
One only needs to look to the middle east to see what a real threat of tyrany can be. Only needs to remember the actions of the "Hitler" to see what a real threat to Our Nation can be.
Our rights as Free Americans are vital to the well being of our Nation!  
 
Anne C... (Dixon, MO)     H: 062 S: 06 Supports
Please fulfill your duty to protect our liberties by supporting this bill.  
 
Edward S... (Atlanta, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
I have owned firearms all my life and am 64 years of age, I have always respected our government and it's ability to guide our country. The current turn of events concerning the ban of certain firearms from my ownership is hard for me to understand. I do not own an "assault rifle" however I do not understand why I should not be able to own one if I so desired. I own firearms with a magazine capacity over 7 rounds and do not intend to give them up. I live in a very rural area and I believe I should be allowed to defend myself if I arrive home and discover my home being invaded by a criminal, it just does not make sense to disarm an individual that has proven throughout his or her life that they respect the right to own firearms and use them in their life as a tool to exist in a peaceful world.
I believe it is time for our elected officials to respect law abiding citizens and their rights, they need to start doing their job. I am sick and tired of their political rhetoric on sensational events to try and secure votes. Our leaders need to show me the respect I have shown them over the years, we all make mistakes however disarming the law abiding citizen is not a mistake it is an absolute travesty!

I have never seen a firearm do anything harmful, I will support a ban on individuals that use firearms or other devices to harm me or my property.

I thank you for your time, Ed Sangster. 
 
Robert G... (St Louis, MO)     H: 091 S: 01 Supports
I fully support this legislation, HB436. The right (not privilege) to keep and bear arms is under attack as never before, both at the Federal level and in our own State legislature. These attacks on our civil liberties infringe our ability to defend our lives and property, our need to hunt, and the enjoyment of the shooting sports. We need the protection that this legislation offers. Nothing in this act or my testimony should be construed as being lax on gun violence, which is an entirely different concern..  
 
Frances S... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 018 S: 17 Opposes

Amendment 2

Right to keep and bear arms
A WELL REGULATED MILITIA being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not
be infringed.

First I says a well regulated militia not every one carrying a gun around.

This is another protection against a possible abuse by Congress. The right protected is really the right of a state to maintain an armed militia, or national guard, as we call it now. In the eighteenth century people feared that Congress might, by passing a law, prohibit the states from arming their citizens. Then, having all the armed strength at its command, the national government could overwhelm the states. Such a circumstance has never happened, but this amendment would prevent it. The Second Amendment does not give anybody or everybody the right to posses and use firearms. The states may very properly prescribe regulations and permits governing use of guns within their borders. Moreover, this amendment does not bar Congress from passing a law regulating the sale and distribution of shotguns less than 18 inches in length. This law was passed on 1934 to counteract gangsterism rampant at that time.


From "A Detailed Analysis of the Constitution" Fifth Edition, Revised by Edward R Cooke

As in 1934 when the law against sawed off shotguns was passed, we now have to provide the police with more powerful guns continuously
to protect themselves. It is time to take a realistic view of our gun laws. I am very afraid that we have let it go so far that it will be
VERY difficult to control but we need to try.

Frances Semler
 
 
Doreen H... (Mtn Grove, Mo)     H: 142 S: 33 Supports
This bill reasserts the proper position of government at both State and Federal levels and restores the Consitution to it's proper place as well. This bill is absolutely correct, and unfortunately, exceedingly necessary in these days of immense overreach on the part of the Federal government.
The States, as prescribed by the US Constitution in the 10th Amendment, have the duty to secure the rights of their citizens and the right to control those areas not specifically designated to the enumerated powers of the Federal government. If you, as representatives of the citizens of Missouri, do not intervene on our behalf, and instead assert that the State must do what the Feds want the State to do, you must ask yourself one question. If that were true, then why is there any State or local government at all? Wouldn't we just have administrators appointed by the Federal government?

Our jurisdictions, and our method of government were designed to have accountability and actual representation of the People. In order to be free, our State must interpose on behalf of the Citizens to secure our rights.

This bill will be an excellent step toward achieving the proper balance of just government in this great State. We urge you to vote "Do Pass" on this bill and let the Federal Government know that we are, and ought to be a free and sovereign people.

Thank you. Doreen Hannes, Co-Chair Ozarks PRC 
 
Michael T... (Independence, MO)     H: 029 S: 11 Supports
I would ask that you support HB 436, Second Amendment Preservation Act. I feel that this will help Missourians protect their right to bear arms and protect state sovereignty. 
 
Bill P... (Eldridge, MO)     H: S: Supports
Sirs,

The second amendment is crystal clear. It is the foundation for the people's ultimate protection from tyranny.

Do what you can to do your duty and protect us from the fools that believe we shall never have to defend our liberties and Constitution from the forces of evil.

William Albert Pierce 
 
Sue C... (Farmington, MO)     H: S: Supports
Please support HB 436. You stand between We the People and the Federal Government in protecting our Constitutional rights which are being trampled upon at every turn.  
 
Rebecca M... (Columbia, mo)     H: 047 S: 19 Supports
I've heard about the Department of Revenue's plan to undermine our privacy and it's effect(negative) on the right to keep and bear arms. Please withhold funds from the department until you have retracted the plan.

also, I want to tell my Rep and Senator that I expect them to support HB 436 & SB325 -- the bills that totally forbids the enforcement of federal gun control in Missouri.
 
 
Robert B... (Chesterfield, Mo)     H: 089 S: 26 Supports
Enough is Enough!. It's time for us to stop this Federal power grab to limit our 2nd amendment rights to bear arms. I highly support the Second Amendment Preservation Act HB436. Also lets stop this talk about placing an RF ID chip on our drivers license. Washington is out of control. We must stop this now. I have had to place my passport in an aluminum shield to protect my identity from being accessed by unscrupulous thieves. DON'T force me to tear off another sheet of foil to protect my drivers license from unscrupulous federal tyrant privacy invasion thieves. WAKE UP TO THIS TYRANNY.. 
 
Stanley C... (Farmington, MO)     H: 116 S: 03 Supports
We are counting on you to stand between us(the people) and a federal government that seeks to control every aspect of our lives. Otherwise I believe they are going to continue to grab more and more power until they have it all.  
 
Janet B... (Branson, MO)     H: 156 S: 29 Supports
I believe in our right to privacy and that means that the government needs to stay out of our business and personal information. 
 
David C... (St louis, MO)     H: 088 S: 24 Supports
please support and vote in favor of this bill to protect our Constitution from invalid usurpation of rights from us as citizens and from our sovereign states. Nothing is more important. Please protect our privacy from extinction.
David Coblitz 
 
Saundra G... (Lake St Louis, MO)     H: 107 S: 02 Supports
Protect Missourians 2nd Amendment right! It is your duty and your sworn oath to protect the citizents of Missouri FROM ANY TYRANICAL GOVT.....and right now, it is our OWN GOVT that no one trusts! 
 
William B... (Rolla, MO)     H: 121 S: 16 Supports
The 4th Amendment guarantees freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. If an unknown person, with no warrant or other form of due process, can walk within a few feet of us, "SEARCH" our driver's license with a scanner. without our knowledge or consent, and "SEIZE" the information contained on it, the 4th Amendment. as well as many other rights are dead! We don't need RFI Chips in our driver's licenses. There is no reason for Missouri to share files on CCW Permit Holders. Persons with permits carry them along with their weapons. A gun in the hands of a law abiding citizen is never a threat to other law abiding citizens. There is no possible action that can be taken with a firearm to frighten, coerce, intimidate, injure, or kill any human being that is not already rendered illegal by the myriad of gun laws already on our books. If existing gun laws were enforced, there would be no gun crime. Criminals, by definition, break laws. Passing one more law will not solve gun crimes. Strict enforcement, prosecution of violators, and executing or imprisoning for life convicted violators will. 
 
Teri B... (Farmington, MO)     H: S: Supports
I have heard about the Department of Revenue's plan to undermine my privacy and it's effect on the right to keep and bear arms. I want ALL FUNDS withheld from the department until they retract the plan.

Also, I expect you to support HB 436 & SB325 -- the bills that totally forbids the enforcement of federal gun control in Missouri.

Our 2nd Admendment shall not be infringed. 
 
Doug B... (Farmington, MO)     H: 116 S: 03 Supports
Keep our information private !Keep our Constitution and Bill of Rights as is.The people that do not like the way they are written have the choice to leave: WE WILL NOT give up our right to keep and bear arms! 
 
Lawrence F... (Chesterfield, MO)     H: 100 S: 26 Supports
If you have the time and money to try this illegal invasion of privacy, then stop playing "George Orwell-Big-Brother/Animal Farm" and reduce the deficit instead!

ALSO, Change the 'plea bargaining for murderers': If they want a plea bargain, they can receive lethal injection instead of
a firing squad!!! Other than that, make no 'life-in-prison' deals with murderers! STOP favoring the criminals and illegal
aliens for a change, would you please?!!! 
 
Butch M... (Ava, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Gloria A... (St Louis, MO)     H: 089 S: 15 Supports
I do not want the information about gun ownership on the driver's license. This is against our 2nd amendment rights. 
 
Karen K... (St. Peters, Mo)     H: 105 S: 23 Supports
 
 
Gideon R... (Salem, Mo)     H: 143 S: 16 Supports
 
 
charles d... (kansas city, MO)     H: 025 S: 07 Supports
The law abiding citizens of Missouri are adamant that our rights as guaranteed by the constitution of the US and the state constitution of Missouri shall not be infringed. Any infringement on our 2nd amendment rights by our overbearing federal government needs to be NULLIFIED by the state of Missouri, and the state of Missouri is empowered to do so under the 10th amendment to the US constitution. The federal government has absolutely no right poking their noses into our business at the state level, and the state of Missouri has ABSOLUTELY no business violating our rights by sending information about citizens of the state of Missouri to the federal government in violation of our privacy rights. 
 
Thomas S... (O'Fallon, MO)     H: 102 S: 02 Supports
Congress and our President need to keep their hands OFF of our 2nd Amendment Rights? 
 
Karen R... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 014 S: 34 Supports
Please vote in favor of HB436 
 
Holly S... (O'Fallon, Mo)     H: 102 S: 02 Supports
Please leave our 2nd Ammendment Rights alone.  
 
Richard M... (Independence, MO)     H: 029 S: 11 Supports
 
 
Cindy O... (Shelbina, Mo)     H: 005 S: 18 Supports
I am strongly opposed to any effort to gather Concealed Carry permit holders' names which are then shared with other agencies. Our federal government has become a threat to its own citizens' rights and legislators in Missouri must protect Missouri citizens. I expect you as a Missouri legislator to do all that is necessary and within the law to uphold our right to bear arms and to keep our information confidential.  
 
Elaine B... (Weatherby lake, MO)     H: 013 S: 34 Supports
We need this bill passed to protect us from the government taking away our gun rights! 
 
Russell G... (Columbia, MO)     H: 046 S: 19 Supports
I am in favor of HB 436. The federal government has no business interfering in this matter.  
 
Terry H... (Chillicothe January 29, 2013 Mr. Ter, Mo)     H: 007 S: 21 Supports
Please consider this legislation as some firm of protection from the federal dictatorship we are now forced to oblige. 
 
Bill I... (Greenwood, Mo)     H: 034 S: 08 Supports
 
 
Nancy L... (Farmington, MO)     H: 116 S: 03 Supports
 
 
Sara F... (La Plata, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
I strongly urge you to vote FOR HB 436 as it is extremely important that we keep our Second Amendment rights as provided in the Constitution.  
 
Sterling K... (Hallsville, Mo)     H: 044 S: 19 Supports
We have a Constitution. Many in our government are trying to change the rules to suit their personal agenda. It won't work. We have proven the value of our Constitution, and it works better than any other the world has known. Anyone messing with it should be called treasonous. 
 
Tim R... (Bolivar, MO)     H: 128 S: 28 Supports
 
 
Pamela M... (Sikeston, MO)     H: 149 S: 27 Supports
It is of utmost importance that Missouri citizens maintain the rights under the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of The United States of America and that those rights shall not be infriged upon in any respect. Furthermore the sharing or secondary dissemination of my personal information with respect to gun ownership and Concealed Carry Weapon Permit by the Department of Revenue of the State of Missouri with any other person, agency or governmental body is not to be permitted. 
 
Timothy B... (Buckner, MO)     H: 020 S: 11 Supports
Please respect my Constitutional right to privacy. The federal government does not need any more of my personel information. The Mo. Dept. of Revenue needs to abidie by Mo. law. Respectfully, Tim Borron 
 
ROGER M... (SIKESTON, MO)     H: 149 S: 27 Supports
It is of utmost importance that Missouri citizens maintain the rights under the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of The United States of America and that those rights shall not be infriged upon in any respect. Furthermore the sharing or secondary dissemination of my personal information with respect to gun ownership and Concealed Carry Weapon Permit by the Department of Revenue of the State of Missouri with any other person, agency or governmental body is not to be permitted. 
 
Edward B... (Ballwin, MO)     H: 098 S: 15 Supports
Dear Lawmakers,
Our state needs to take a stand against the intrusion of any governmental agency albeit the local, state or federal government or any international governmental body that is attempting to infringe on our U.S. Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. The best way to stand against this intrusion is to create a law that protects the very right we are standing to defend. I support this bil since it is currently the strongest piece of legislation that protects our right to keep and bear arms of any state in the United States.
Thank you,
Edward J. Bragg
 
 
Stuart S... (Williamstown, MO)     H: S: Supports
It is none of anyone's business who has a CCW and who does not. I'm getting real sick of someone trying to stick their nose into my business!
 
 
Shirley H... (St. Louis, Mo.)     H: 092 S: 15 Supports
 
 
Dave L... (Blue springs, MO)     H: 032 S: 08 Supports
I believe absolutely in Amendment 10 and not only the right of State nullification, but its absolute necessity in the face of an over reaching federal government. Just as in the case of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions it is inherent in the States interest to protect the Constitutional rights of its citizens. 
 
DARRELL N... (SPRINGFIELD, MO)     H: 131 S: 30 Supports
WE THE PEOPLE ARE FEABSOLUTELY NO ON HB 436. YOU NEED TO PUT US THE PEOPLE FIRST. THAT MEANS NO TRACKING OF ANY KIND !!! NO GUN TRACKING OF HONEST LAW ABIDING CITIZENS, NO CHIPS IN OUR DRIVERS LICENSES, OR ANYWHERE ON OUR BODY. THAT MEANS NO DRONES OVER MISSOURI AIRSPACE SPYING ON US. D UP !!!! STOP VIOLATING OUR FREEDOMS !!! 
 
Felix S... (Butler, MO)     H: 126 S: 31 Supports
The 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter.
 
 
Salvatore V... (St. Charles, MO)     H: S: Supports
It is your duty to protect the constitution, including the 2nd amendment. Thanks for doing so in advance. 
 
Beverly S... (St Louis, MO)     H: 071 S: 24 Supports
 
 
Bryce S... (St Charles, MO)     H: 065 S: 23 Supports
 
 
Paul B... (Fenton, MO)     H: 097 S: 22 Supports
Keep government out of our lives! 
 
Rose D... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 014 S: 34 Supports
I expect from you as our legislators, no less than the strongest, most principled stand you can take to defend our right to keep and bear arms! 
 
Brian M... (Owensville, Mo)     H: S: Supports
Please continue to protect the rights of the citizens of this state.  
 
Shirley D... (St. Louis, Mo)     H: 081 S: 05 Supports
If guns were not for protection, why does President Obama's Security Guards Carry??? I have just as much right to protection with a gun as anyone else.

I feel the good law abiding citizens should not be penalized for the criminal actions of others. WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT JUSTIFIES GIVING GUNS TO MURDEROUS DRUG CARTELS AND FORBIDS LAW ABIDING CITIZENS SOMETHING ROTTEN IS IN D.C..

YOU WERE ELECTED TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF MISSOURI AND THE UNITED STATES AND PROTECT THE CITIZENS. I DEMAND YOUR ACTIONS ARE THE SAME AS YOU SWORE TO DO WHEN SEATED IN OFFICE. 
 
Randall B... (Springfield, MO)     H: 135 S: 30 Supports
Do not let a tyrannical federal government take away the final check, private ownership of firearms, on a tyrannical federal government. 
 
SANDRA D... (SULLIVAN , MO)     H: 119 S: 26 Supports
I strongly support HN436 the Second Amendment Preservation Act for the endorsement of the US Constitutional Second Amendment and all that it means in my right to bear arms.

We are living in a very precarious time in which we find ourselves facing a central government straining and grabbing for more power while speaking benignly and lulling us into a false sense of security. But the danger signs are popping up everywhere and especially with the latest assault upon the Second Amendment for manufactured reasons.

Once the people should become disarmed then we become vulnerable to the same ends as did the victims of World War II's Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Mussolini, and Mao Tse Tung. We will not comply to any further infringements upon this very sacred right! Sovereignty is being threatened and marginalized and the last thing we have left is our free speech and our guns.

It is in this matter, that we implore you to take the initiative and send this warning back to the FEDS--The State of Missouri and her citizens WILL NOT COMPLY with any further gun bans. I Vote do pass out of committees!
 
 
James C... (Fulton, Mo.)     H: 049 S: 10 Supports
As a law abiding concerned citizen, I want to urge Missouri lawmakers and representatives to protect the rights of the people of Missouri. Please stand by us in the fight to protect our liberty, our right to privacy and our right to keep and bear arms. Do not allow federal bullies to infringe on our natural rights. Do not allow the politicians and lobbyist in Washington to dictate how we do things in Missouri. Let's stand together, as husbands, fathers, mother, sisters and brothers, as families and say "NO" to this erroneous infringement of our Second Amendment and natural God given rights. Support HB 436. Thanks. 
 
Robert S... (St Charles, MO)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
After seeing the direction that the Fed Govt is heading, I feel strongly that we must do everything we can to protect our privacy especially with respect to our 2nd Amendment rights. 
 
Janice M... (Owensville, Mo)     H: 062 S: 06 Supports
Please support this bill and don't chip away at our constitution. 
 
Linda V... (Des Peres, MO)     H: S: Supports
Thank you for this bill HB436 to preseve our Second Amendment and our privacy. This goes back to the Bible to protect ourselves in the Old Testament and the New Testament.

Thank you in advance for all the work you have put into getting this bill passed.  
 
Joseph V... (Warrenton, MO)     H: 042 S: 10 Supports
Please stop any attempt to Register Firearms and CCW Holders. 
 
Gail A... (Cleveland, Mo)     H: 056 S: 31 Supports
Our State legislators are our first line of defense against a constantly overreaching Federal Government. If the citizens are disarmed, there will be no additional (last line of ) defense against tyranny. 
 
David L... (O Fallon, MO)     H: 107 S: 02 Supports
I'm asking for your support of the Second Amendment Preservation Act. 
 
John P... (Eureka, Mo)     H: 110 S: 26 Supports
I've heard about the Department of Revenue's plan to undermine our privacy and how it effects our right to keep and bear arms. Tell them to withhold funds from the department until they retract the plan.  
 
Ronald R... (Festus, Mo.)     H: 114 S: 22 Supports
HB 436 IS A STRONG AND VERY PRINCIPLED PROTECTION FOR ALL MISSOURI CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BARE ARMS.THANKS FOR INCLUDING THE WORDS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JAMES MADISON TO EXPLAIN THE AUTHORITY THAT MISSOURI HAS TO NULLIFY UNCONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL EDICTS.

SINCE THE 10TH AMENDMENT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT ALL POWERS NOT GRANTED TO THEFEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE RESERVED TO THE STATES AND THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI. THUS THE OWNERSHIP OF ARMS IS A STATE NOT A FEDERAL MATTER.

THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF HB 436.  
 
Donald C... (Amazonia, MO)     H: 009 S: 12 Supports
The 2nd amendment is not about hunting. 
 
Randy R... (Warrenton, MO)     H: S: Supports
The intrusion into our lives by the federal government has got to be stopped. Our federal, state and local governments must be purged of progressives who seek to eliminate the republic. There are actual communists and socialists working to establish a totalitarian goverment each day throughout the country. Mr. Obama and his army of socialists must be impeached and thrown out now. 
 
William F... (Blythedale, MO)     H: 002 S: 12 Supports
 
 
carl k... (walnut grove, MO)     H: 130 S: 20 Supports
thank you for providing this forum, I will be brief.

The freedom of America is at stake. Never before have the rights of the common man been so threatened. We have been taxed to the point of poverty in order to foster a nanny nation in which the Federal Government, in complete contradiction of the powers allowed it by the state, have taken it upon themselves to dictate to the common free man what he may or may not do on and with his own property and possession.

HB436 is a loud cry in the night, taking a stand and saying NO MORE. The Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America was written as a providence of defense against tyranny of the sort we now see fermenting in the cauldron of the Federal Government. If we allow the 2nd Amendment to be abrogated, we give up the ability to stand as Free Men who by choice, uphold the righteous laws that give us polite civil society.

As Missourians, we say that we will tolerate no more encroachment upon the rights bestowed upon us by God, As free men, we will not be disarmed, As Americans, we will defend the Constitution against all enemies, first by civil and political process, and secondly by whatever means necessary.

Please let our voices as Americans, Missourians, Free Men be heard loudly in the Halls of the Federal Government and let HB436, the Second Amendment Preservation Act be our statement of legacy.

carl killingsworth, Greene County Missouri 
 
Thomas F... (Warrensburg, MO)     H: 053 S: 21 Supports
I'm writing on behalf of protecting those rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment which are being threatened needlessly by a numbered of well-intentioned but wrong people and groups who believe gun violence will end with gun control. Nothing could be further from the truth. Their rationale and logic are totally flawed.

I support Missouri House Bill 436, and I urge all Missouri House Representatives to support and pass it, and to urge the Senate to pass their bill protecting the Second Amendment as well.

Thank you. 
 
matt r... (joplin, mo)     H: 161 S: 32 Supports
 
 
William V... (St Charles, MO)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
Please support hb436 & sb325. thank you 
 
Jama G... (Aldrich, MO)     H: S: Supports
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke

Our nation's freedoms are being whittled away at an appalling rate.
Please take a stand now for the people who elected you!
Thank you.

Jama R Gilpin, MD 
 
Adam B... (Ballwin, MO)     H: S: Supports
The US Constitution addresses regulations of firearms in the second amendment, wherein it is stated that "...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Therefore, there is no power vested in the national government, regardless of any overextended interpretation of the Commerce Clause or Necessary and Proper Clause. Additionally, the tenth amendment, which states that "...powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." And since the Federal government has no powers as delegated to it by the US constitution regarding firearms, the power to regulate firearms falls to the states and the people. 
 
Marcia G... (Springfield, MO)     H: 136 S: 30 Supports
I am not in favor of the Dept. of Revenue's plan to provide information regarding who has been issued a conceal carry permit and other known personal information to Homeland Security. The federal government has no purpose for such information other than for potential consficatiom of legally owned guns.

Missouri legislators must defend our right to keep and bear arms and do so under 10th Amendment prvisions. The regulation of arms is a state, not a federal matter. Support and passage of HB 436 and SB 325 will put strong and principled protection of the right to keep and bear arms in Missouri
 
 
Ron B... (Mexico, MO.)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports

I am in favor of the bill and our rights to carry guns.

Thanks for your help. 
 
Joseph J... (Mexico, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
We need our privacy 
 
James W... (Festus, Mo.)     H: 115 S: 03 Supports
More than ever in this day when Identity theft is so prevelent we need the help of our government to protect our citizens personal information from falling into the hands of of those who would steal our greatest asset, our own Identity. When someone loses their Identity the have lost their right of freedom and priveledges that should be protected by our government. 
 
William N... (West Plains, MO)     H: S: Supports
I fully support HB436 as the Second Amendment should not be diminished in any way.  
 
Ronald S... (Boonville, MO)     H: 047 S: 19 Supports
 
 
Katherine C... (St Peters, MO)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
 
 
Joyce C... (High ridge, MO)     H: 111 S: 22 Supports
We are praying and counting on you all to hold the line against tyranny. No matter how the Federal Gov frames it or what words they play, this is the ultimate nail in the coffin for freedom if it is allowed to stand. Be strong. 
 
Joseph S... (Grandview, MO)     H: 037 S: 07 Supports
 
 
Ethan v... (st paul, mo)     H: 065 S: 02 Supports
 
 
Donald L... (Bolivar, Mo)     H: 128 S: 28 Supports
 
 
Richard G... (Columbia, MO)     H: 050 S: 19 Supports
My great(6) grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War. He was willing to give his life to acquire the God-given rights of a free man! Those rights were then embodied in the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. I believe that the Second Amendment is the key to guaranteeing all of our God-given rights. I strongly support HB 436. 
 
Jeff W... (Boonville, Mo.)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
 
 
Gerald B... (New Haven, MO)     H: 061 S: 26 Supports
The U.S. Constitution gives U.S. Citizens the right to keep and bear arms. Citizens are also afforded the right to property and privacy. Now the Central Government (CG) is trying its best at every turn to do just the opposite--find out exactly who owns firearms. Why would they want that info except to know where the firearms are so they can take them away. My privacy is also being invaded with the (CG) wanting to collect all my private information at every turn.

Protect the citizens of Missouri. We are a sovereign state and must remain the same. Pass this bill now!
 
 
Joan B... (New Haven, MO)     H: 061 S: 26 Supports
American was founded by people who knew the tyranny of an unjust over-controlling government. Our Founding Fathers gave us in the U.S. Constitution the right to keep and bear arms because they knew what happens to a government when it wants TOO much power.

Citizens are also afforded the right to property and privacy. Now the Central Government (CG) is trying its best at every turn to do just the opposite--find out exactly who owns firearms. Why would they want that info except to know where the firearms are so they can take them away. My privacy is also being invaded with the (CG) wanting to collect all my private information at every turn.

Protect the citizens of Missouri. We are a sovereign state and must remain the same. Pass this bill now!
 
 
Kenneth F... (Mercer, MO)     H: 003 S: 12 Supports
Hitler and all other dictators took the guns from it's citizens before they inslaved them with a dicator , the second admendtant is to protect the people from the goverment 
 
Richelle F... (St. Louis, MO)     H: 095 S: 01 Supports
I strongly urge you to vote in favor of HB 436 so that the 2nd Amendment rights of Missourians will not be infringed.  
 
Mary Ann C... (Moberly, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
I urge support for HB 436 and SB 325. Missouri has already enacted legislation designed to protect our citizens from the so called enhanced drivers licenses with the ability to electronically communicate private personal information. PLEASE be sure this technology does NOT enter into use in our state.
Thank you,
Mary Ann Coatney 
 
Julius k... (Macon, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
Gov't control of guns isn't going stop crime. Neither is is intelligent to blame Guns for killing people anymore than it is intelligent to say cars/trucks kill people. It is always the person behind the wheel, gun, airplane, etc that causes death and destruction. One can look back on history and see what has happened when guns were removed from citizens hands. Additionally, attempting to remove guns from lawful citizens will result in a civil war that will be worse than the first and for a much larger cause.
I encourage you to do your part to defeat HB325 & HB436

Julius Ketsenburg 
 
William M... (Gladstone, MO)     H: 015 S: 17 Supports
The 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. It is important that we not let the Federal Government "take over" the state. Where will that lead us? Thank you. 
 
Bruce A... (Marthasville, MO)     H: 042 S: 02 Supports
Please support all measures that will preserve our State's Rights, and also impede and prevent any augmentation of any Federal Powers. The Federal government has turned into a monster and must be stopped by the prevention of any laws subverting any facet of the Bill of rights. Any Federal endeavor to subvert Missourian's rights under the constitution, to collect information that could be used against them in a judicial proceeding should be against MO law and charges to brought upon any person or governmental group for treason that maliciously tries to subvert our Constitutional rights. 
 
Margaret F... (Ballwin, MO)     H: 100 S: 15 Supports
Missouri should continue to support the U.S. Second Amendment with HB436, while also protecting the right to privacy for all.  
 
Roger P... (Hillsboro, Mo)     H: 111 S: 22 Supports
 
 
Robin G... (Foristell, MO)     H: 063 S: 10 Supports
Please do everything you can to protect my 2nd Amendment rights from the Federal Government. 
 
Craig C... (Ballwin, MO)     H: 099 S: 15 Supports
While this matter explicitly pertains to matters regarding the 2nd amendment, nullification is a very broad concept that has a strong historical track record in this country. The founding fathers believed wholeheartedly in nullification and it was commonly used in the U.S. until the Civil War. It was used by states to nullify many overreaches of federal authority and was most commonly used to nullify various fugitive slave acts (normally these mandated that any escaped slave from a slave state is still a slave and must be returned to his rightful owner) by northern states. This should not be regarded as a draconian act, it merely is a state's perogative under the 10th Amendment to nullify any overreach by the federal government. For instance, the states of California, Colorado, Washington, and many others have nullified various federal marijuana laws.

Regardless of where you stand on gun control, all federal gun control laws should be nullified in Missouri as the Constitution does not give this power to the federal government. It doesn't mean we can't have gun control laws just that they need to be voted on by our state legislature or by popular vote. Please stand up for the rights of Missourians to self-govern and then lets begin the process by talking about sensible gun control legislation (as defined by Missourians).  
 
Marie V... (Springfield, MO)     H: 131 S: 30 Supports

Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. So, as state leadership, please see to it that these powers are safeguarded for us, your state constituency, so that we can remain safe from federal infringement of our freedoms and the right to safeguard our homes and families if the need arises. 
 
Robert L... (Crocker, MO)     H: 121 S: 16 Supports
Mr. Frederick, The federal government seems bent on taking away as many constitutional rights as they can get away with! I ask you to support HB 436 so that Missourians can be as free as possible from the attempts to erode our second amendment rights to "keep and bear arms." Thank you. 
 
Claude H... (Holts Summit, Mo)     H: 049 S: 10 Supports
I do not want the Department of Revenue to share information on "Right to Carry" to anyone. 
 
Effie R... (Joplin, mo)     H: 161 S: 32 Supports
 
 
Kimberly C... (Independence, Mo)     H: 021 S: 11 Supports
I am a law abiding widowed mother that believes in my second amendment right as I am in charge of protecting my family.

A quick look into Warren vs. District of Columbia (444 A.2d. 1, D.C. Ct. of Ap. 1981), we see that the Appeals Court stated that, “official police personnel and the government employing them are not generally liable to victims of criminal acts for a failure to provide adequate police protection.”
Another look into another court opinion, Riss v. City of New York, 22 N.Y. 2d (1968), brings forth a major question in regards to the police and their ability to be held responsible for neglectful actions:
“Is a municipality liable for failure to provide special police protection to a member of the public who was repeatedly threatened with personal harm and eventually suffered injuries for lack of protection? ”
The courts stated “No"
Both the Warren and Riss cases took place in municipalities that prohibit or restrict handgun ownership.

So if the police have no duty to protect me and my family, then I MUST be allowed to protect us!
Thank You, Kim Crowley 
 
Doris B... (Camdenton, MO)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
 
 
Steve B... (O` Fallon, MO)     H: 041 S: 10 Supports
Please support the passage of this Bill. 
 
Edward A... (Independence, Mo.)     H: S: Supports
I have been a citizen ou the United States all of my life. In the last few years I am ashamed of how this country is acting. I am ashamed of all the freedoms that they want to take away. Also what they are not teaching our kids in school. I asked the teen in my house to name the 50 states and the presidents, she could not do it and told me that that was not taught in school that they where told if they needed to know that kind of things that they could look it up on the computer. Why is it that our goverment wants to walk all over the Constitution and the Amendents? We do not need any new laws on the books to take away the 2nd or 1st. Amendent. All we need to do is use te ones we have now. It is a sad day when you start getting sick of how your Goverment is acting. 
 
Virginia S... (KANSAS CITY, MO)     H: 015 S: 17 Supports
I have lived in this wonderful country for almost 80 years and I am concerned by the direction that this country is going. It appears that more and more rules are being proposed that will limit what I can do and that takes away
my constitutional rights. This proposed action will stop this gradual slide into limiting the individual's choice to that which the government thinks is better for the individual. So far I have been able to choose for myself what is best
for me and not depend on others to take care of me. 
 
Samuel J... (Unionville, MO)     H: 003 S: 12 Supports
Get the govt. out of our guns. NO control of any arms. That is our right & we expect our representatives & senators to hold to it. They will find out on election day what we think.  
 
Eugene W... (Pattonsburg, MO)     H: 002 S: 12 Supports
I request, and do expect, all of you to fully support HB 436 & SB325 -- the bills that totally forbids the enforcement of federal gun control in Missouri! We are fed up with Government slowly whittling away and taking every right of which We the People have been endowed! Please stand in force in your support of these two bills.
 
 
Mary W... (Pattonsburg, MO)     H: 002 S: 12 Supports
I request, and do expect, all of you to fully support HB 436 & SB325 -- the bills that totally forbids the enforcement of federal gun control in Missouri! We are fed up with Government slowly whittling away and taking every right of which We the People have been endowed! Please stand in force in your support of these two bills. 
 
Lois H... (Princeton, Mo.)     H: S: Supports
I think we should continue our right of our forfathers. In other lands where guns have been taken away there has been more problems then we have here. Plus the Government takes over the people and controlls them completely. This is just the first step. 
 
Michael P... (St Louis, MO)     H: 080 S: 04 Supports
We Missourians MUST STAND AGAINST tyranny. Our privacy is being intruded upon in the name of safety and security. I expect my state to be the last refuge from the overstepping Federal government. This is what happens when the state takes Federal money to "Update" services, equipment, or hire additional 1st responders. Now you must do what the Federal govt wants to continue to receive those monies you now depend on. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH........PLEASE VOTE FOR HB 436  
 
Paul P... (Glencoe, MO)     H: 101 S: 26 Supports
I would like to preserve our 2nd ammendment rights 
 
James M... (Joplin, MO)     H: S: Supports
Our founding fathers gave us, as a people, the right to keep and bear arms. We must insist that the courts respect Missouri's Sovereign right to protect her people's privacy and that right. If we do not, we are in danger of not only loosing our rights, but our country also. Please do the right thing and protect us. 
 
Kevin B... (Robertsville, MO)     H: 119 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Robbie B... (Robertsville, MO)     H: 119 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Paul R... (Maysville, MO)     H: 002 S: 12 Supports
The Missouri Constitution and the Constitution of the United States of America each have a guarantee for Citizens and I feel those guarantees must be honored. Missouri Constitution protects Citizens of the State of Missouri from intrusion by the federal government. U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms.

It's pretty simple and looks to me like that's the way it was intended to be. 
 
Donald B... (New Haven, MO)     H: 061 S: 26 Supports
This is outrageous to say the least, this VIOLATES our personal libertys 
 
Jerry W... (Boonville, MO)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
It's about the Constitution! Please protect our rights. 
 
Novata D... (Maryland Heights, Mo)     H: 072 S: 24 Supports
 
 
John W... (Oronogo, Mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Lottie L... (Norwood, Mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Jared F... (Webster Groves, MO)     H: 091 S: 01 Supports
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Missouri General Assembly,

I pledge my support to the Missouri Constitution and the Constitution of these United States. Pursuant to upholding your oath of office, I ask that you would do the same by passing the proposed HB 436 and SB 325.

V/R

Jared Farrr 
 
John H... (High Ridge, Mo)     H: 111 S: 22 Supports
What guns we own is private and not public information please pass HB 436 Rep.  
 
James H... (St Peters, Mo)     H: 102 S: 02 Supports
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. I want protection from the federal government's intrusion into MY privacy. The states need to take a stand against this intrusion. 
 
virginia s... (st charles, mo)     H: 106 S: 23 Supports
In our constitution we have the right to bare arms. Stay off my right! 
 
judy w... (Boonville, MO)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
I believe you can stand strong on our Constitution and be applauded by your constituants, Don't the currant administration lead the way Let Missouri be a light for the Constitution, especially the 2nd ammendment. 
 
Carolyn M... (Florissant, MO)     H: 067 S: 13 Supports
I strongly oppose the unauthorized collection and sharing of personal information by the Missouri DOR and would heartily ask for the support of this bill that would institute protections against this intrusion. 
 
Andrea P... (Saint Charles, MO)     H: 070 S: 23 Supports
Please consider my opinion on what I believe to be two major breaches, my right to privacy and my right to bear arms.

First let me state, that I am a lifelong resident of this state, a small business owner and I vote. To the best of my ability, I take care of my family, my business, and my community. In addition, I make every attempt to remain current on pending legislation, spending and social issues. In the past I have shared my concerns and opinions with the legislature as well as our national representatives when I believe I have something to add to the conversation, but in particular when there are issues of infringement to my liberties. This includes, but is not limited to wasteful spending, laws which infringe on my personal freedoms as well as violations of both the State and Federal constitution.

It seems I would be equally effective banging my head against a wall. It seems that I have yet to find a means to effectively communicate my belief and desire that I be left alone. So since space is limited and your time is extremely valuable, I will again, attempt to communicate not only my desire, but my demand as a citizen of this State, and as an individual that I not be snooped on, my privacy invaded, my personal information shared, sold, solicited, given away, databased, warehoused, compared, compiled or in other words used for any seemingly innocent or nefarious reason. I wish to be able to maintain my privacy, I wish to not be tracked, scanned, reported, put on a list, marketed to, profiled or in any way surveilled!

To be clear, my demand includes but is not limited to, what I eat, where I live, what I watch, what I do, what I choose not to do, how, where, why and if I worship. Again, to save time, I'll be clear, these things are none of your business.

It should not take a law or another regulation to prevent these actions -- as I believe we currently have regulations which prevent these types of abuses. However, if yet another law would prevent this topic of privacy invasion and records manipulation from rearing its head yet again. By all means, pass and enforce a law to protect my rights as a citizen to once and for all simply be left alone . 
 
Sharon W... (Falcon, Mo)     H: 141 S: 33 Supports
We need to Stand for something or we will Fall for anything 
 
Greg W... (Jefferson City, MO)     H: 059 S: 06 Supports
I support HB 436. This Bill affirms the Missouri, and my, position that the US Constitution and Bill of Rights are not negotiable. I, as Sheriff, do not enforce federal law. Nor, do I knowingly allow law enforcement, whether federal, state, or local, village the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.

The Office of Sheriff is not responsible to any branch of government but rather to the citizens we serve within the construct of the US and Missouri Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, and the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri. As the elected legislature of the State of Missouri, I urge you to support HB 436.

Thank you,

Greg White
Sheriff
Cole County, MO 
 
David V... (Steelville, MO)     H: 121 S: 16 Supports
WE NEED YOU TO STAND FIRM AND DEFEND OUR RIGHT TO HAVE GUNS. YOU ARE OUR SPOKES PERSON . IT IS IN THE CONSTITUTION AND YOU HAVE TO SEE TO IT THAT IT IS NOT CHANGED... EVER.. 
 
Mark G... (St clair, MO)     H: 119 S: 26 Supports
I am against DOR Privacy distroying plan
I am for Missouri, HB 436 and it's companion Senate bill, SB 325, are the only bills that will fully protect us from federal gun grabs.
I am against using the existing Federal Real ID Act, the federal government has begun collecting information on gun owners. The "enhanced driver's license" the Real ID Act calls for includes technology like Radio Frequency ID chips (RFID), that can be read when the holder is merely in the proximity of the scanner. Also included is a Machine Readable Zone (MRZ), which looks like a speckled barcode, but can hold tremendous amounts of information. 
 
Bill B... (Sprdingfield, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
John C... (FAir Grove, MO)     H: 137 S: 20 Supports
 
 
Lea G... (Rolla, MO.)     H: 121 S: 16 Supports
Its very concerning that we have an administration attacking even our most basic rights. Our president takes an oath
to uphold the Constitution, not destroy it.The criminals will always have guns but honest citizens will be at thier mercy
if this terriorism of Americans doesnt stop.
 
 
Steve C... (Chillicothe, Mo)     H: 007 S: 21 Supports
I strongly support the United States Constitution. I refuse to stand by and let President Obama diminish any and all rights of our citizens. 
 
Miriam L... (Saint Peters, MO)     H: 103 S: 02 Supports
It is the DUTY (OBLIGATION) of our elected officials to do ALL in their power to protect all citizens' constitutional rights!! The taxes 'we the people' pay are NOT for filling pockets of politicians!!!  
 
Diane M... (Linn, MO)     H: 062 S: 06 Supports
I have heard about the Department of Revenue's plan to undermine our privacy and it's effect on the right to keep and bear arms just as it did in Eric Griffin vs Elizabeth Rowland, Fee Office Agent of Stoddard County, Missouri.
I am requesting that you stand strong and help uphold the law and our inalienable rights by withholding funds from the department until they retract the plan.
I expect all Missouri Representatives and Senators to support HB 436 & SB325, the bills that totally forbids the enforcement of federal gun control in Missouri. Each and every Representative and Sentator will be held accountable as they are elected as a service representative of the people of Missouri to fight for their rights.

I thank you for your support of HB 436 & SB 325. 
 
Edward B... (Ellisville, MO)     H: 098 S: 15 Supports
We cannot allow any governmental agaency including the Federal government to gather private and personal information on citizens through the use of secondary vehicles such as Driver's Licenses as an example.
This is a violation of our Right to Privacy. Any covert action that obtains personal information violates our Constitutional rights and using a Driver's License to provide other information other than proof of having a license to drive a car is considered a covert action, in my opinion. 
 
Cynthia E... (St Peters, MO)     H: 105 S: 23 Supports
 
 
David P... (chesterfield, MO)     H: 100 S: 24 Supports
Please support this bill.

No Gun Control

This is a second amendment right! 
 
Mirinda D... (Dixon, MO)     H: 121 S: 16 Supports
support HB 436 & SB325 -- the bills that totally forbids the enforcement of federal gun control in Missouri.
 
 
Kathleen A... (Ethel, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
Please do everything in your power to protect our gun rights. Pass this legislation before it too late! 
 
sue h... (mexico, mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Deborah B... (Centralia, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
Please protect our privacy and our second amendment rights. Please with hold funding of the DOR until they abandon this plan. 
 
Joseph G... (Columbia, MO)     H: 044 S: 19 Supports
I am in favor of both HB436 and SB325. This will help to hinder the Federal Government from encroachment of our rights to bear arms. The very idea of any power having any authority to restrict our inalienable rights are repugnant. Why can they not understand our Constitution and Bill of Rights and continue under "the color of law" to take our rights away? Nowhere in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights is this authority given.
The inalienable rights come from a MUCH HIGHER source and its man's folly to think he can circumvent them by any means. We look to our elected officials to protect us from any tyranny from any level. This includes freedoms of speech, privacy and, of course, bearing arms and any illegal search and seizure.
Thank You for your attention is this matter.
Joseph Greene 
 
Clare F... (Fayette, MO)     H: 048 S: 21 Supports
 
 
James C... (Columbia, MO)     H: 050 S: 19 Supports
It is critical that our legislators defend the right of Missourians to keep and bear arms.

A time will come when we will need you to stand up and defend our freedom - this law will give you the legal and moral basis for doing what you are honor bound to do.

Don't simply vote yes, work to make sure this bill becomes law. 
 
John C... (Richards, MO)     H: 126 S: 31 Supports
You can't legistlate evil out of our lives. It's always been there and always will be.
Evil exists all around us.Ask any Native American, and they will tell you it was inferior technology and lack of arms that contributed to their demise. Ask any Armenian why it was so easy for the Turks to exterminate millions of them, and they will answer “We were disarmed before it happened”. Ask any Jew what Hitler’s first step prior to the mass murders of the Holocaust was, confiscation of firearms from the people. The historical records show of the past 200 years across the globe, where is “evil” and “malevolence” most often found? In the hands of those with the power/governments. If you are truly serious about an individuals freedom, no one will support any anti-gun legistlation in any form and you will stand fast in your beliefs of the 2nd amendment.  
 
Ben M... (Republic, MO)     H: 130 S: 20 Supports
Please protect our privacy and 2nd Amendmant rights 
 
Janice B... (Mexico, Mo)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
The right to respect Mo. soverign right to protect people's privacy. Make sure our 2nd Amendment rights are protected and the RFID chips are not implemented. 
 
Paula B... (West Plains, Mo.)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
To the house of representatives.

Please make sure you hear the voice of the people and vote for HB436. There has to be a stopping point in what the government thinks it can do. Our freedom is slowly (seems quickly) being taken away from us. I, as a United States Citizen, want to make my own choices about guns and about what kind of information is sent out about me.
A chip in my drivers license is against my will. Will they shoot me for not having it. Sounds like that is what it is coming to. So are we going to stand up for what the Constitution allows or our government!
Seems to me the Constitution shoud win out without being changed to take away our freedom when it was written to give us our freedom! 
 
Robert S... (Pomona, MO)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
It is imperative that this be passed! 
 
Judy S... (Dardenne prairie, MO)     H: 102 S: 02 Supports

Our second amendment rights as GUARANTEED to us by our U.S. Constitution are in jeopardy. Since the Federal Government will not protect our rights, we expect our state legislators to stand in the gap.

Your constituents will be watching this issue closely...please take the right stand.



 
 
louis k... (pacific, mo)     H: 109 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Mark K... (Wentzville, MO)     H: 102 S: 02 Supports
I am in favor of House Bill 436, I feel that are State elected Officials should do all that they can to protect it's citizens from
the over reaching power of the Federal Government and its intrusion into our private lives.  
 
Darrel D... (Kansas city, MO)     H: 014 S: 34 Supports
America is the land of the free. Respect for each individual's right to privacy is central to our society. There is no reason for our employee government to assemble data bases about us. 
 
Paul P... (Ava, MO)     H: 155 S: 33 Supports
The precedent has been set: States have the constitutional right to annul or disobey federal laws that are unconstitutional. Any law (or act by the executive department) that contramands the constitution demands that states react to check the power of said law or act.

It is the duty of the legislature of the State of Missouri to protect the citizens from unconstitutional acts. 
 
Robert A... (Pacific, Mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Jay M... (Huntsville, Mo.)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
I strongly support the implementation of HB436. The federal government is systematically destroying the sovereignty of the states and the rights of it's citizens in order to consolidate the power of the elite in Washington DC. We must stop the intrusion of federal power and stand up for our rights as citizens and sovereign states. The state of Missouri has always been known for our rugged individualism,strong defense of our national constitution,and a firm supporter of the rights and liberties of it's citizens. Support this bill and I will continue to support you with my vote. 
 
Gina A... (Wright City, MO)     H: 063 S: 10 Supports
I support HB 436 & SB325 -- the bills that totally forbid the enforcement of federal gun control in Missouri.

In 2009, our General Assembly had the foresight to protect us from Real ID, and we need legislators to now step up to the plate and protect us from the new federal efforts that infringe on our 2nd Amendment rights!

 
 
Carol D... (St Ann, MO)     H: S: Supports
I stand for the 2nd AMENDMENT as my right to own a firearm(s) 
 
Lewis B... (Sweet springs, MO)     H: 051 S: 21 Supports
It is my constitutional right to have privacy from Federal Government intrusion especially in these days of uncertainty. We are seeing the Fed. Gov. trying in any and all ways to take our guns from us. We only need to look at Great Britain and Australia, also Nazi Germany to see what happens when all guns are confiscated. The citizens become slave, cannot defend themselves and millions were killed in certain countries. We must protect our liberties as did the Colonials in early days.
 
 
MAGGIEL K... (Lebanon, Mo)     H: 123 S: 28 Supports
 
 
Edwin B... (Foristell, Mo)     H: 063 S: 02 Opposes
It is not any of the government's business if we own guns or not. Our 2nd amendment gives us that right. What is going on with our "America". What are they going to take away from us next. We are not a socialist country and we don't want anything to do with it. We are suppose to have freedom of speech and freedom to own guns to protect our homes and families. What right do they have to take anything away from us when our rights are in the Constitution. We need to stand up for our rights. Please stand up for the people of Missouri and stop the chip. 
 
Patrick B... (Freeburg, Mo)     H: 062 S: 06 Supports
I encourage our state representatives to help pass this bill to stop the trampling upon of our Constitution. 
 
Don B... (Lebanon, MO)     H: 123 S: 28 Supports
 
 
Christopher T... (Wasola, MO)     H: S: Supports
Our current Federal Government is working hard to overturn what our Founding Fathers set in place. In their words, the Second Amendment was in place in case the government encroached on the other God-given rights in the US Constitution. Missouri needs to be in the forefront of saving this nation from those who would try to bring it down. 
 
Catherine D... (Cottleville, MO)     H: 103 S: 02 Supports
Our 2nd amendment rights are under attack. Please pass HB 436 to ensure Missouri citizens are protected from federal anti-gun legislation!
Thank you,
Catherine 
 
Jennifer C... (Gallatin, Mo)     H: 002 S: 12 Supports
Please do not undermine our 2nd Amendment rights, we do not want RFID chips in our driver's licenses.  
 
William D... (Saint Charles, MO)     H: 106 S: 23 Supports
It is sometimes said that US citizens do not need to possess arms because the atrocities of the twentieth century could not happen here. Indeed it is difficult to imagine such acts on these shores. However, I firmly believe that it is our tradition of private gun ownership that makes such outrages an alien notion. Were we to give up our right to keep and bear arms, would even a generation pass before such horror visited us? Let us never find out. 
 
Ronald K... (New Haven, MO)     H: 061 S: 26 Supports
I need this bill to protect my GOD given rights 
 
Michael B... (St Louis, MO)     H: 078 S: 05 Supports
 
 
Molly B... (Holt, Mo)     H: 008 S: 12 Supports
 
 
Lynette A... (st james, mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
David A... (Belton, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Gerald D... (Poplar Bluff, MO)     H: 152 S: 25 Supports
The Second Amendment has nothing to do with Self Defense. It has to do with dealing with a Tyrannical Government. At this time we have a what some deem as the beginnings of Tyrannical Government. The First, Second, and Fifth Amendments are clearly being subverted. I will stand to my grave on my right to the pursuit of Freedom...If the Second Amendment falls all of the Bill of Rights, nee Constitution will fall! 
 
Jack T... (Clinton, Mo.)     H: 057 S: 31 Supports
 
 
Terry R... (Dardenne Prairie, Mo)     H: 102 S: 02 Supports
I strongly support this bill and urge you to vote for it to secure the strongest protection of my 2nd admendment rights to keep and bear arms without any restrictions. The federal government has no business knowing how many or what type of guns I own. The government will not be around to protect me, the data is clear, the only people gun control protects are criminals. Every where gun control is implemented, crime and murder rates go up not down. 
 
Kathryn K... (St Louis, MO)     H: 080 S: 04 Supports
 
 
Annette C... (Kansas City, Mo)     H: 036 S: 07 Supports
I AM DEFINITELY FOR HB 436. PLEASE PASS THIS BILL AND PROTECT MISSOURIANS RIGHT OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU. 
 
Geraldine T... (Gray summit, MO)     H: 109 S: 26 Supports
Enough is enough! Stop INFRINGING on our 2nd amendment and privacy rights!  
 
Jeffrey L... (Salem, MO)     H: 143 S: 16 Supports
HB 436 is an excellent first step in reasserting Missouri's proper relationship with the federal government. It is unfortunate that legislators at the federal level have imposed laws that are in opposition to the second and tenth amendments. HB 436 is legislation which ought to be unnecessary, but whose time has come. 
 
Connie L... (New Franklin, MO)     H: 048 S: 21 Supports
As a law abiding gun owning citizen of the state of Missouri i would like to say that I agree completely and wholeheartedly with both HB 436 & SB 325 and would ask the Mo house and senate to make it a priority to make this bill a law in the state....

The US Constitution (10th ammendment) gives all powers not granted to the federal government to the states and the People, therefore, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter.
Thank you



 
 
Lee W... (Camdenton, Mo)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
Please limit the power of the Federal Government in all ways. They tax us then hold us hostage to get their way. Money sometimes wins.
Thanks,
Lee White 
 
Ray H... (Warsaw, MO)     H: 057 S: 28 Supports
The right to bear arms is the most basic of rights, the right to self preservation. The founders of our Republic considered it absolutely neccessary to a free state that the Citizens were not only armed, but trained with those arms. The supreme court has made it abundantly clear that it is not the duty of law enforcement to protect a Citizen, therefore all Citizens must be prepared to do so themselves. To do anything to hinder a God given right such as this not only violates the purpose of government, it violates Gods Law. The Missouri Legislature has a strong track record of protecting the Citizens ability to protect themselves, and their state, and We The People sincerely hope this commitee not only honors past tradition, but far surpasses it by eliminating existing federal restrictions. 
 
Stanley H... (Wentzville, Mo)     H: 108 S: 02 Supports

The second amendment is what makes America different from and better than all other countries. Any action that protects this right keeps America strong and secure. As an elected official this is your duty to do so. Thank you for your time and service to our country. 
 
Timothy B... (O Fallon, MO)     H: 107 S: 02 Supports
I am in favor of this Second Amendment Preservation Act. It is clear that our OUT OF CONTROL Federal Government has no regard for the US Constitution that they have all as individuals taken an oath to defend....Kind of makes them treasonous traitors, doesn't it?
This same US Constitution is very clear on some relevant points, e.g.:
1.) The 10th amendment, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the STATES Respectively, or to the PEOPLE" (emphasis mine). Therefore, since the Constitution does not specifically give the Federal government the power to regulate firearms, THAT POWER IS LEFT TO THE STATES OR TO THE PEOPLE!!!!
2.) In fact, not only does the 10th Amendment thereby PROHIBIT the Feds from regulating firearms since the Constitution does not give the Feds the power to do it.....But our GOVERNING DOCUMENT goes a step further by specifically prohibiting the Feds from infringing on the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms in the 2nd Amendment.
3.) I, along with millions of other Missourians, hold these truths to be self evident!!... So self evident, in fact, that there is not really a LEGITIMATE debate on the subject.
IN CONCLUSION: SINCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS MADE IT PAINFULLY CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF HONORING AND OBEYING THE LAW OF THE LAND, BUT RATHER ARE DETERMINED TO ENGAGE IN A MULTITUDE OF ACTIVITIES IN WHICH THEY HAVE NO LEGAL AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE, AND TO INFRINGE UPON OUR FREEDOMS AND LIBERTIES, IT FALLS TO THE STATES; LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; AND ALL OF US AS INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS, "WITH A FIRM RELIANCE ON THE PROTECTION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE", TO "MUTUALLY PLEDGE TO EACH OTHER OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES AND OUR SACRED HONOR", IN DEFENSE OF OUR RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES THAT WERE PURCHASED WITH THE BLOOD OF SO MANY OF AMERICA'S FINEST SONS AND DAUGHTERS!!!!! TIMOTHY BENCH 
 
Carolyn L... (St charles, MO)     H: 105 S: 23 Supports
I firmly believe that every effort should be made to preserve our 2nd amendment rights. 
 
John F... (Chesterfield, Mo)     H: 101 S: 26 Supports
I strongly support HB436 . The  
 
Linda V... (Lucerne, MO.)     H: 003 S: 12 Supports
I feel the government is trying to take more and more of our constitutional rights away from us and this is just plain WRONG!  
 
James J... (Kansas City, Mo.)     H: 016 S: 17 Supports
I believe that the principles under which this country was founded should be protected. The second amendment is not only one of the bill of rights it is one of our founding principles, that each person should have the right to protect themselves their family and their property, a right guaranteed by the second amendment. The government of this country or for that matter the state should not have the power to take away my right to protect myself. I believe that it would be unconstitutional for the federal government to take away my right of self protection and i support this bill. 
 
Lisa P... (St. Louis, MO)     H: 094 S: 01 Supports
The state should be enforcing their 10th amendment right to make sure the federal government does not overstep its bounds and begin to destroy rights given in our Constitution. Please make sure that we are able to keep the power within the states hands. 
 
Ronald P... (Shelbyville, Mo)     H: 005 S: 18 Supports
 
 
Kate S... (St Louis, MO)     H: 096 S: 15 Supports
We need to pass this bill so it would reject all federal acts that infringe on a Missouri citizens' rights under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. The states need to protect its citizens against unconstitutional measures.



 
 
Mary S... (St louis, MO)     H: 071 S: 24 Supports
 
 
William B... (Saint Peters, MO)     H: 107 S: 02 Supports
For the Citizens of Missouri and the people of America it is of extremely urgency that the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution be preserved as originally written. Do not allow it's foundation to ever be fractured and weaken. If it requires us to take up arms we will do so. SIC VIS PACE M PARA BELLUM. 
 
Robert M... (Marthasville, Mo)     H: S: Supports
We must be assured our representatives in Congress will protect our right to keep and bear arms. It is our God given right to protect ourselves and our loved ones. Do not allow any infringement to the Second Amendment to the Constitution!!! The Constitution must be upheld, it is the only thing keeping this great country from falling into the Communist, Socialist abyss!!
Don't tread on me!! 
 
Mark M... (Raytown, Mo)     H: 028 S: 09 Supports
Ladies and Gentlemen

It seems that selfishness , banking greed and self interest from washington dc has separated and isolated Americans from what was once known as humanity. This sense of separateness makes people immune to what they really are and need , especially when it comes down to that small piece of paper called the CONSTITUTION of these UNITED STATES.
This form of separateness, that eminates from the wholly owned media and washington dc, has thrown our social structure completely out of balance and it is certainly clear that greater and greater needs have developed in one group while greater and greater abundance has developed in another. The majority of our Americans see total and utter imbalance from what is called the federal government and that Ladies and Gentlemen is extremely sad.
It cannot be accurately determined wether or not to the extent my testimony will lead us to new fields, but what we do know is that our Constitution has paved our way for advancement in every field throughout our country's historic process.
keep in mind the only difference between men and women of great achievement and those who remain in mediocrity is, that great men and women pay little attention to what has been done and what obstacles or apparent reasons may stand in the way and focus and devote themselves to contemplating what can or ought to be done.

In closing ask yourselves this
Are we a people to be for-ever imprisoned within the confines of limitations or are we a people who can continue the process of expansion and extension of our LIBERTIES through our CONSTITUTION of these UNITED STATES.

The best of futures

Mark Moore

 
 
Richard W... (Lees Summit, MO)     H: 034 S: 07 Supports
 
 
William S... (House Springs, Mo.)     H: 111 S: 22 Supports
This bill needs to pass in order to protect the good people of Missouri! 
 
J R... (Maryland Heights, MO)     H: 072 S: 24 Supports
The Constitution of the United States of America is being vigerously attacked with intent to schred it! The Second Amendment was to guaranttee that citizens could bear arms for what ever purpose they wished. In that day arms were needed to protect themselves from foreign governments, unfrindly natives, wild animinals and to provide food for their families. It has been said that the first step to capiture a nation is to disarm their citizens. THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE PRESENT EFFORTS TO BAN OUR ARMS TO BETTER FACILITATE A CAPTURE OF OUR GREAT AND BLESSED NATION. Please, enact legislation that will deter this action.  
 
Milton P... (Ballwin, MO)     H: 100 S: 15 Supports
In support of the proposed HB436 2nd Amendment Preservation Act, the need for which is in response the opportunistic legislative activism ensuing from a recent tragic recent event featured in our national press, my thoughts are as follows:
While a few well meaning legislators decry the mere possession of civilian arms and seek to obviate and neutralize the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution, we still have many who have thankfully mastered the SCIENCE of critical thinking.
It is hardly logical to require registration of all who possess products associated with lethality, or to make possession of such devices unlawful, given that a list of such products, in addition to firearms, must include pharmaceuticals, pillows, steak knives, hammers, axes, tire irons, rodent poisons and other items that have been used to voluntarily and involuntarily terminate human life.
As I conducted a rapid online search for common elements in homicides, including both single and multiple victims, a common thread seemed to be a link between the predator and past indications of conflicts with social and behavioral norms. While this may seem to be a fruitful avenue for investigation of the relevant factors associated with those who commit homicide, it could fall short of proving causality as well. The reason is that the fraction of persons who have a history of social or behavioral problems who also commit homicide is trivial, as in minute.
In short, neither gun access nor a psychological history appear to justify the statement that "guns and/or a history of antisocial behavior are conclusive (statistically high confidence level and small confidence interval, or high partial correlation coefficient) predictors of future homicide by the individual with either attribute.
Thus, we may be left with the possibility that many homicides and most multiple homicides are not preventable (by the present forces of around 1,200,000 million state and local LE personnel, plus over 100,000 federal LE officers) without locking EVERYONE up. Multiple homicides, in particular, appear to be "black swan" events that would remain individually unpredictable in terms of perpetrator, location and time.
Without statistically valid and causality proving data to the contrary, it seems that any legislative incursions that seek to deprive, or set the stage for depriving US citizens of the protections of our Bill of Rights are unnecessarily draconian, as well as carelessly thoughtless.
It is after going through the foregoing initial data exploration and appraisal of the "guilty until proven innocent" legislation being touted by some state and federal legislators that I hope Missouri, at least, will give careful thought to the more considered HB-436 bill that protects Missouri citizens from future possible dilutive intrusions into our US Bill of Rights.
It seems to me wholly appropriate that HB 436 states, “All federal acts, laws, orders, rules, and regulations, whether past, present, or future, which infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 23 of the Missouri Constitution shall be invalid in this state, shall not be recognized by this state, are specifically rejected by this state, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in this state. Such federal acts, laws, orders, rules, and regulations include, but are not limited to: (a) The provisions of the federal Gun Control Act of 1934; (b) The provisions of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968; (c) Any tax, levy, fee, or stamp imposed on firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition not common to all other goods and services which could have a chilling effect on the purchase or ownership of those items by law-abiding citizens; (d) Any registering or tracking of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition which could have a chilling effect on the purchase or ownership of those items by law-abiding citizens; (e) Any registering or tracking of the owners of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition which could have a chilling effect on the purchase or ownership of those items by law-abiding citizens; (f) Any act forbidding the possession, ownership, or use or transfer of any type of firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition by law-abiding citizens; (g) Any act ordering the confiscation of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition from law-abiding citizens.”
Passage of HB-436 by the Missouri House would make clear the intent of our legislators to stand up for the inalienable rights of US citizens and the thoughtful, well reasoned and protective logic behind our US Bill of Rights.  
 
Rebecca N... (Florissant, MO)     H: 074 S: 13 Supports
 
 
Kent P... (Warrenton, MO)     H: 042 S: 10 Supports
I demand that the Missouri legislature pass HB-436 to protect Missouri citizens from the federal government's constant overreach...especially in respect to gun control. 
 
Beth J... (Catawissa, MO)     H: 119 S: 26 Supports
We, the people, have the right to bear arms, to protect ourselves and our families. The federal government needs to stay out of our state and our rights. It is up to the individual states to protects its citizens rights as guaranteed by the second ammendment and the Missouri constitution. Leave us alone!!! 
 
Joseph D... (Weldon Spring, Mo)     H: 102 S: 23 Supports
I am a 68 year old law-abiding taxpayer who has never taken a welfare payment or been convicted of anything more serious than a traffic ticket. I am a firearm owner and heard myself villified and lumped together with the crazies that have done the shootings in Az, Co, and Ct, as well as the street thugs and gang bangers that infest certain of our neighborhoods. You cannot imagine how insulting this garbage is!

As for Mr. Lanza, exactly what law do you think a guy that starts out his day by shooting his mother in the head 4 times is going to respect?

We now live in a society where the following conditions exist:
A bankrupt government has continually destroyed the wealth of it's citizens via incompetent fiscal policy

The Dept of Homeland Security has purchased 1.7 billion rounds of ammo, 30,000 AR-15'a, and 2710 street
tanks (to protect us from what?).

We have an idiot Congress led by idiot President and VP who don't have the slightest idea what their talking
about when it comes to firearms. They just want to make sure that when they steal whatever wealth is left
there will be no opposition.

The so-called "99%" who carry little or none of the load tell the 20% they are not paying their "fair share".

We have groups of people in this country who demand to be "tolerated" but absolutely refuse to tolerate any
other person or group who is different.

I absolutely will not allow the Federal Goverrnment to define my human right to defend me and mine.
 
 
Frank D... (Salem, MO)     H: S: Supports
I am a firm believer in the 2nd amendment and it is the only thing required to carry a gun anytime and anyplace. It is my God-given right to protect myself and my family from those who would do them harm - including the government. As a 30-year military veteran, I swore allegiance to the Constitution and not the government. Missouri needs to enact laws that prevent the recording, exchanging, or transfer of any data to the federal government concerning the purchase and keeping of weapons and ammunition. Background checks, required training, CCW permits, and other "required" information is not in the 2nd amendment and should not even be part of the ability of Missouri citizens to purchase and carry a gun.
I do not need to register my other rights so why shoud I have to register the 2nd amendment? Missouri should be open carry any time and any place. 
 
Charles M... (Kingsville, MO)     H: S: Supports
I wish to support any and all. legislation to maintain our 2nd amendment. Please do everything possible to stop further encroachment of the federal government on our rights. I support Missouri in its pursuit to use the tenth amendment to insure the continuing freedom of our people within our state. I am very concerned about the privacy violations also. 
 
Monnie S... (Anderson, MO)     H: S: Supports
Written testimony, I am unable to appear in person:

As a Missouri citizen I depend upon you, my representatives, to enforce, not merely uphold, but to enforce the Constitution of these United States. Our national officials have blatantly overstepped the authority granted to them by the States and by the People. This bill is just one area where you can act in a positive manner to fulfill your oath to uphold the Constitutions of these United States and of Missouri in a manner that safeguards the citizens you have been elected to represent. 
 
Anna V... (Sikeston, Mo)     H: 148 S: 27 Supports
It should not be necessary to preserve a right which has already been recognized as ours. However, because the Federal government seems bent on disarming us, it seems we must legislate within the separate states to have a state law which will render unlawful any action by the Federal government to take our arms away.

No amount of criminalizing the ownership of guns will keep guns out of the hands of someone who is:determined to kill.

Disarming law abiding citizens will only attract crime. Look at Chicago.

This is a hunter's state. We have groups of young concerned citizen's waking up to what is happening. They are groups of Democrats And Republicans mixed with Libertarians and Independents. Some of them are completely apolitical but they see the great harm in this business of disarmament. They may not have voted in past elections but I assure you they will follow the voting on this issue very closely.
 
 
Nancy D... (Salem, MO)     H: 143 S: 16 Supports
The 2nd amendment exists to protect us from evil people. Even though I may never carry a gun, it is my right to do so in order to protect my children if need be. 
 
Cletus S... (O'Fallon, MO)     H: 108 S: 02 Supports
I want this bill to pass overwhelmingly. DO NOT LET THE LIBERALS TAKE AWAY OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.  
 
Darron F... (Eureka, Mo)     H: 111 S: 22 Supports
I support hb -437
The federal gov needs to
Leave us b we are a sovren state we don't
Need a nanny  
 
Cisse S... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 019 S: 09 Supports
The second amendment and the tenth amendment are the bulwarks against federal tyranny. If you represent the people of Missouri, you will work to protect us from tyranny using the means available, as specified in the US Constitution. 
 
Daniel N... (Nixa, MO)     H: 139 S: 20 Supports
 
 
Elizabeth M... (Glendale, Mo)     H: 090 S: 15 Supports
I am concerned that our State rights are being usurped by the Federal government. In the light of all the recent reaction to gun violence, rather than enforcing laws already on the books or examining the root of these problems, they are instead enacting laws that infringe on our 2nd Amendment rights guaranteed by the Constitution. I strongly support HB 436 to preserve our 2nd Amendment and our liberty.  
 
Kathleen R... (Florissant, MO)     H: 069 S: 13 Supports
 
 
Marcus R... (Florissant, MO)     H: 069 S: 13 Supports
 
 
Rodney H... (Eolia, MO)     H: 040 S: 10 Supports
When I was in Junior High School I was required to take a class in Government. One part of the class was a study of the Declaration of Independence, The Preamble of the Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and The United States Constitution. There was a comprehensive test. To advance to the next grade I was require to pass a comprehensive test on the above subjects regardless of other test results in the class and test results of other classes.

When I graduated from High School I took an oath to defend the Constitution of America from enemies foreign and domestic. I put my life on the line for the Constitution, the American People, and our Rights and Liberties.

I regret that I did not pursue an elected position in state or federal government when I left my military service. I like many others did not realize there were actually domestic enemies of the U.S. Constitution in elected positions in state and federal government positions. For quite a long time I have felt that my military service risking my life to defend The People of the United States of America and defend Our Constitution was wasted. Every Right in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution have been reduced and the trend continues.

I expect the elected Missouri representatives to uphold and defend our rights as stated in the oath when sworn into office. The oath includes defending against the infringement of Missourians’ rights by the Federal Government. HB436 must be passed to protect the second amendment and Bill of Rights for all Missourians. Personal feelings and political and special interest pressure and opinions are not allowed in defense of the Bill of Rights, The U.S Constitution, and The Missouri Constitution. It is our God given right to keep and bear arms, regardless an individual chooses to do so, without infringement on that right to protect my family, relatives, and friends. 
 
Krista S... (Union, Mo )     H: S: Supports
I want you to support HB 436! Stop funding to the DOR until they stop this nonsense of sharing my private information. I want my constitutional rights protected and I vote for those who do the same! 
 
Steven B... (Rolla, MO)     H: 121 S: 16 Supports
I strongly support this bill HB 436. Where as the Federal Government is infringing on our rights from every angle possible it is more necessary than ever in the last 100 years that the State of Missouri and the citizens of the State of Missouri not give up the rights given to them by the Creator. By giving up those rights the militia will be essentially disarmed and rendered useless (militia as defined by The Militia Acts of 1792 every able bodied free male between the ages of 18 and 45). Where as I dread the day that our nation ever be divided as it was once before or State have to raise hand against State or State against Federal Government. No nation or human on earth is exempt of disasters or grave error in government. The Second amendment has absolutely nothing to do with hunting or shooting clay pidgins. It has everything to do with the States being able to defend themselves from any threat foreign or domestic.

I once again state my strong support for this bill.

Steveb L. Brown
Rolla Missouri 
 
William H... (Boonville, MO)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
MO

I support the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution. I support the Constitution of the State of Missouri.
I support any action taken by the State of Missouri to defend my support. 
 
Barnabas R... (Salem, MO)     H: 143 S: 16 Supports
I am completely for this bill, since it closes the issue of the federal government interfering with individual rights in the area of the second amendment, and leaves the decision to the local and state government(s).

I wish to thank Rep. Funderburk for sponsoring this bill and the co-sponsors. 
 
Martin O... (Lees Summit, MO)     H: 034 S: 08 Supports
 
 
SUSAN H... (ST. LOUIS, MO)     H: 088 S: 24 Supports
Our second amendment rights should not be compromised. I am strongly in favor of HB 436. If we cannot count on the federal government to protect our constitutional rights, then Missouri must do so. I find it very frightening that our federal govt is trying to control and TRACK gun owners. This will lead to confiscation of weapons. Once a government takes the people's ability to protect themselves, coupled with control of health care, the people can be controlled and become vulnerable subjects. Missouri must stand strong in support and protection of our constitutional rights. 
 
James H... (Independence, MO)     H: 020 S: 11 Supports
I am totally for then Second Amendment Preservation Act which rejects all federal acts that infringe on a Missouri citizens' rights under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. 
 
Barbara H... (Independence, Mo)     H: 020 S: 11 Supports
Second Amendment Preservation Act which rejects all federal acts that infringe on a Missouri citizens' rights under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution 
 
Margie G... (Gray Summit, MO)     H: 109 S: 26 Supports

There should be no need to even have to go through this rigamarole. We are guaranteed the right to own guns, and protect ourselves by our 2nd amendment, which is based on God's Word. It is a God-given right. It cannot be taken away from a law abiding citizen of this country. To try
to do so violates that right. Anyone who has sworn to uphold the Constitution should have that memorized and be willing to defend any citizen's right. It is time for common sense to come to the surface and deal with problems that are tearing this country apart. This isn't one of them. This is a manufactured problem to take our eyes off the real crisis - terrorism on the inside of our government that wants to destroy America. A well-organized militia is going to be needed. 
 
Grant W... (Dixon, MO)     H: S: Supports
I want you to support this bill and get it sent to the governor's desk for a signature. I'm counting on you to defend my liberty. 
 
steven c... (granby, mo)     H: 160 S: 32 Supports
I do not want the federal government to infringe upon my rights as a US citizen that fought for my country. I have done no wrong and broke no laws. I took an OATH to obey the constitution AS it was written. I feel that our government need to honor that oath too AS it was written. As a nation we honor the constitution just like the flag it represents who we are AMERICA. If you pick apart this then what is to stop you from picking the rest apart. You who sit up on your throne must always remember that YOU work for US not the other way around. YOU can be voted out or just removed from office. If a normal person holding a job(which is just what your doing) does NOT preform the functions of the job they are let go. Well your NOT safe there as much as you think you are. Choose wisely your choice, the NEXT election is always just around the corner. 
 
Paul H... (maysville, mo)     H: S: Supports
I support HB 436. It is time that Missouri take a stand to the ever encroaching Federal govt. our rights are being eroded. our income is being confiscated and squandered. we must draw a line in the sand. HB436 draws a clear line that the 2nd amendment gives the federal govt no jurisdiction over regulating arms. I ask you to pass HB436 to reinforce to the federal govt that in Missouri we will not stand by passively if the federal govt acts beyond their constitutional authority 
 
Randall R... (Warrenton, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Raymond P... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 019 S: 09 Supports
It is the duty of the Legislature of the State of Missouri to protect the God given rights of the Citizens of Missouri that have been enumerated in the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of Missouri. I take this moment to remind each of you that if you do not do your duty you will answer to Almighty God and the People. Each member of the Legislature who defies the will of the People on this issue will see me work tirelessly to see you removed from office. So help me God. Raymond E Payton, Jr. 
 
Douglas H... (Cuba, MO)     H: 120 S: 16 Supports
Please do EVERYTHING possible to defend all of our 2nd amendment rights! By this I mean NO limits on number of rounds per magazine or so called assault rifles! What the present Federal administration is proposing is not about guns, it's just about CONTROL! 
 
Chad F... (Liberty, MO )     H: S: Supports
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter.



That applies to ALL such regulation.



We must demand from our legislators no less than the strongest, most principled stand they can take to defend our right to keep and bear arms!



Rep. Doug Funderburk and Sen. Brian Nieves' "Second Amendment Preservation Act" is the strongest and most principled protection of the right to keep and bear arms in the nation!.



Notice that it utilizes the words of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to explain Missouri's authority to nullify unconstitutional federal edicts within her borders. Including this language is essential to the success of the bill.
 
 
Doyle S... (Ferguson, Mo)     H: 073 S: 14 Supports
 
 
Thomas S... (Curryville, MO)     H: 040 S: 18 Supports
I submit the following as a citizen of the State of Missouri, a working man and small business owner, holder of a fimily farm, a father of ten (10) children from the same woman, my wife, as a minister of the gospel pastoring a small church in rural Pike County, and as a former member of the United States Army Reserve (1987-1995). To Wit: I whole-heartedly endorse this bill (HB 436) as a reflecton of my firm belief. A government which does not trust the citizenry who elected it is not to be trusted. This bill is about trust. We as citizens have elected representatives who we are trusting to uphold our best interests. My interest is freedom to work, live, worship, own property and raise a family according to the dictates of my conscience in submission to the Supreme Law of the Almighty. I am willing to bear arms in defense of my country, my state, my family, myself, and my personal and real property. I am hoping that as this bill is considered, the same trust that I have extended to my representatives, that I helped place in office, will be extended to me. The right to keep and bear arms is not granted to me by legislation, it exists by the laws of nature. I would like to thank the author and sponsor(s) of this bill as one which serves the interests of decent and normal thinking people. 
 
Eldon W... (Edgar Springs, MO)     H: 142 S: 16 Supports
 
 
Ronald N... (Salem, Mo)     H: 143 S: 16 Supports
Recent events in Washington, DC have made it obvious that our 2d Amendment rights to keep and bear Arms are under serious assault. Historically, the 2d Amendment has been under assault since the early 1900 placing an ever increasing burden on gun owners and the right to purchase, own, transfer, use, and carry arms without government infringement. It is the sovereign right of citizens to keep and bare arms as they deem appropriate without interference by agents of the government.

I would ask that the following comments made by our founding father's, concerning the People's right to keep and bare arms be entered into the record:

•"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials."
— George Mason, in Debates in Virginia Convention on Ratification of the Constitution, Elliot, Vol. 3, June 16, 1788

•"Whereas civil-rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as military forces, which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow citizens, the people are confirmed by the article in their right to keep and bear their private arms."
-- Tench Coxe, in Remarks on the First Part of the Amendments to the Federal Constitution

•"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed."
-- Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers at 184-188

•If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government, and which against the usurpations of the national rulers may be exerted with infinitely better prospect of success than against those of the rulers of an individual State. In a single State, if the persons entrusted with supreme power become usurpers, the different parcels, subdivisions, or districts of which it consists, having no distinct government in each, can take no regular measures for defense. The citizens must rush tumultuously to arms, without concert, without system, without resource; except in their courage and despair.
-- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 28

•"That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms ... "
-- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at 86-87 (Pierce & Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)

•"[The Constitution preserves] the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation...(where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
--James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 46

• "To suppose arms in the hands of citizens, to be used at individual discretion, except in private self-defense, or by partial orders of towns, countries or districts of a state, is to demolish every constitution, and lay the laws prostrate, so that liberty can be enjoyed by no man; it is a dissolution of the government. The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws."
--John Adams, A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States 475 (1787-1788)

•"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive."
--Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution (Philadelphia 1787).

•"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American...[T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people."
--Tenche Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.

•"Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them; nor does it follow from this, that all promiscuously must go into actual service on every occasion. The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle; and when we see many men disposed to practice upon it, whenever they can prevail, no wonder true republicans are for carefully guarding against it."
--Richard Henry Lee, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.

•"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms."
-- Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 1787. ME 6:373, Papers 12:356

•"No Free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Proposal Virginia Constitution, 1 T. Jefferson Papers, 334,[C.J. Boyd, Ed., 1950]

•"The right of the people to keep and bear ... arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country ..."
-- James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434, June 8, 1789

•"What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty .... Whenever Governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins."
-- Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, spoken during floor debate over the Second Amendment, I Annals of Congress at 750, August 17, 1789

•" ... to disarm the people - that was the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
-- George Mason, 3 Elliot, Debates at 380

•" ... but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in discipline and use of arms, who stand ready to defend their rights ..."
-- Alexander Hamilton speaking of standing armies in Federalist 29

•"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?"
-- Patrick Henry, 3 J. Elliot, Debates in the Several State Conventions 45, 2d ed. Philadelphia, 1836

•"The great object is, that every man be armed ... Every one who is able may have a gun."
-- Patrick Henry, Elliot, p.3:386

•"O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could defend yourselves, are gone ..."
-- Patrick Henry, Elliot p. 3:50-53, in Virginia Ratifying Convention demanding a guarantee of the right to bear arms

•"The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them."
-- Zacharia Johnson, delegate to Virginia Ratifying Convention, Elliot, 3:645-6

•"Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms ... The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard, against the tyranny which now appears remote in America but which historically has proven to be always possible."
-- Hubert H. Humphrey, Senator, Vice President, 22 October 1959

•"The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by rulers. The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of the republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally ... enable the people to resist and triumph over them."
-- Joseph Story, Supreme Court Justice, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, p. 3:746-7, 1833

•" ... most attractive to Americans, the possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave, it being the ultimate means by which freedom was to be preserved."
-- James Burgh, 18th century English Libertarian writer, Shalhope, The Ideological Origins of the Second Amendment, p.604

•"The right [to bear arms] is general. It may be supposed from the phraseology of this provision that the right to keep and bear arms was only guaranteed to the militia; but this would be an interpretation not warranted by the intent. The militia, as has been explained elsewhere, consists of those persons who, under the laws, are liable to the performance of military duty, and are officered and enrolled for service when called upon.... [I]f the right were limited to those enrolled, the purpose of the guarantee might be defeated altogether by the action or the neglect to act of the government it was meant to hold in check. The meaning of the provision undoubtedly is, that the people, from whom the militia must be taken, shall have the right to keep and bear arms, and they need no permission or regulation of law for the purpose. But this enables the government to have a well regulated militia; for to bear arms implies something more than mere keeping; it implies the learning to handle and use them in a way that makes those who keep them ready for their efficient use; in other words, it implies the right to meet for voluntary discipline in arms, observing in so doing the laws of public order."
-- Thomas M. Cooley, General Principles of Constitutional Law, Third Edition [1898]

•"And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress ... to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.... "
--Samuel Adams

Please take the necessary steps to Amend the Missouri Constitution to ensure the citizens of Missouri may retain their 2d Amendment rights without infringement by the government. It may also be prudent to pass a Missouri Statute making it a criminal offense for any Local, State or Federal agent, officer, or any other official to enforce any law that would deny Missouri Citizens their right to keep and bear arms... pending the passage of an Amendment to the Constitution. 
 
John G... (Independence, MO)     H: S: Supports
Please protect our second ammendment. It is tto protect against the tyranny of big government and we have that in spades. 
 
Andrea W... (Kimberling City, MO)     H: 138 S: 29 Supports
All I have to say is: LEAVE THE 2ND AMENDMENT ALONE. The government and espectially the Federal Government needs to leave stuff along in the Constitution. Especially B. Hussein needs to get his nose out of our business. He doesn't know what he is doing and he definitely needs to be kicked out of office. 
 
Mark T... (APO, AE)     H: S: Supports
I expect my Rep and Senator to support HB 436 & SB325 -- the bills that totally forbids the enforcement of federal gun control in Missouri. From Rolla area, Please safeguard our 2nd Amendmant rights. This attack on the good folks of the state and the country is so disappointing. Lets fight crime; the behavior not the tools.  
 
Michael T... (Saint louis, MO)     H: 083 S: 04 Supports
 
 
Diane S... (New Bloomfield, Mo.)     H: 049 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Patrick B... (Overland, Mo)     H: 072 S: 24 Supports
 
Jeff L... (Bonne Terre, MO)     H: 115 S: 03 Supports
The "facts" about gun confiscation have been in for many years. Every tyrant in the past 100 years has made it a priority to "eliminate" the ideas and public voices of those with opposing political beliefs, and then.... the KILLING begins, or should I say SLAUGHTER. Only a deviant, egocentric control freak would take guns away from it's law abiding citizens, unless it wants "subjects" instead. PLEASE.... for the love of God and freedom, vote for your honest, God fearing citizens.... After all, you took an oath to protect them and act on their behalf, right? 
 
Ralph L... (Edgar Springs, MO)     H: 142 S: 16 Supports
 
 
Charles T... (Bloomfield, Mo)     H: 151 S: 25 Supports
Please guard our 2nd amendment rights, I can't believe as a nation, we are at this point. Our founding father and history tell us that this 2nd amendment, should always be true.

Thanks for all youall do
Charles Trout 
 
mike p... (humansville, mo)     H: S: Supports
I demand from legislators no less than the strongest, most principled stand they can take to defend my right to keep and bear arms! 
 
Carlila S... (Springfield , Mo )     H: 131 S: 30 Supports
I would like for The government to quit making Gun Laws and to Quit trying to take them away like they have in England. The people there are defenseless to their own Government, The Constitution Guarantees us the right to be armed for our safety. Why does the government not understand what the Constitution SayTo NOT INFRINGE UPON OUR RIGHTS. AS GEORGE WASHINGTON SAID: " A FREE PEOPLE OUGHT NOT ONLY BE ARMED AND DISAPLINED. BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO MAINTAIN A STATUS
OF INDEPENDENCE FROM ANY WHO MIGHT ATTEMPT TO ABUSE THEM. WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THEIR
OWN GOVERNEMENT'."

TOO MANY LAWS ARE BEING MADE TO INFRIGE UPON OUR RIGHTS PLEASE MAKE SURE TO KEEP WE THE PEOPLE SAFE FOR OUR LIBERTY AND FREEDOM. IHAVE SEEN TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT GET KILLED CAUSE THE GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO LET THEM BUY A GUN AND BE KILLED WITH KNIVES AND OR GUNS!! JUST CAUSE THEY WERE UNARMED AND NOT ABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM HARM. IT IS SAD THAT THIS HAPPENS CAUSE THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES THEY ARE PROTECTING THEM YET THEY DIDN'T. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY AND THE LOVE OF AMERICA AND OUR FREEDOM AND AN AMERICAN WHOM HAS SEEN TOO MUCH!!

SIGNED CARLILA M SHERMAN
UNDER ONE GOD
 
 
Rebecca E... (Lamar, MO)     H: 127 S: 31 Supports
 
 
David R... (Wildwood, Mo)     H: 110 S: 26 Supports
I am a gun owner and see this as an American right,, which must be left inviolate 
 
John B... (saint ann, mo)     H: 073 S: 24 Supports
Our constitution states that all of our rights are GOD given. It seems silly to me that we have to pass legislation to reinforce that fact.But in a crazy world it would seem that any extra measure we can take to make our second amendment more concrete is one that I can absolutely support. 
 
Nathan I... (St Louis, MO)     H: 087 S: 14 Supports
Gun control by the government makes society weaker. "An armed society is a polite society." The right to bear arms is the 2nd amendment in the bill of rights, not the last one. Obviously, our founders thought this was important! We should recognize this and not be too hasty to change it as there would be some unintended consequences. Thank you. Nathan 
 
Jose S... (Pacific, MO)     H: 110 S: 26 Supports
I support this bill and am asking that all in committee through which this bill must go will also support this bill. The 2nd Amendment must be preserved in order to keep government from attempting to reach further into the jurisdiction of the people and state and local government.  
 
Robert B... (St Louis, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Judy F... (Bolckow, MO)     H: 009 S: 12 Supports
I want you to support the second amendment and I want Missouri law makers to pass legislation that will protect our 2nd amendment rights.



Our rights may come from God, but it is up to you and me to stop the government from
taking away our rights.

 
 
Denton R... (O Fallon, MO)     H: 064 S: 02 Supports
 
 
Bill B... (Garrison, Mo.)     H: S: Supports
I am a supporter of our second ammendment and do not believe it should be infringed upon.I would like to stress upon our law makers to protect that right by passing this bill. 
 
Ernest H... (Laquey, mo)     H: 123 S: 28 Supports
I object to the Missouri Department of Revenue New sharing my CCW information with the Federal government/ Department of Homeland Security. The Federal Government nor the State of Missouri does not need or should know it I own a weapon, this is just the start of gun registration. "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."  
 
AARON E... (COLUMBIA, MO)     H: 047 S: 19 Supports
I DO SUPPORT THIS BILL AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT IT AS WELL. THE SECOND AMMENDMENT HAS BEEN AROUND THIS LONG AND WE HAVE HAD RELATIVE PEACE WITH IT AND SECURITY, NOW MORE THAN EVER I FEAR MY GOVERNMENT AND SENSE THAT IT DOES NOT SUPPORT ME OR NOR DOES IT WORK FOR ME, BUT IN ITS OWN INTEREST, PLEASE HEAR OUR THOUGHTS AND SUPPORT US, THE PEOPLE, PROTECT US FROM AN OVERREACHING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. DEFEND US FROM AN OVERREACHING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SUPPORT THIS BILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 
John F... (Bolckow, MO)     H: 009 S: 12 Supports
I want you to support the second amendment and I want Missouri law makers to pass legislation that will protect our 2nd amendment rights.

Our rights may come from God, but it is up to you and me to stop the government from
taking away our rights.

 
 
marrilla c... (kansas city , mo)     H: 017 S: 17 Supports
WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE A GUN. OBAMA JUST WANT'S TO TAKE THEM AWAY FROM US. HE THINK'S HE KING. 
 
Edward H... (Creve Coeur, Mo)     H: 088 S: 24 Supports
 
 
Dale E... (Blue Springs, MO)     H: 031 S: 08 Supports
In support of HB 436 Second Amendment Right , Unlike most of the politicians I remember The Oath that I took
when I enter Service back in 1964 was to Support ,and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. It appears that we have a lot of Domestic Terrorist in our Governments both Local, State, and Federal.
They are focus on Fire Arms control when the real problem is Mental Health.  
 
Dale G... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 015 S: 17 Supports
 
 
Bonnie F... (Columbia, MO)     H: 046 S: 19 Supports
I support the second amendment and you want Missouri law makers to pass legislation that will protect our 2nd amendment rights.

Our rights may come from God, but it is up to you and me to stop the government from
taking away our rights. 
 
Anita M... (Dixon, MO)     H: 062 S: 06 Supports
 
 
Michael T... (St.Peters, mo)     H: 105 S: 23 Supports
 
 
Glenn G... (Springfield, MO)     H: 135 S: 30 Supports
I believe Rep. Doug Funderburk and and Sen. Brian Nieves' HB 436 is one of the strongest protections of the right to keep and bear arms in the nation. It establishes the Second Amendment Preservation Act which rejects all federal acts that infringe on a Missouri citizens' rights under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. The U.S. Constitution in the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People. The regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. The Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution take precedence over any federal actions or law. And state laws trump federal laws as shown in the 10th Amendment. I am very much in favor of HB 436. 
 
David B... (Williamstown, Mo)     H: S: Supports
2nd Amendment is the only one that it specifically says We the People will have full access at all times to any and all arms. This is a no brainer. Without infringement. What part is so hard to understand? Our Founding father's made it plain this was not to be tampered with. It doesn't read "collective bargaining without infringement".
Stay focused and this will be an argument that can never return. Then We will be able to move on and address the cause's of the problem. Back to the Basics. Quit growing our government and get it and the misled, used marchers/occupiers out of our way. 
 
Kell W... (Pacific, Mo)     H: S: Supports
I categorically and completely support HB436. I applaud the ones effecting it.  
 
Jeremy H... (Ste Genevieve, Mo)     H: 116 S: 03 Supports
 
 
Eric A... (Foristell, MO)     H: 063 S: 02 Supports
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter.

In the face of the political climate in Washington DC, as well as other states currently seeing to revoke citizen's constitutional rights, I strongly support the passage of legislation such as HB 436 which reaffirms the right of Missouri citizens to keep and bear arms. 
 
Nancy W... (Kansas City, MO)     H: S: Supports
Support this bill. Our State is our last protection from an ever encroaching Federal Government that seeks to take away our most basic rights.

Nancy Kraus Womack 
 
Charles K... (Harrisonville, MO)     H: 033 S: 31 Supports
 
 
Robyn H... (Saint Louis County, MO)     H: 067 S: 13 Supports
We have allowed the Federal Government to overstep our compact with them and it MUST stop. When our State joined the Union it was predicated on the Constitution of the U.S. of A. and the Bill of Rights. To continue to allow them to change the terms or our agreement is a crime. While some who are against the Second Amendment like to spout that it does not apply to the personal defense weapons of today as it doesn't mention them by name I would like to remind them that the First Amendment doesn't mention the internet or television either. The rights granted to us by our creator are NOT negotiable. 
 
Lucille L... (Winston, MO)     H: 002 S: 12 Supports
We need our state to recognize its responsibility and authority to stand up for our constitutional rights, even against encroachment by the federal government. The right to keep and bear arms is among the foremost of these rights.
Thank you. 
 
WILLHITE W... (PLEASANT HILL, MO)     H: S: Supports
Make all efforts to support the Second Amendment of our Constitution. 
 
Terry P... (MAYSVILLE, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Robert S... (Higginsville, MO)     H: S: Supports
I urge you to support H B 436 the 2nd Amendment Preservation ACt... at this time in our country's history, we now need to reafrirm once again that our government is a constitutional form of government and the constitution must be followed... any attempt to not do so should be considered treason and those commiting the treasonas act should be treated accorddingly....  
 
Carl H... (Eldon, MO)     H: 124 S: 06 Supports
Please support full Second Amendment Rights  
 
Wendy C... (Marionville, MO)     H: 157 S: 29 Supports
I will not stand for my second ammendment right to be taken away from me. The founding fathers of this country gave it to us because it is a need that the american people need. We have the right to protect what is ours from harm or death from others that are trying to hurt us. I have lived with guns in the family my hole life. I was taught the correct and proper way to take care of and Handle by a former millitary man my father. I use them to hunt a way to help feed my family. I CAN NOT believe that someone wants to change that right I have had and should always have. Taking my right to guns WILL NOT STOP SOMEONE FROM GETTING AN ILLIGAL ONE. 
 
Ron and Mart S... (Paris, Mo)     H: 040 S: 10 Supports
We believe in the 2nd amendment as put forth by our founding fathers. We want to retain our freedom to bear arms. 
 
John B... (WEBSTER GROVES, MO)     H: 091 S: 01 Supports
 
 
Richard S... (Saint Joseph, MO)     H: 010 S: 34 Supports
 
 
Ellis C... (St. Joseph, MO)     H: 010 S: 34 Supports
I am against any infringement on the freedom to bear arms as described on our great constitution. I it just such a shame that our government is considering anything to weaken the amendment that insures and guarantees all of the rights and all the amendments therein.  
 
Delmmar M... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 014 S: 34 Supports
Please support our second amendment rights. 
 
Scott M... (Saint Peters, MO)     H: 107 S: 02 Supports
I am in support of House Bill 436 in protection of our Second Amendment rights to bear arms and all the people of the United States to have the God given right to protect themselves with firearms. I believe that state has the right to reject the Federal Mandates as stipulated in our Tenth Amendment of the Constitution.

I am asking that the members of the Missouri House of Representatives to vote in favor of HB 436 to protect it's states citizens from our Federal government. 
 
Jeannetta R... (Buffalo, Mo)     H: 129 S: 28 Supports
I am proud that you are standing up for the people of Missouri, and the constitution of these United Ststes of America. Thank You 
 
Kennetjh F... (Mercer, Mo)     H: 003 S: 12 Supports
protect the second ammendment  
 
Ralph C... (Lake St, Louis, MO.)     H: 108 S: 02 Supports
I hope Missiouri stands strong against this effort to take away our 2nd Amendment. Don't let the Federal Govt. attempt to add more controls to Missiouri residents. We would like to remain free and in control of our daily lives!

Thank You for considering my concerns! 
 
Terry B... (Jefferson City, MO)     H: 060 S: 06 Supports
 
 
Eldon M... (Bolivar, Mo.)     H: 128 S: 28 Supports
 
 
ROBERT L... (CHILLICOTHE, MO)     H: 007 S: 21 Supports
The 2nd amendment rights to all citizens should never be denied for any reason.
This is a constitutional right that prevents the rise of tyrannical power in our great country.
Our forefathers knew the importance of our ability to resist an out of control government.
Guns do not kill innocent people, bad people are the culprits. They will commit their intended criminal acts no what weapons they choose.
Infringing the rights of law abiding citizens to protect life and property is something I will never condone. All those who wish a socialist type of state should look at the history books and see what happened to the countries where their right to bear arms was taken away.
There will always be a Hitler,Stalin,Mao,etc. waiting in the wings for such an opportunity to present itself.
The 2nd amendment is one of the reasons our great country is different from the rest of the world.  
 
Kenneth C... (Oak Grove, MO)     H: 033 S: 08 Supports
I would like to go on record that I support the second amendment and I want Missouri law makers to pass legislation that will protect our 2nd amendment rights.

The right to be able to protect myself and my family against the evil that exists in Missouri today should be protected at all costs. The threat of foreign invasion grows every day in this world as well as domestic terrorism. The federal government is incapable of protecting our borders with Mexico and Canada, yet they wish to limit our abilities to defend against the dangers that cross the borders illegally.

The federal government has demonstrated their inablity to enforce current firearm laws, and that people that intend to do malicious harm to others will simply not obey the laws currently on the books. It has been stated many times, laws are only effective if ALL will obey them.

I do not believe that if I am faced with someone that has an "illegal" firearm intending to do bodily harm to me or those around me, that they will stand down if I calmly remind them that they breaking the law and to go to the police station and turn themselves in.

Please do what is necessary to protect our God given and Constitutionally guarenteed rights to keep and bear arms. 
 
Walter G... (California, MO)     H: 058 S: 06 Supports
I truely believe in our 2nd amendment rights.We have to stand up and protect our constitutional right to keep and bare arms.A well armed citizenship is one reason that keeps other nations from an outright attack on the USA.The constitution is the law of our country.If some politicions don,t like it they don,t need to be in office.We the people will remember those who do not stand up for our rights come election time. 
 
Ken R... (Parkville, Mo)     H: 013 S: 34 Supports
 
 
Phillip B... (Webster State, Mo)     H: 091 S: 01 Supports
I support the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act, HB436, and As a citizen of Missouri and these United States, I pray that my rights are forever protected from the tyranny of our federal government be it the 2nd Amendment preservation and other previous approved constitutional amendments. 
 
Vicky P... (Independence, MO)     H: 020 S: 11 Supports
Please uphold our 2nd amendment rights without change. Thank you. 
 
James F... (Barnhart, MO)     H: S: Supports
The 2nd Amendment states that “…the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” The founders were very explicit in their writings to separate the rights of the people from the powers of government. If they had meant to say “…the rights of the National Guard [or the like] to keep and bear arms…”, they would have said so. The supporting documents to the constitution, make it clear that, in their wisdom, the founders intended that we the people be armed with the basic battle arms of the typical soldier of the time in which we live to be able to protect ourselves and our property and be available to protect our country should the need arise. Self defense is the most fundamental of rights. It is a natural God-given right to survival which no entity has the authority to to restrict. Attempts to restrict it by an out of control progressive national socialist federal government is blatantly unconstitutional and must be fought by every freedom loving American.  
 
James C... (Gladstone, MO)     H: 015 S: 17 Supports
The Second Amendment, as the other nine in the Bill of Rights, is sacred and is essential to preserving a free country. Criminals have always obtained weapons illeagally anyway. All gun control laws do is hinder the ability of law-abiding citizens to protect themselves  
 
Deborah W... (Pacific, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Megan C... (Dixon, MO)     H: 062 S: 06 Supports
I strongly support this bill telling the Federal Government to take a hike. Regulating the 2nd Amendment in any way is unconstitutional. 
 
Yvonne C... (Kansas City, MO.)     H: 017 S: 17 Supports
I believe in our second amendment right to bear arms and it is my desire that this right not be taken from us as a nation.
I like that Switzerland is one nation that allows and even provides their citizens with arms for protection and teaches them how to use them. They are a great example to those nations who have taken arms from them and actually have a higher crime rate. The state of Illinois has passed gun regulation and especially the city of Chicago has an extremely high crime rate above larger cities. GUN REGULATION DOES NOT WORK. Do not rob us of this right, help our State to protect ourselves from criminals. 
 
Pamela G... (Rolla, MO)     H: S: Supports
To the House Committee on General Laws: Please pass Rep. Funderburk's legislation, H.B. 436, out of committee. Then do all you can to see that it becomes law. As our elected state representatives, you stand between us and yet another attempt by the federal government to shred our Constitutional liberties, and to control every aspect of our lives. You can preserve our right to "keep and bear arms"--which is a specifically mentioned and protected right in both the U.S. and Missouri state constitutions. This right has been stripped from citizens all over the country, including in New York City, where my oldest son, a law-abiding young tax payer of 32, was robbed at gunpoint just before Thanksgiving. But for the smallest movement of one finger, he would have been a crime statistic. The criminal who robbed him knew that there would not be another weapon in the hand of anyone else, that of either my son or a bystander, with which to contend. The criminal cared nothing for the laws of the city of New York, or the borough of Brooklyn. The lawmakers in New York rendered my son completely vulnerable to the pernicious lawless element, which thrives despite their vast and very expensive law enforcement edifice. Shame on them.

My son no longer lives and works in New York City. He has taken his software consulting elsewhere.

Please do not let Missouri become more like New York. Please do your duty by the citizens of Missouri.

Thanks very much! 
 
Gerard H... (Eugene, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Robert E... (Hazelwood, MO)     H: 070 S: 14 Supports
This bill needs to be passed to protect the rights of Missourians. 
 
Thomas S... (New Bloomfield, Mo)     H: 049 S: 10 Supports
This bill is another important defense against attacks against the 2nd Amendment. All of the Bill of Rights are equally important but the Second is the one that ensures the preservation of the others.  
 
Susan G... (Wildwood, Mo)     H: 101 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Deborah F... (Blue Springs, Mo)     H: 032 S: 08 Supports
 
 
Rev. Alvin C... (St. Louis, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Linda W... (Highlandville, MO)     H: 139 S: 20 Supports
DO NOT TAKE AWAY MY 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS!!!
They are guaranteed by the constitution and should not be up for debate!
This is not about gun control, it is about government control! As our elected officials, it is your duty to represent the citizens who elected you. We expect you to hold your ground and preserve ALL of our constitutional rights.
Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it... 
 
Jerome P... (Springfield, MO)     H: 136 S: 30 Supports
It's VITAL that we protect our rights as a Sovereign State under the 10th Amendment. It's vital that we don't allow the Federal government to overstep their bounds. It's vital that they uphold the U.S. Constitution and do not infringe IN ANY WAY on our State and Individual rights to keep and bear arms and protect ourselves and our families. The 2nd Amendment has served us well since our country's inception. ANY move to weaken it, no matter how small, will be the weak spot in the armor of our 2nd Amendment and will eventually destroy it: gun registration requirements will be the first step to knowing who has what guns so they can be taken by the government; limiting the number of rounds in a magazine will be the first step to weakening an individual's ability to defend himself/herself against police or military (U.S. or foreign) who hold no regard for individual liberties but who may only be "following orders" of their superiors.

We are counting on you as our Elected Representatives to protect our liberties and to follow the Constitution.

Thank you.

Jerome Pollock
2012 E. Shady Glen
Springfield, MO 65804
417-234-5185 
 
Je H... (Lees Summit, MO)     H: S: Supports
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. To be sure, this is not just about gun control. This is about any Missouri law that doesn't please or conform to the agenda of Federal officials. Voting no on this bill is like saying we don't need state government at all.
 
 
Steven N... (Chesterfield, Mo)     H: 070 S: 26 Supports
The 2nd amendment contains the language "Shall not be Infringed" if the people want to change that they need to use Article V of the United States Constitution to Amend that language of the 2nd Amendment, or repeal the entire 2nd Amendment. 
 
RYAN W... (HIGHLANDVILLE, MO)     H: 139 S: 20 Supports
DO NOT TAKE AWAY OUR 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS!!!
THERE IS NO ACCEPTABLE REASON TO TURN LAW ABIDING CITIZENS INTO CRIMINALS. AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR THE STATE OF MISSOURI, I SWORE AN OATH TO THE CONSTITUTION, NOT A POLITICIANS' IDEA. AND IN NO WAY WILL I DIFFER FROM THAT OBLIGATION. FOR MYSELF AND ANY CITIZEN OF THE STATE MISSOURI, WILL I ENFORCE OR BE OBLIGATED TO ANYTHING THAT DIFFERS FROM THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
I STRONGLY URGE YOU, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION, NO MATTER THE COST!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME...

RYAN WALLACE
 
 
Edna K... (Hornersville, MO)     H: 150 S: 25 Supports
Please pass this bill. Thanks 
 
Jane W... (Holliday, MO)     H: 040 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Mark F... (St. Louis, MO)     H: 072 S: 24 Supports
I support my 2nd amendment rights and vote to protect them. 
 
Mike W... (Mountain View, MO)     H: S: Supports
Congratulations Honored Ladies and Gentlemen. It is time for the State of Missouri to state and officially codify its support of the principals contained in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It is your sworn duty to support HB436 and SB325 and I expect that you will not shrink from the responsibility. We stand at a crossroads, and whether we decide to uphold the founding principals of our Constitutional Republic or take the road to some unAmerican form of totalitarian government hangs in the balance. Do your duty to "Uphold and Defend the Constitution of the United States, and the State of Missouri against all enemies, foreign and domestic". VR Mike Walters 
 
Thomas E... (Frontenac, MO)     H: 088 S: 24 Supports
As retired combat veteran I'm incensed that my Country has reached such a state of Socialist, anti-Constitutional level to EVEN contemplate a restriction of the Secaond Amendment! I view this as a result of Left-Wing crap hving been taught in our schools under the banner of 'academic freedom' -- while restricting 'Conservative' thoughts -- for the last four-to-five decades! 
 
ronnie b... (independence, mo)     H: S: Supports
I support the second amendment and you want Missouri law makers to pass legislation that will protect our 2nd amendment rights.

 
 
Beverly D... (mexico, mo)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
Please protect the rights to bear arms for myself and my family. You never know when someone may decide to do you harm and I want them to be able to protect theirselves.  
 
Heather C... (St.Louis, MO)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
The Constitution is the law of the land. Any bills or laws that violate the Constitution are a direct violation of our rights. If you vote for ANYTHING that violates the US Constitution I will not be supporting you at reelection.  
 
Colin M... (Columbia, MO)     H: S: Supports
Gentlemen,

I am testifying today my support for HB 436, The Second Amendment Preservation Act of Missouri. Really this is a common sense issue. The Federal Constitution was specific in apportioning certain rights to those that were residents of any of the States that entered into that Federated Constitution. This was a perpetual contract to the people, that could only be changed by the process of Amendment. The right for a person to bear arms and the freedom of that person to protect his life, liberty and property was a tremendous concern for the newly formed States in order to ALWAYS be able to protect themselves not just from one another, but from the very government that, as Jefferson and so many others that helped create this great system of governance, Tyranny, as many will tell you, is only avoided when the sinister devices of man can be checked by a system of rules that always gives precedence to the freedoms of those being governed.

It has become overwhelmingly evident that the Federal government has for many years taken it's role in the governance of the people far beyond the limits of the construct and charge it was given. Through "case law" and the misinterpretation of the contract MIssouri had established, many Supreme Court justices through the years have allowed the compact that Missouri entered into with the other States to be subverted. This was done, as history will note, by the perpetual attempt by those that sought greater power for a centralized ruling authority. The power of the State has over time been diminished and that is why we see today so many rights of individuals being pummeled under the guise of "safety for the greater good". A misinterpretation of the "welfare clause", Something that Jefferson, if alive today, would rally hard to remove from that great document as it has been used to undermine the authority of the state.

Missouri legislators have to realize that the only way to keep the power of the Federal government in check, is to continue its sentry for the rights of the people that legally reside in its confines. We must enact this bill and rely on the authority of the State's people to secure the rights that they were afforded by the original construct of design so many years ago but good men, that sought liberty for a ruling authority so far out of the reach of the common man. Are we any different today? Most people of this State would have a hard time leaving their family, job and local responsibilities to go to Washington D.C. to protest what it thinks is right and just, never mind that those protest would be hardly acknowledged by those who sit high on their thrones and look down upon the very people it seeks to rule. However, our State representatives are ore accessible and can more easily hear the plea of the people, and can therefore more effectively govern them in a right an justified fashion.

This being said, I truly feel the right of one to protect life, liberty and property boils down to a right given to us by the construct of natural law. The fact that someone willing to do harm upon another, or a group of others, will always be present because of the nature on human action, it is a right of another human to protect themselves from those seeking the assault. In modern times, a firearm in the hands of responsible and trained citizens, is the obvious best defense against the perpetrators of our society. Even the most trained hand to hand combat expert is no match against a bullet fired form a distance. And although a zero crime rate is never attainable, it has been proven to be lessened when the aforementioned attacker is quelled in action by the very thought that the person he has targeted may indeed be armed and be able to defend themselves.

Missouri must defend the right of the people of defense as granted not only by natural law, but by the very contract that ensures that the natural law will not be subverted, which is the Constitution of the Union of States. IF those in the National government want to take that right away, then they must do it by the amendment process that is laid out in that contract with the States, and if the national government seeks to accomplish the task by any other means, it is the right of the people of this State and the DUTY of the legislators that we elect to throw off that oppressor by dissolving the initiative that the aggressor attempts to commit. You must fight for the rights of the people you represent, the natural right for the protection of ones self, ones family, ones community, and the right of all those people of life, liberty and property.

Thank you for your time.

Dr. Colin Malaker
Columbia, MO 
 
Dale H... (OFallon, MO)     H: 107 S: 02 Supports
 
 
Curtis H... (Moscow Mills, MO)     H: 064 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Gary W... (St Joseph, MO)     H: 010 S: 34 Supports
I support the second amendment and I want Missouri law makers to pass legislation that will protect our 2nd amendment rights. I believe the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. 
 
Nancy B... (Ozark, MO)     H: 140 S: 20 Supports
Please protect the rights of the people! The second amendment is in our Constitution for a reason. I am against any attempt to change any part of it. You work for the people! Please respect us! 
 
Donald F... (Camdenton, MO)     H: 124 S: 16 Supports
 
 
Patricia M... (Kansas City, Mo)     H: 025 S: 07 Supports
Please protect our second amendment rights to buy and own firearms. The police cannot always respond in time and to save people from harm. In cases of civil unrest this may be our only means of protecting our family. The criminals will always get guns and that leaves law abiding citizens extremely vulnerable. My husband and I grew up with guns and learned gun safely and handling. No one in our families have ever had problems. Education on gun safety and providing better support for the mentally ill would be more effective in solving the problem. Right now this has been made a political issue supported by the media which will only cause more harm to law abiding citizens. Please pass HB436 
 
Debra S... (Florissant, MO)     H: 068 S: 13 Supports
 
 
Barry S... (springfield, Mo)     H: 134 S: 30 Supports
I am greatly concerned with the eosion of our constitutional rights, and a government who would seek to take away those rights. Regardless of how they try to interpret the meaning of our forefathers it is simple to know their meaning without any need to interpret. Our forefathers were prolific writers of essays and papers, and have clarified and reclarified their meaning on this subject. The people have the right to be armed because it is the last means they have to ensure a government that represents them rather than rules them.
We currently have a sitting president who tries to circumvent the process of government with executive orders, which smacks of proclamations by a despot to me. He is a bully and appears to be trying to force his will upon the citizens of this nation. States rights are not even a consideration to this president. It is easy for wealthy politicians in washington to make decisions for the common man because they asre out of touch with the comman man and frankly don't seem to care how their decisions affect us. This coupled with their desire to disarm the people is most concerning.
At the time of the revolution the people were armed with the most advanced armament to be found at the time and our forefathers thought that was fine. They thought that was fine because it gave the people a level playing field with a potentially tiranical government, which they had experience with. Today some in government don't even want citizens to have a shadow of the government forces armament while it approves predator drone strikes against it's own citizens. If our federal government won't protect it's citizens the Missouri state government must take a stand to do so. We see how the federal government, and the news media skew the facts to frighten ordinary citizens into accepting gun control. It is clear now that the Sangy Hook shooter did not use a rifle in his attack but they are using that as the banner to follow for assault looking weapon gun control. Over and over the mentally ill are allowed to kill while the innocent lose their rights to protect themselves from them. I don't want to make this an issue of mental illness. but in my job I deal with this issue daily. People with a long history of suicidal,and homocidal ideation walk the streets receiving a government disability check for mental illness but still able to purchase a firearm because of the privacy of their healthcare rights. These are the people who need AFFECTIVE gun control. I deal with people who assault police, and other public safety employees then at the time they would be arrested their background check says they can't be arrested because they are to mentally ill to be cared for in the normal jail system and can't be forced to go to a hospital because of legal misbehavior. These are the problems that must be fixed at the government level to help curb gun violence and other types of violence.
Lastly I will tell my own story of being a 12 year old boy and two men coming to my house looking for a woman who did not live at our house and never had. These two strangers demanded to see the woman, but my mother told them there was nobody by that name living there and it was only our family. These two men thought she was lying to protect the woman they were looking for but it was the truth, and you can't do more than tell the truth. Finally the two men left but they said they would be back and we would be sorry if the woman was not there when they returned. We lived in a small town with no daytime law enforcement, and county wouldn't send a deputy out to watch oveer our house so we told our neighbor across the street a retired police officer and we waited. later in the day the car driven by the two men returned, they got out of their car angrily and started walking toward our house. I knew these men had threated to hurt my mother, my 7 year old sister was there and we could expect no help from the police I knew I had to do something.I got the .22 rifle we used for squirrel hunting loaded it and walked out onto the porch. I lay down on the porch using the the bottom rail to steady my aim I took aim on the very large man hoping we could fight off the smaller man. My heart was pounding with fear and just when I thought I was going to have to fire they both saw me with the rifle aimed directly at them. These two tough men immediatly turned around and started running back to their car. Just as they were reaching the car the retired officer across the street walked out of front door with his pistol strapped on. The two men jumped in their car, took of spinning tired ,throwing grass and gravel as they left. The two men never returned.These two men were not in the least afraid to attack a woman with a 7 and 12 year old child, but they were frightened away by the same people armed and prepared to defend themselves.
Please don't let anyone take away the rights of good law abiding citizens to defend themselves with the weapon of their choosing. Thank You.  
 
Dorothy C... (Avondale, Mo)     H: 018 S: 17 Supports
 
 
Thomas D... (Savannah, MO)     H: 009 S: 12 Supports
I support preserving state rights and individual rights. Therefore I support HB 436. Please note my support to safe guard the rights and liberty of states and individual citizens.  
 
Miles W... (Reeds Spring, Mo)     H: 138 S: 29 Supports
 
 
Donald M... (Kansas City, Mo)     H: 025 S: 07 Supports
I strongly support HB 436. I grew up with guns and learned gun safety and how to handle and clean guns at an early age. Responsible citizens should have the right to protect themselves. In life and death situations I want the right to protect my family's life, especially in times of civil unrest when law enforcement does not have control.
The criminals will always get guns. Laws will not stop them. Why don't we enforce the laws we have? Also, a big problem that is being swept under the rug is the problem of lack of appropriate care for the mentally ill. Taking or restricting away guns from law abiding citizens is only an ineffective treatment of a symptom of the real problem. This is why the people have lost respect for their lawmakers because they grab at solutions that are ineffective and do not begin to deal with the real cause of the problem. I urge you to pass the Second Amendment Preservation Act. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. 
 
Nell W... (Troy, MO)     H: 041 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Stephanie A... (Ozark, Mo)     H: S: Supports
Please protect our constitutional rights 
 
GORDON R... (ST. LOUIS, MO.)     H: 092 S: 01 Supports
I support HB436 which establishes the second amendment preservation act .I am against any and all infringements on
Missouri citizens rights which are established under the second amendment of he united states constitution. 
 
Robert C... (Kansas City, MO)     H: S: Supports
I stand with the 2nd Amendment and all it means to freedom within the United States. No one has higher power in the United States of America than the U.S. Constitution, except God. Please permit the people of Missouri to walk in freedom and help our State to encourage other States within this blessed country to walk in freedom as well. 
 
Richard H... (Rolla, MO)     H: 121 S: 16 Supports
 
 
June J... (Unionville, MO)     H: S: Supports
Defend our rights to BEAR ARMS, with absolutely NO expections. Give them an inch they take a MILE. You can see that now in the laws to passed to allow others a job labeling it NO Discrimination law, Now we have to have so many minorities in our workplaces -- doesn't matter whether someone else qualifies. THAT law is a discrimination against ,we the people, Obama just passed a law that says we have to hire a person with a felony, if we don't we could be sued. NOW from giving them some grace, they take everything we have. All our rghts as an employer.

STAND UP with some GUTS & STAND for our RIGHTS TO BEAR ARMS.
STAND UP in the gap for the AMERICAN PEOPLE. NO MORE giving --TAKe BACk OUR CoUNTRY. 
 
michael m... (fillmore, mo)     H: 009 S: 12 Supports
please support the preservation of the second amendment 
 
Harold W... (Manchester, MO)     H: 099 S: 15 Supports
 
 
Henry J... (Weatherby lake, MO)     H: 013 S: 34 Supports
 
 
Bruce R... (Fenton, MO)     H: 096 S: 15 Supports
As elected representatives of the citizens of the United States of America, and the Great State of Missouri, it is your DUTY, not prerogative, to uphold the Constitutions of the United States and the state of Missouri against all threats. You must take any and all actions available to you to accomplish this, even if you don't personally agree or if it seems to be unpopular with your constituents. Our Constitutions embody a great deal of wisdom and experience. They are the foundations of freedom that have made the US the greatest place to live in the history of man. It is the peril of this great nation, that you fail to do this. The US Second Amendment was not written for sportsmen or hunters. It was written to ensure all citizens have the ability to protect themselves against armed oppression by the government. It keeps the power with the people. If you allow this power to be diminished, it is only a matter of time before the rest will crumble. This matter is CRITICALLY important for the continued existence of freedom. I pray for our future. It is in your hands. 
 
Crystal M... (High Ridge, MO)     H: 112 S: 22 Supports
I support the right to be armed. What part doesn't the federal government get about shall not be infringed upon. It's time for our states to stand up and be recognized as a sovereign state and represent the people of Missouri. I will stand up against any attempt to infringe upon my God given constitutionally guaranteed rights. I will support any public servants that fight for our federal and state Constitutions. The right to bear arms was guaranteed to protect us from tyranny and an oppressive government.  
 
Richard B... (Owensville, Mo.)     H: 062 S: 06 Supports
In favor of the bill to keep the crooks in Washington out of our business. None of their regulations that they have come up with would do anything to stop the violence or outcomes it has just been a violation of our rights. 
 
JAMES J... (SAINT CHARLES, MO.)     H: 102 S: 02 Supports
ENFORCE THE LAWS YOU HAVE ON THE BOOKS ALREADY. LOOK AT HOW MANY INNOCENT LIVES ARE LOST TO ABORTION AND DRUGS. DON'T TAKE AWAY OR RIGHTS GIVEN TO US IN THE CONSTITUTION AND ALL LIVES ALREADY FALLEN TO PROTECT THOSE RIGHTS BY OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS. GET TO WORK ON BRINGING JOBS INTO THE STATE AND REDUCING STATE TAXES. STOP GIVING TAX PAYER MONEY TO THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT PROGRAMS AND THE MANY OTHER WASTEFUL PROGRAMS YOU HAVE MUSTERED UP OVER THE YEARS. WORK ON REDUCING ALL TAXES AND BALANCING THE BUDGET BY STOPPING THE BLEEDING OF TAX PAYER MONEY OUT TO THE SOCIAL PROGRAMS WHICH BUY YOUR VOTES FOR RE-ELECTION... 
 
Brian C... (Chesterfield, MO)     H: 100 S: 15 Supports
Missouri legislators should take the strongest, most principled stand they can to defend ALL natural rights. 
 
Robert S... (Affton, MO)     H: 092 S: 01 Supports
We belive in the constitution just as it is written. We already are losing our freedom of speech. We DO NOT want to lose our freedom to bear arms. We do not feel that this is going to stop crime. 
 
Debra P... (Willow Springs, MO)     H: 154 S: 33 Supports
With the federal government trying to trash the Constitution we sorely need state laws that circumvent their attempts at squashing our rights as Americans. I sincerely hope that you do the right thing and not only pass this bill but make sure we have a way to enforce it if need be. 
 
Russel J... (Edgerton, MO.)     H: S: Supports
It is with regret that I find it *necessary* to speak in defense of one of our most sacred of rights; The 2nd Amendment!

This amendment added to our Bill of Rights so as to protect each of the other amendments in the document. The first move of the tyrant is to remove the right of the people to say no to the tyrant with the use of force if necessary. This was known by our founding fathers and added in the second place to protect each of the other of our first laws.” The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED."
 
 
Karen S... (Jonesburg, Mo)     H: S: Supports
I support HB436  
 
David S... (St. louis, MO)     H: 082 S: 04 Supports
Please do nothing to prevent law abiding citizens to purchase, own, and legally carry firearms.
The right to bear arms is a right that needs to be upheld.
Please spend your efforts in improving mental health programs and limiting violent video games.
 
 
Michael S... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 027 S: 09 Supports
I support the second amendment and I want Missouri law makers to pass legislation that will protect our 2nd amendment rights.
 
 
Daniel W... (Columbia, Mo)     H: 045 S: 19 Supports
Please support this bill. This is a states right issue. The federal gov is overreaching in many areas. It is time we stand up for our personal freedoms.  
 
Dorotheé S... (kansas city, mo)     H: 027 S: 09 Supports
I support the second amendment and I want Missouri law makers to pass legislation that will protect our 2nd amendment rights.



 
 
Rowena Y... (Bevier, MO)     H: 006 S: 18 Supports
A federal data base for everyone's birth certificates, social security #'s, current address, gun owners (per CCW permits) is a BAD IDEA. This is against Mo state law and needs to be stopped. Please stop DOR from installing these machines and scanning our personal information to Atlanta, GA for a central print.  
 
Ruth A... (Ravenwood, MO)     H: 001 S: 12 Supports
I encourage you to do what is needed to preserve our 2nd Amendment rights.  
 
Walter M... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 013 S: 34 Supports
Remember the Second amamendment to the constitution is about Arms not about hunting.
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed
 
 
anne s... (ashland, mo)     H: 050 S: 19 Supports
I am against any attempt to change the Constitution of the United States under any and all situations or mandates.

I strongly support the Missouri Second Admendment Preservation Act. Please vote accordingly and put a
stop to the Obama Administration's attempt to weaken us from within.  
 
Frederick B... (Columbia, MO)     H: 046 S: 19 Supports
I fully support the language contained in this bill. I do not trust the federal government to preserve and protect our basic human rights that are spelled out in the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We need to have strong states in this country with strong constitutions and statutes that further entrench these rights, and which sometimes nullify unconstitutional legislation from the Federal government. Missouri is one of those strong states, and this bill is one of those important bills where Missouri can lead the rest of the country and show the will of the people. I believe the preservation of our gun rights is the one of the most important means of last resort for the people to protect their rights, if not the Republic itself. This is a great bill.  
 
Bonnie H... (Paris, MO)     H: 040 S: 10 Supports
My country was founded by people not unlike myself and many other Americans. These people left their homeland because of high taxes, persecution of their faith in God, and somewhat of a dictatorship. Does anyone else see a pattern here, or see anything familiar? My forefathers fought for my right to bear, (which mean to carry) arms, to protect myself from someone or something trying to hurt me. Why do you think the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor? It was because they knew they did not stand a chance on the ground in hand to hand combat, because we have guns.
I assume that the issue with Americans purchasing, owning and carrying guns is because of the shooting at Sandy Hook and other mass killings. It is sad that these young children and people have been killed, but they have been killed by someone who just is not right in the head. Now, that being said, if you want to do something about unstable people purchasing guns, then we need to put money into mental health, and a law that does not allow them to have guns. We need to make it impossible for unstable people or people in the same house, to own or purchase a gun of any kind. Now, I’m not saying that what happened at Sandy Hook would not have happened if he had not had access to guns, he could have done just as much damage with a knife. Is our government going to take our knives away, instead of addressing the real issue here, and that is Mental Health, normal people do not do these thing’s . I don’t believe that it should be an issue of what kind of gun a person owns, it should be an issue of WHO owns the guns. I will not give up any of my guns to anyone, because my second amendment right, written by the founding fathers of my country, they had the foresight to see our government getting to big, and becoming a socialist state, that is why they left their homeland. Statistics show, every country that has band guns have either been invaded by another country, or their crime rate has risen tremendously.
 
 
Larry B... (Washington, MO)     H: 109 S: 26 Supports
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter.

Rep. Doug Funderburk and Sen. Brian Nieves' "Second Amendment Preservation Act" is the strongest and most principled protection of the right to keep and bear arms in the nation!.



Notice that it utilizes the words of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to explain Missouri's authority to nullify unconstitutional federal edicts within her borders. Including this language is essential to the success of the bill. It also specifically lists the types of things we will not put up with, and that's what gives state officials the "cover" they need to enforce the bill.

 
 
Mark A... (Perryville, MO)     H: 116 S: 27 Supports
Don't let the federal govenrment infringe on our second amendmant rights or for that matter any of our rights in the bill of rights! 
 
Mark & Susan P... (Hazelwood, MO)     H: 074 S: 13 Supports
 
 
M P H... (Boonville, MO)     H: S: Supports
Speaking for HB 436 and SB 325. Do not put private information on the "enhanced driver's license" Thank you. MP Holmes, Boonville MO 
 
HELEN B... (KANSAS CITY, MO)     H: 022 S: 11 Supports
I AM FOR THE 2ND AMENDMENT, LAW MAKERS NEED TO READ THE CONSTITUTION AND QUIT TAKING AWAY AMERICANS RIGHTS. THIS IS VERY DAMAGING TO OUR FREEDOM AND AMERICA. LEAVE THE AMENDMENT ALONE 
 
Stevie R... (Columbia, MO)     H: S: Supports
I support anything that preserves the rights of the individual to defend themselves.
This bill does that.
Thanks for putting it forward. 
 
Hubert H... (Fulton, MO)     H: S: Supports
It is a shame that we the people have to have Bill's to keep our right's from a Democat/communist goverment,
“It’s hard to believe we live in such a dark time that someone has actually banned a single shot rifle. But as you will see, this is the cleverest of all gun bans, and the end goal is civilian disarmament, the confiscation of your tools of liberty, your rifles 
 
Frank C... (Union, MO)     H: 109 S: 26 Supports
I believe that it is not only my right, but it is also my duty to protect my family and my country. The only way that can be accomplished is to make sure that my right to keep and to bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED! 
 
Charlotte B... (Unionville, MO)     H: 003 S: 12 Supports
As a concerned citizen I want to ensure our creator granted 2nd Amendment rights of our US Constitution are not infringed.

The Federal Legislature, however well intending, has no lawful Constitutional authority to alter our Constitutional right to keep and bare arms; "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.".

Therefore I support HB 436 and I encourage all our Missouri Congressional Representatives to display the leadership required to ensure our right to keep and bear arms is not infringed by misguided Federal legislation by also supporting HB 436.

Respectfully,
Charlotte Brown 
 
Jacob S... (Boonville, Mo)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
 
 
Robert W... (Saint Louis (County), MO)     H: 094 S: 15 Supports
I believe the time has come for States, especially Missouri, to stand up and let the federal government know that we have had enough of their disregard for the Constitution and the freedoms it guarantees, both, to States and individuals. HB 436 should be passed post-haste. 
 
Matthew M... (Columbia, MO)     H: 047 S: 19 Supports
"Shall not be infringed" seems pretty clear to me.

Matt McCune 
 
Heather S... (Mountain View, Mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Beth G... (Saint Louis, MO)     H: S: Supports

Please uphold our constitutional rights and prevent the feds from invading our privacy and seizing our firearms. 
 
Jack R... (Cameron, MO)     H: 002 S: 12 Supports
Please know that I support the second amendment and I want Missouri law makers to pass legislation that will protect our 2nd amendment rights! I urge you to pass HB 436. Our future freedom depends on it! 
 
michael d... (smithville, mo)     H: 012 S: 12 Supports
Don't tread on me or my second amendment rights. 
 
Phyllis W... (Norwood, MO)     H: S: Supports
I believe in HB 436. I believe the Constitution has been ignored and disobeyed by all forms of government of late. I believe that it is imperative for HB 436 to be passed and our Constitution brought back to being followed as our fore fathers intended. Once the Constitution is not upheld we will lose our right to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 
 
William W... (Savannah, MO)     H: 009 S: 12 Supports
We, the people of Missouri, must demand from our legislators no less than the strongest, most principled stand they must take to defend our right to keep and bear arms!

Rep. Doug Funderburk and Sen. Brian Nieves' "Second Amendment Preservation Act" is the strongest and most principled protection of the right to keep and bear arms in the nation!.

Notice that it utilizes the words of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to explain Missouri's authority to nullify unconstitutional federal edicts within her borders. Including this language is essential to the success of the bill. It also specifically lists the types of things we will not put up with, and that's what gives state officials the "cover" they need to enforce the bill. 
 
Matthew C... (Mound City, MO)     H: 001 S: 12 Supports
The constitution of the United States of America was written in such a way that the common man could understand it (simple english) and limited the authority of our Federal Government. It presented and enumerated our God-given rights as recognized by our Founding Fathers, the second of which I write to you today: the right to keep and bear arms. Not only does our Second Amendment guarantee us the right to protect ourselves from any harm that another person might inflict, but also to protect ourselves from the tyranny of government. The founders of this country were well aware of the abuses that government in any form can deliver to its populace and set out this amendment to protect the citizenry from that abuse. The amendment is not open to interpretation as it is easily understood and thus should find protection from our government whether Federal or State. It should not be twisted to fit the whims of those in power. When the Federal government chooses to ignore or reinterpret the protections guaranteed to us by our Founding Fathers, it is time for our State institutions to step up and protect their citizens from that overreach. Our Federal Government has sought to destroy or ignore our rights and freedoms,so we implore you, our elected state representatives to do what is necessary to protect the rights of your electorate against the intrusions of our Federal government. 
 
Michael D... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 018 S: 17 Supports
My right to protect myself and my family.  
 
Mark J... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 024 S: 07 Supports
Please insist that the State of Missouri exercise its 10th Amendment rights in upholding our 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms for our protection.  
 
Robert W... (Raytown, MO)     H: 028 S: 09 Supports
I am very supportive of the 2nd Amendment and our right to bear arms. There was a strong reason our founders put this in the Constitution; to provide a means for us to protect not only our family and homes, but to allow us the liberty so many have died to protect. Unfortunately, many governmental bodies seen to feel they know how to take care of us better than we do ourselves - at least for now we are a Republic, not a fiefdom with an ordained leader. The problems associated with the illegal use of firearms almost always can be traced back to mental illness, and yet the governmental bodies are not addressing that. Guns of whatever type are only tools. Those who choose to use them for evil purposes, either out of malice, greed or some deranged misunderstanding, are more likely to be stopped by someone who has the training and experience than by another law. My father gave me my first shotgun when I was 12 and taught me how to safety use it. My military experience expanded on that knowledge, and I have sought to pass that on to my son.  
 
Elbie M... (Springfield, Mo.)     H: 133 S: 30 Supports
I believe that is our GOD given right to protect ourselves with any type of firearm's that we may have purchased or was handed down to us throughtout the year's. If the Government can put a "ban" on what type of firearm's we own because they feel certain type's are not necessary, then should we put a ban on automobiles that can exceed the speed limit?! Look at the countless lives that would save! Should we ban all Corvettes, Ferrari's, Porche's etc. because they can exceed the speed limit? We own these things becuase it is our FREEDOM to do so. It is up to us as individual's to control our own action's with what we own be it a weapon, or a fast car. Just think, if NO vehicles could exceed the speed limit, there would no longer be a need for Police Officers to Patrol the Highway's.They could be in the neighborhood's patroling and protecting the citizen's as advertised on their patrol car's. Just a comparison that I thought made good sense as to the "why" we own what we do. Because it is simply "OUR RIGHT"! 
 
Shawn H... (Jefferson City, MO)     H: 060 S: 06 Supports
I support the Second Amendment and I want Missouri law makers to pass legislation that will protect our 2nd amendment rights. 
 
Linda G... (Mansfield, MO)     H: S: Supports
Please honor the requests of your people and continue to allow us our right to bear arms. We request that you pass HB 436 to preserve the Second Amendment! This is a matter totally under State jurisdiction--we're tired of the federal government taking away the states' rights!

Thank you!
 
 
James A... (Salem, MO)     H: 143 S: 16 Supports
 
 
Jeff O... (Saint Louis, MO)     H: 078 S: 05 Supports
 
 
Steve C... (Peculiar, MO)     H: 055 S: 31 Supports
Let no laws be made that infringes on our freedoms and the rights to protect ourselves from tyranny. 
 
maurice m... (kansas city, mo)     H: 017 S: 17 Supports
 
 
Paula M... (Harrisonville, MO)     H: 033 S: 31 Supports
It is my desire to convey to you the importance of doing everything in your power to preserve Missouri's 2nd amendment right to bear arms. Thank you. 
 
Paul H... (Paris, MO)     H: S: Supports
The Second Amendment utilizes the words of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to explain Missouri's authority to nullify unconstitutional federal edicts within her borders. Including this language is essential to the success of the bill. It also specifically lists the types of things we will not put up with, and that's what gives state officials the "cover" they need to enforce the bill. So, that said, I think that it should be self-explanatory, the Federal Government does not have the right to take our guns, unless you let them.  
 
James E... (Sikeston , Mo)     H: 148 S: 27 Supports
I am definitely opposed to the fact that the Missouri Department of Motor Vehicles is forwarding information to the Department of Homeland Security and others as to people in Missouri that have conceal carry permits. This information should NOT given out.for all to see. 
 
John G... (Warrensburg, MO)     H: S: Supports
We are a gun owning family and whole heartedly support passage of HB436 ... the 2nd Amendment is a critical cornerstone of our nation, any effort to impinge on it is viewed by us as UnAmerican ,,, 
 
Marvin S... (O'Fallon, MO)     H: 107 S: 02 Supports
The right to keep and bear arms is first an foremost one of the various inalienable rights that Man was endowed with by his Creator. To protect these inalienable rights is the purpose for which governments were formed. This right is also a declaratory right as contained in the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and is a right as declared in the Missouri Constitution, Article I, section 23. It is incumbent upon the legislature and courts and executive branches of the government of the State of Missouri to protect and safeguard this right of every Missouri citizen! Since the Federal Government has been infringing upon this right and is threatening to more severly infringe upon said right, it is incumbent upon the State of Missouri to do everything in its power to protect its citizens and their right to keep and bear arms. The State of Missouri must have the recourse to arrest and incarcerate any and all individuals and agents of the federal government whom infringe upon these rights of the citizens of the State of Missouri. 
 
Bill T... (Branson, MO)     H: S: Supports
The 2nd amendment clearly states that, my rights to own a gun shall not be infringed, period end of story. No president or congress can change this right unless it is properly ratified as an amendment to the constitution by the majority of states.  
 
Gregory M... (Purdin, MO)     H: 007 S: 18 Supports
The preservation of our U.S. Constitutional rights must begin at our state level. All powers not granted, by the Constitution, to the federal government are reserved to the people and the States. It is past time for the people of Missouri to take our stand against the attacks on our liberties and God-given rights coming down from the Federal government. Please take this action now and pass HB 436, for the Preservation of our 2nd Amendment rights to keep and bear arms without government intrusion, limitation, and/or regulation! Sincerely, Gregory J. Molner 
 
Ronnie E... (Kansas City, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Pamela G... (Kansas city , mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Joyce N... (Madison, MO)     H: 040 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Gregory B... (Warrenton, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Wesley W... (St. Louis, MO)     H: 088 S: 24 Supports
 
 
Laura C... (marble Hill, Mo.)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Mary Ann W... (Independence, MO)     H: 022 S: 11 Supports
I strongly support HB 436 - the Second Amendment Preservation Act 
 
Bill W... (Trenton, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Christopher S... (Raymore, Mo)     H: 055 S: 31 Supports
It is my hope that this bill will demonstrate the Missouri citizen's desire to see the US Constitution honored by those in Washington, who it seems have lost sight of the intentions of those who founded our great nation. 
 
Miles W... (Galena, Mo)     H: S: Supports
I uphold the Constitution of the United States of America as intended by the founding fathers.  
 
Phil T... (Holts summit, MO)     H: 049 S: 10 Supports
My firearms are my private property and my continued ownership and possession is guaranteed without restrictions by our 2nd Amendment and the similar provision of the Missouri Constitution that mirrors the 2nd Amendment. It is the DUTY of our legislature to PROTECT the unabridged and unalienable right for lawful citizens to retain ownership and full function, and unrestricted access to firearms and all accessories including ammunition and magazines. There should be no attempt to redefine what lawful possession or use of firearms is, beyond current Missouri and Federal Statute. With absolutely NO compromise. 
 
Glenn E... (Springfield, MO)     H: 133 S: 30 Supports
I am overwhelmed with the abuse of power by the Obama Administration and liberals within the federal government in more than just this issue (ObamaCare, gay marriage, religious freedoms, etc.). They swore an oath to uphold the Constitution. The very fact that this type of bill even has to be introduced is a clear indication of the violation of their oath. How is it they're not being impeached?

Thanks for showing some backbone against this tyranny. 
 
James B... (Kirksville, MO)     H: 003 S: 18 Supports
The statement I have to make is a quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin "Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns" 
 
john a... (st charles, mo)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
 
 
Garland S... (Independence, MO)     H: 020 S: 11 Supports
I am in favor of HB 436. The 2nd Amendment is very important to the security of each citizen and the nation as a whole. I am a disabled Vietnam Veteran. I fought for the freedoms we enjoy and I am very upset to see them fading away. 
 
Joe G... (Saint Louis, MO)     H: 096 S: 15 Supports
Please support the Second Amendment Preservation Act (HB 436). I believe that the rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment are inalienable. Everyone has the right to protect themselves from evil. Criminals will always have guns and the only way to stop an evil criminal with a gun is to have a gun yourself. 
 
kenny p... (palmyra, mo)     H: S: Supports
i support this bill and our 2nd amendment rights.  
 
J. C... (Chesterfield, MO)     H: S: Supports
I'm 83 and a veteran of the Korean War honorably discharged. The right to bear arms for defense of my life and home on my own premises is a right guaranteed by the US Constitution. I served as a Russian linguist in Germany during the occupation of Germany and copied Soviet pilots traversing the Communist Eastern Zone. I know the structure of collectivist forms of government and saw them up close and personal in the Air Force Russian Language Program at Syracuse U. as part of my Air Force Security Service training. We learned from the White Russian refugees who taught us of the horrors of life in the Soviet Union and while in Germany I saw the same horrors visited by Nazi troops on the peoples of Europe they conquered. Collectivist forms of government, left or right, follow the same forms of abuse, intimidation and terror to control their subjects. They begin my removing all rights to make the state supreme.

To use an unfortunate shooting at a school is no reason to adopt collectivist programs where the desire is simply to control not serve and protect the people. We have seen a serious erosion of our rights in the last few years. This bill must be passed as a start to save our Republic. 
 
Michael B... (Kansas City, MO)     H: S: Supports
I believe the Federal Government must be limited from intruding into all affairs and business not allowed by the U.S. Constitution. If we, as a people and a state, do not take an active stand on this issue there are bureaucrats in the government who will exploit every opportunity to expand their power. We must be proactive on this issue.  
 
Kathy S... (Shelbyville, MO)     H: 005 S: 18 Supports
I want laws that willassure every Missourian's right to keep and bear arms with no infringements on that right.  
 
Janet R... (Independence, MO)     H: 021 S: 11 Supports
Without exception, every nation that has restricted gun ownership has followed up with tyrannizing it's citizens and a total loss of freedom. We've had quite enough loss of freedom the last few yrs. Missouri MUST stand up to the criminals that seem to be running this country. 
 
Doris D... (Columbia, MO)     H: 047 S: 19 Supports
I support the second ammendment. 
 
dawn p... (union, mo)     H: 109 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Walter R... (Independence, MO)     H: S: Supports
WE MUST STOP THE POWER GRABBERS BEFORE WE HAVE NO FREEDOMS LEFT. THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE KILLED EVERY YEAR BY ORGANIZED MEDICINE AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY THAN GUNS - MANY THOUSANDS MORE. SO SHOULD WE DO AWAY WITH DOCTORS AND PHARMACEUTICALS? THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS NOT ABOUT HUNTING. IT'S ABOUT US BEING ABLE TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM EXACTLY WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT IS BECOMING. THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND DON'T BE FOOLED. OBAMA AND FEINSTEIN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING TOO. AND IT IS NOT IN OUR BEST INTEREST. FEINSTEIN CARRIES A 357 MAGNUM IN HER PURSE AND SHE OBVIOUSLY ISN'T GOING TO RELINQUISH THAT. WHAT MAKES HER LIFE MORE PRECIOUS THAN OURS? 
 
Dennis E... (Dittmer, mo)     H: 118 S: 03 Supports
As a United States citizen, I expect our representatives sent to the state and national levels to srongly uphold our constitution.Our second amendment rights are the only security left to defend all our other unalienable rights.All efforts to protect these rights are greatly appreciated.Tyranny is just one step away from those not willing to stand for their God given rights. 
 
William S... (Rolla, Mo)     H: 120 S: 16 Supports
 
 
Jerry N... (Warrenton, MO)     H: 042 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Carolyn H... (Kansas city, MO)     H: S: Supports
The preservation of our gun rights are not just merely for those who hunt or use as a hobby. Sometimes it is a necessity. I have followed all the rules and yet sometimes the system does not work. I was married to a man for 20 years and took both mental and physical abuse throughout that time. The day I got the courage to leave he came after me and my son stopped him so he went for his gun. We got out of the home but there was a 4 hour stand off with police. I got an order of protection and moved and did not tell him where. He was put in jail and he bonded himself out. It took him only 3 days to find me, wait in my parking lot over night till I left for work and he attacked me trying to kill me. He was not charged with attempted murder or even assault, only the violation of the order. That piece of paper is only as good as the person it is against and if he is determined to kill you he will. He has made threats of when he is released that he will come for me again. I never owned a gun till this past year but I believe it is for my own protection and to take the right away from innocent people such as myself is just wrong. 
 
James R... (St. Louis, MO)     H: 066 S: 13 Supports
Our 2nd Amendment Rights must be preserved. I urge that no U.S. government collection of names of citizens that have weapons should occur. Thank you. 
 
John W... (Oronogo, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Joyce G... (Columbia, Mo)     H: 045 S: 19 Supports
Our constitutional rights are gradually being severely modified and/or abolished. As our representative, regardless of political party, you must stand up and represent the wishes of the majority of Missouri's population. The "bullying" method that we as citizens have had to endure over the past 4-5 years has now stirred our anger and annoyance with our representatives. It is now time for you to stand up for our Second Amendment rights.  
 
Joseph K... (St. Peters, MO)     H: 105 S: 23 Supports
 
 
Mickie K... (Poplar Bluff, Butle)     H: 152 S: 25 Supports
All of our constitutional rights need to be upheld in this state and all states before the freedoms that many have given all for are taken from us and we become less than human to our government and all others.  
 
John K... (Weatherby Lake, MO)     H: 013 S: 34 Supports
If there is ever a government which could be trusted with the surrender of our most effective weaponry, this is certainly not the government to trust.

9-11 was an inside-outside job used to justify invention of DHS and a growing police state. My website identifies top leaders in the USA who are highly suspect in allowing 9-11 to occur and who have participated in the cover-up while enriching themselves, taking away our Constitutional liberties and fostering a police state.

I want to protect myself and my family--especially when police are delayed in reaching us.

How about another bill calling for arrest and interrogation of all the past five Congresses--on the possibility of charging members with subborning treason or actual treason?

How about bringing the rule of law to bear upon those traitors within the USA (media, Hollywood, Court officials, government officials and military leadership) who conspired to commit, execute and/or cover-up 9-11?

Dr. Ed Kendrick 
 
John C... (Concordia, MO)     H: 053 S: 21 Supports
I hereby submit as a testimony that I support in every way the 2nd Amendment to the constitution of This the United States of America. And request that each of my elected officials do all within their power to uphold and sustain my right to keep and bare arms. I respectfully present my self as a witness that my right shall not be infringed. That despite the misuse of firearms by a minority of the population, in no wayshould that misuse be attributed to my inalienable rights. I further request that all elected officials will enforce with all severity the laws currently in force so that criminals who use a firearm should suffer the full effects of the law. I further state that in my opinion restricting the law obiding citizens ability to keep and bare arms will do nothing to keep my own family or any other citizen safe from armed criminals. There is no leway in the constitutional statement the right to keep and bare arms, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. Thank you. 
 
David L... (Centralia, Mo)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
H.B. 436:
Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter.
Rep. Doug Funderburk and Sen. Brian Nieves' "Second Amendment Preservation Act" is the strongest and most principled protection of the right to keep and bear arms in the nation! 
 
William A... (joplin, Mo)     H: 163 S: 32 Supports
With the way things are going in the federal level of our country its more inportant than ever to defend our rights as defined in the constitution and insure that said rights are not up for debate or interpertation. The 2nd amendment gives us the right to bear arms to defend ourselves from anyone who would try to take our rights from us.

Also I believe that having a background check to purchase a firearm should be enough to cover my right to conceal carry. I feel having to be fingerprinted and treated like a criminal just to carry my firearm is degrading. 
 
Linda M... (Lebanon, MO)     H: 123 S: 28 Supports
i support the second amendment and i\I want Missouri law makers to pass legislation that will protect our 2nd amendment rights. Big government is taking away to many of our rights. 
 
Marilyn S... (Saint Louis, MO)     H: 090 S: 15 Supports
 
 
Glenn P... (Carthage, Mo)     H: S: Supports
do everything you can to keep our right to the second amentment 
 
Richard N... (St Paul, MO)     H: 064 S: 02 Supports
Second Amendment Preservation Act. 
 
Teresa P... (Saint James, Mo)     H: 062 S: 06 Supports
Please vote YES on HB 436 
 
Doreen A... (Gladstone, MO)     H: 015 S: 17 Supports
I beleive in the Constitution and we all need to make this known -- Plain and Simiple 
 
Sue H... (Washington, MO)     H: 061 S: 26 Supports
I am submitting this testimonial in support of HB436 sponsored by Representative Funderburk. It is imperative that Missouri stands strong in its protection of our most basic right to keep and bear arms. The state of Missouri must stand up against an ever encroaching federal government which is trying to take away our rights at every turn.
I also thank Rep. Funderburk for sponsoring this bill. Thank You.  
 
James B... (Oran, Mo)     H: 151 S: 25 Supports
As a prior Military Police in the US Army, plus a former member of civilian law enforcement, I consider any government interference with law abiding citizens rights to protect theirselve and their families a treasonous act that will only make criminals out of otherwise patriotic citizens. From the crimes involving guns I have personally witnessed, every single victim of these crimes were unarmed, unable to protect themselves againt a criminal readily willing to use deadly force. Guns are not the problem in these situations, and making it more difficult for law abiding citizens to obtain the means to protect their selfs is foolish. Criminals do not care about the laws, and will still have access to weapons in ways the government has no control over, and frankly a criminal doesn't care what the law says about gun control, because they ignore the laws governing everything else, so how would such laws help curb crimes relating to gun violence? The tragedies at Sandy Hook Elementary, and Aurora CO are just that, tragedies. Gun control isn't the answer, and as a matter of fact, would be counterintuitive in solving the troubles of today's society. As has been my experience, the only thing that will stop a bad man with a gun, is a good man/woman with a gun, willing to stand up to protect another person, even though they may not even know the person being protected. In closing, I, as a veteran, will do everything within my power to make my world a safer place, and in order to do that, I must retain my weapons, and spread the word on proper gun handling. Safety first, always, but each citizen has the duty to be ready/able to keep his/her families safe. 911 is great for reporting wrong doings, but all law enforcement can truly do is clean up the mess after the crime has been committed. Good day, and God bless you all, as you fight the good fight to ensure the mistakes of other countries are not repeated here, on the American soil I served to protect.  
 
jacob b... (columbia, mo)     H: 047 S: 19 Supports
 
 
Paul L... (Fenton, Mo)     H: 096 S: 15 Supports
 
 
Louise B... (Ballwin, MO)     H: 101 S: 26 Supports
I think we really need this bill. All the actions of the Federal government lately seem to be to take away our fundamental rights to own a gun. I'd appreciate you standing up for our constitution, and voting for this bill.
Thank you.
 
 
Robert H... (Palmyra, MO)     H: 005 S: 18 Supports
 
 
Vada Ruth K... (Cole Camp, MO)     H: S: Supports
This is late but I am for the bill. We need to protect our Freedoms that our Constitution granted us from the formation of our Republic! 
 
Marilyn H... (Cuba, MO )     H: 120 S: 16 Supports
Do not mess with our 2nd Amendment. It is a good Amendment as it was written. 
 
Russell H... (Belle, MO)     H: 062 S: 06 Supports
I believe the information of whether I own a rifle, pistol, shotgun, or any weapon is not to be shared with the federal government or anyone. I have a God given right to protect myself and those around me without fear of someone coming to my home and taking my guns. Missouri is a soverign state and should not allow the federal government to gather information on who owns what. 
 
Justin M... (Springfield, MO)     H: S: Supports
Tell the over reaching federal govt. to keep their hands off Missourians unalienable rights. 
 
Constantine R... (Kansas City, MO)     H: 025 S: 07 Supports
 
 
Elaine S... (Liberty, Mo)     H: 017 S: 17 Supports
 
 
Mike M... (Neosho, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Theodore C... (Wentzville, MO)     H: S: Supports
I want to voice my personal support for HB 436. The preservation of the Second Amendment of the US Constitution is absolutely necessary for the preservation of our Republic.  
 
Michael C... (Shawnee, ks)     H: S: Supports
 
 
michael m... (independence, mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Donna M... (Fenton, MO)     H: 097 S: 22 Supports
Please defend against ALL encroachments on my 2nd Amendment rights without penalties, insurance, or violations of privacy. Thank you for protecting the Constitution! 
 
John G... (Springfield, MO)     H: S: Supports
There is only one reason that the government wants our guns, and it has been that way from the beginning. The reason is to disarm us so we can't defend ourselves against them. Before Kennedy was assassinated 50 years ago you could buy any gun you wanted through the mail. Has any of the gun legislation stopped violence at all? No, in fact there's more violence now than ever before. Who really did the shootings at Sandy Hook elementary school? The story they have given us doesn't add up. I believe the Federal Government had something to do with the shootings so they could propose more gun legislation. Now we are faced with either letting them disarm us or standing our ground. It's time for us to tell them what to do. Obama is my servant, not my boss. All their laws are for the public servants to obey, not me. The law for Obama is the constitution, and he'd better obey it or he's out! I have a right to keep and bear arms...period. I don't need a second amendment to let me know that I can defend myself, my home and my family. Obama needs a second amendment so that he knows he better not even think of taking anybody's guns away.  
 
Camille Camille O... (Steelville, MO)     H: 120 S: 16 Supports
 
 
Dewayne S... (Mound City, Mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
William K... (Independence, MO)     H: 020 S: 11 Supports
Please support the Second Amendment and make sure that as a sovereign citizen of the State of Missouri that NO FEDERAL LAW shall be used to remove ANY of my rights guaranteed to me by the US Constitution.
Thank you for your consideration.
Bill Kidd 
 
Howard G... (Pilot Grove, Mo)     H: 048 S: 19 Supports
 
 
Carl M... (Webb city, Mo)     H: S: Opposes
Do not take any of my rights away. 
 
James P... (St. Louis, MO)     H: S: Supports
It is very apparent to me that a Second Amendment Preservation Act which rejects all federal acts that infringe on a Missouri citizens' rights under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution is necessary given the egregious over-reach of the U.S. federal government, and it's relentless attack on the U.S. Constitution.

Gun control is a dismal failure in places like Chicago, IL and Washington, D.C. Enforce the gun laws that already exist. Punish criminals who possess and use firearms illegally. And leave law abiding gun owners alone. 
 
Donald G... (Rolla, MO)     H: 062 S: 16 Supports
 
 
Thomas D... (Warrensburg, Mo)     H: 051 S: 21 Supports
 
 
Robert B... (house springs, MO)     H: S: Supports
I appose any demands from the federal government to infringe on our 2nd amendment or other rights.

with this i support HB 436 
 
Greg J... (Sedalia, MO)     H: S: Supports
I strongly support HB 436 
 
Patricia G... (St Peters, MO)     H: 064 S: 02 Supports
THE CONSTITUTION IS STILL the Law of THIS land- Stick to it! WE have the inalienable right to BEAR ARMS! We urge support of this legislation to preserve A2 and our Constitution! 
 
Clifton G... (St Peters, MO)     H: 064 S: 02 Supports
I support our Constitution as the LAW of the Land- support legislation that preserves our rights to bear arms- if any arms need to be taken away- start with those guarding the politicians in Washington DC! 
 
Chris S... (St Louis, MO)     H: 094 S: 01 Supports
Our 2nd Amendment was created for a purpose - we cannot allow an ideology or belief that we're safer w/o guns
read it again: the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed 
 
alvin a... (st. joseph, mo)     H: 010 S: 34 Supports
I do believe the second amendment gives me a law abiding citizen the right to bears what arms that I should afford. 
 
Fred N... (Oregon, MO)     H: 001 S: 12 Supports
Please do what you can to protect our 2nd amendment rights. Thank you 
 
LEON B... (VERSAILLES, MO)     H: 058 S: 06 Supports
 
 
Joan N... (Thayer, Mo)     H: S: Supports
As a Patriot with roots in this country sense 1725, I support the 2nd amendment, the right to bear arms as a means necessary for defense of ones person and home; to the determent of a rouge government take over of the freedoms of the inhabitants of a free people to in slave them to a life under a Socialist Marxist State. We need to hold tight to every word of our Constitution. It is what has made us a nation set apart in the world. We need to set free business from undue regulations and have right to work, so that we can get it's free market system moving and putting people in jobs and prosperity again. Joan Nickels  
 
George B... (Edgar Springs, Mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
John M... (oronogo, Mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Mark M... (Platte City, MO)     H: 011 S: 34 Supports
The Second Amendment right needs to be protected and preserved as defined by the Founding Fathers. "The right to Keep and Bear Arms shall not be Infringed..." This is not about protecting the rights of hunters. This is about protecting our rights as law abiding citizens of the Great State of Missouri and this great nation we call America. Punishing law abiding citizens who believe in the Constitution and the rights granted to us in this document is unconsionable and unamerican. The real problem and culprit is the criminal. You know the individual who uses a firearm to commit a crime. Whose firearm was either stolen or purchased illegally on the black market or through some other nefarious channel. These criminals are not members of the NRA. These criminals do not purchase their firearms from a licensed and authorized gun dealer or store. These criminals are not hunters. These criminals do not have a CCW license. These criminals have not gone through an extensive and thorough background check prior to purchasing a firearm.These criminals have only one intention in mind and that is to use a firearm as an intimidating accomplice in the crime they are undertaking. Create laws which encumber and punish the criminal not the law abiding citizen. An example of stricter punishment would be...If you commit a crime with a firearm it is an automatic 20 years if convicted with no chance for parole and no deals or reduced sentencing for good behavior or cooperating with an investigation. If you commit second and third crimes with a firearm the sentence goes to 30 years and then life. A three strikes and you are out program if you will. But like anything the laws need to be enforced and not marginalized. If a criminal knows what the consequences are for using a firearm then just maybe this might deter them. The bottom line is....Guns are not the problem!!! 
 
michael aichs a... (St. louis, mo)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Fred C... (Columbia, Mo)     H: S: Supports
The Federal Government has no reason other than tyranny to impede my 2nd Amendment right to bear arms and right to protect myself and my family from harm.  
 
David B... (Florissant, Mo)     H: 068 S: 13 Supports
I write today in support of HB 436 the Second Amendment Preservation Act. This act will ensure Missourians God given rights are protected in Missouri. That is all it does. It does not give us anything we don't already have, it only gives Missouri law enforcement the tools they need to stand up for our rights and against this assault on our freedom. Please vote for HB 436 and protect the rights of Missourians. Thank You! 
 
Charles G... (Florissant, MO)     H: 069 S: 14 Supports
I would like to see HB-436 established to help protect my personal information and my second amendment rights. Trying to control the guns of law abiding citizens will not get the guns off the streets of criminals and young thugs in our cities. 
 
David S... (St. Peters, Mo.)     H: 104 S: 23 Supports
 
 
Mark K... (Herculaneum, MO)     H: 114 S: 22 Supports
I will not bore the comittee with alot of facts as I am sure they will be brought into consideration. As a U.S. Army disabled veteran, I spent four years of my life defending the constitution of the United States. I still, to this day, feel it is my duty to continue that defense. The constitution was written by our fore fathers for a specific reason. It was to lay the ground work for a stable, citizen led government. The right to keep and bear arms is an inherent right of all U.S. citizens. It is one of the things that seperates us from being a subject. Who is to stop a run away government if they try to become a dictatorship or Big Brother state. We have the inherent right to protect ourselves in any way we deem neccessary. I support our Local and Federal law enforcement officers and have the utmost respect for them and the difficult task they are set out to perform. Even then, I still prefer to rely on myself for the defense of my property, family and friends. The law enforcement community has to travel to the location of the crime so usually the crime is already over when they arrive. In a life or death situation, a potential victim doesn't have the time to wait. Someone must act instintaneously in order to preserve life. I am also an avid hunter and sport shooter. Also, since I am a combat veteran, I would love to shoot rifles from my time in the service. There are many laws being talked about or already under discussion on the Federal level and some have been passed in other states that would not allow me to do the above activities. We are a nation built on the sacrafice of our fore fathers, we should not let that sacrifice be forgotten or ignored.

I thank you for the opportunity to admit testimony to this hearing.

God Bless the USA. 
 
Colleen M... (Union, MO)     H: 109 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Sharon H... (Saint Louis, MO)     H: 093 S: 01 Supports
I have been a CCW licensed citizen since August of last year. I have never been arrested and I mind my own business. I strictly want the government to mind theirs. While they are letting the criminals out of jail and opening the borders, spending tax payer money to arm our enemies and themselves, they want to track us and take our guns away. This is just one of the many intrusions that we are expected to believe will "make us safer."

This government thinks it is above the law. The constitution doesn't mean what it says (unless they can use it to their own advantage.) Apparently the Federal government is not listening and allowing our Constitutional rights to be usurped by the Executive Branch. This is untenable.

The Constitution clearly gives states ability to make laws in their own state. I implore you, as a Missouri citizen to take a stand and deny our Constitutional rights be taken away, starting with the 2nd Amendment.

Respectfully,

Sharon R. Howard
 
 
Loren S... (Montreal, Mo.)     H: 123 S: 16 Supports
 
 
James L... (St. Louis, MO)     H: 094 S: 01 Supports
 
 
JOYCE B... (SULLIVAN, MO)     H: 119 S: 26 Supports
THE BAD VIOLENT PEOPLE ARE THE ONES YOU NEED TO GO AFTER NOT THE PEOPLE WHO WOLDN'T HUST A FLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M 71 YRS AND DON'T HAVE A GUN MY HUSBAND DOES  
 
Joan G... (Saint Louis, MO )     H: 096 S: 15 Supports
 
 
Donald H... (Kingdom City, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Blanche H... (Kingdom City, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
 
 
jack s... (sullivan, no.)     H: S: Supports
this is definitely an infringement on our rights. tendency of our government to go to a communist type of rule is now moving with leaps and bounds.

jack l. sohn
registered voter 
 
John M... (Pacific, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Robert M... (springfield, mo)     H: 134 S: 30 Supports
We need to stand fast and tow the line, Our 2nd amendment "shall not be infringed" thank you. 
 
Dean W... (St James, MO)     H: 062 S: 16 Supports
 
 
Carol P... (St Peters, MO)     H: 103 S: 23 Supports
 
 
Velora C... (St charles, MO)     H: 106 S: 23 Supports
 
 
Dennis W... (Sullivan, MO)     H: 120 S: 16 Supports
According to the FBI stats in 2011 only 2.5 % of all homicides were committed by a rifle. The U.S. Government wants to ban assault rifles and hi-cap clips when there own stats prove these are not the weapons that are committing the crimes. I am in favor of the State of Missouri using any and all means necessary to help protect our second amendment rights. 
 
Jennifer L... (FORISTELL, MO)     H: S: Supports
I am a law abiding citizen and am appalled about the recent situation with DOR. I take my 2nd Amendment right VERY seriously. I do not feel I should have needed a permit to conceal; it is my 2nd Amendment right, however, it was put into law to do so and I followed that law! Now that I have, the DOR has made me feel as though I am now a target for my federal government. I am single mom to feels the need to protect my children, and now I feel I need protection from my own government. I will not stand down and let my government take my rights away. I am a hard working mother who pays my taxes. I feel like I am paying taxes to pay for my government to sit and drum up ideas about how to put more controls on me with most recently being taking away my 2nd Amendment Rights! Our Constitution is the law of the land! This is what our country was founded! We now how people in office feeling the need to flex their muscles to see if they can put their name on something; and that something is trying to change our Constitutional right!
I DEMAND IMMEDIATE stoppage of ANY and ALL funds to the MODOR until they follow our constitutional right under any amendment of the constitution with emphasis on the 2nd Amendment!
I also DEMAND the head of the MODOR department be terminated for attempting to take away my rights as well as all other Missouri Citizens.
I am looking forward to having my rights back as a MO Citizens, IMMEDIATELY!

Jennifer
Law Abiding MO Citizen
 
 
Kathrynne H... (Pittsburg, MO)     H: 128 S: 28 Supports
 
 
Ray B... (saint Charles, Mo.)     H: 065 S: 23 Supports
I am adamantly opposed to any attempt to place any kind of micro chip in my drivers license
by anyone for any reason.. I wish for all my representatives to withhold revenue from Dep' of Rev until withdrawal of this proposal! I support HB436 & SB 325 Whole Heartedly. Again, I am against any form of gun control, regardless of what form it is presented.

Respectfully,
Ray Bergfeld 
 
CARRIE B... (Philadelphia, MO)     H: 005 S: 18 Supports
The Honorable Governor Jay Nixon,


Good day. My name is Carrie Bevill and I am a proud citizen of Missouri. Upon my retirement after nearly thirty years of military service in the United States Navy, my family and I moved to the great state of Missouri just over three years ago.

I am writing in regards to your support of not only the Second Amendment of the U. S. Constitution but also for business and job growth in Missouri. Several ammunition and weapons manufacturing businesses are moving away from states which have increased gun controls and made it illegal for these companies to produce and sell products within the borders of these states.

With Missouri having some of the lowest real estate prices in the nation, and as the leader of Missouri, your extending a real invitation to these companies to move to and do business in Missouri would demonstrate to citizens your desire to preserve our God-given rights spelled out in the U. S. Constitution against infringement from the over-reaching and unconstitutional laws from the federal government. Furthermore, bringing these companies to Missouri would provide real jobs in a slumping economy, increase revenue within the state, and help reduce families from receiving government subsidies (reducing the tax burden on taxpayers).

Other state leaders have established tax incentive packages to draw businesses to operate within their borders – and with great results. Tax incentives could include little to no property taxes and low interest rates for a set period of time. In this package, a included item that would benefit the citizens of Missouri and the weapons manufacturing company is that 5 – 10% of produced items would be sold strictly to Missouri residents. This added benefit means exemption from numerous federal regulations thus lowering costs for the companies and citizens

There are numerous towns throughout Missouri, close to major roadways and cities, which have empty warehouses, industrial buildings, and other facilities that could be modified fairly quickly. For example, Cabool sits right on the MO 60/63 interchange and is located ninety minutes from Springfield and three hours from Saint Louis. Salem is twenty minutes from MO 63 and thirty minutes from I – 44 and approximately 2 ½ hours from Springfield, Saint Louis, and ninety minutes from Jefferson City. Additionally, Salem used to be home to a BB manufacturing facility several years ago. These are just a few of the many towns throughout Missouri that can benefit from such an opportunity.

Thank you for time and consideration of this prime opportunity. I look forward to receiving a positive response.

Very respectfully,

Carrie Bevill

 
 
Ron M... (Wentzville, MO)     H: 108 S: 02 Supports
This is the start of unlawful search and seizure, to have the information nationwide to know who and where lawful gun owners live.

Please help stop this out-of-control federal government.

Thank you 
 
Barbara P... (O Fallon, MO)     H: 108 S: 02 Supports
We need to protect our states rights and our gun rights and our constitution! Keep it up 
 
Richard G... (St. Louis, MO)     H: 096 S: 15 Supports
Department of Revenue's plan to undermine my privacy and it's effect on the right to keep and bear arms. Withhold funds from the Department of Revenue until they retract the plan and re-issue licenses and ID's for citizens that the Revenue Department has already violated their right to privacy.

I expect my Senator and Representative to support HB 436 & SB325 -- the bills that totally forbids the enforcement of federal gun control in Missouri. 
 
Jim N... (Jefferson City, MO)     H: S: Supports
Please support HB 436 & SB 325 as they will be key in stopping Federal efforts to effectively end our 2d amendment rights.

Regards,

Jim Nichols 
 
Clint C... (Columbia, MO)     H: 045 S: 19 Supports
The U.S. Constitution is non-negotiable. Violation of the Constitution is treason. 
 
james E... (Vandaila, Mo,)     H: S: Supports
 
 
Roy A... (Niangua, MO)     H: S: Supports
Please vote against gov. gun controls. Please uphold our second amendment rights. 
 
Laura B... (Williamsburg, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
I am against any legislation that would infringe on my God given right to protect myself or my posessions..the Administration should be restrained from initiating any action that conflicts with the Constitution. 
 
Ray B... (Williamsburg, MO)     H: 043 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Blair M... (Niangua, Mo)     H: 141 S: 33 Supports
The 10th ammendment of the constitution grants states right to regulate arms and ownership of arms.
The laws concerning right to carry and conceal and carry are Missouri's and can not be infringed upon by the federal gonvernment.
Law abiding citizens have the right and obligation to protect themselves and their property from all invasions. We still live in a free country. Please do what is right and pass HB 436 and SB 325 to protect Missouri's citizens from federal government infringment. 
 
JOHN T... (PLATTE CITY, MO)     H: S: Supports
THIS IS AGAINST THE LAW TO GIVE OUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO OTHER STATES AND GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES. THIS IS OUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY, THE GOVERNMENT IS LYING TO THE PEOPLE ON EVERYTHING THEY SAY OR DO. THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO STAND FOR THE CONSTITUTION AND SECOND AMENDMENT, AS THEY SAID THEY WOULD WHEN THEY TOOK OFFICE.






 
 
Jean L... (St Louis, MO)     H: 085 S: 24 Supports
 
 
Stephen B... (Wright City, MO)     H: 041 S: 10 Supports
 
 
Susan L... (Union, MO)     H: 109 S: 26 Supports
 
 
Sergio S... (hEgJBWXkv, bDMiB)     H: S: Supports
Utah presently has a bill, HB298, to ablosih the inspection program in this state. I commend the honest legislator in Hawaii for trying end this ineffective and unnecessary program. The vast body of research and statistics over the past 10 years has shown safety inspections do not decrease accidents, they only exist for the economic self interest of car dealers, mechanics, and the vendors of inspection equipment. Do it, yes, end this unnecessary program. 
 
Tony R... (Lake Ozark, MO)     H: S: Supports
 
 
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Wilbur S... (Fredericktown, MO.)     H: S: Supports
I believe that Common Core program is a Socialistic plan and advances obama's Socialistic agenda which is Federal control of education.. Parents and local officials should be in control of local education decisions. 
 
Joy S... (Fredericktown, MO)     H: S: Supports
Common Core evidently takes control of education out of the hands of local educators and that is not in the best interest of students-teachers or parents. 
 
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