The Majority Leader of the Missouri Senate says a new version of the Second Amendment Preservation Act will get fast action by lawmakers. Ron Richard says it will be the first bill to committee, the first bill handled in the Senate, and it will go to the House as quickly as possible for action. He says if the Governor does veto it again, the legislature will try to override during the regular session.

Richard and Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey broke with other Republicans and supported Governor Nixon’s veto of the first version of the bill. He promised to come up with a new version, one less likely to be ruled unconstitutional.

The new bill would not subject federal authorities to state charges for trying to enfore certain federal gun control laws. It also eliminates a provision that could have led to charges against journalists for publishing the names of gun owners.

The House sponsor of the vetoed bill says the new version preserves the main purpose of his measure, and makes it more likely to survive a court test.

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