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Jacob proposes legislation to further restrict conceal and carry

Senate leadership wants further restrictions to the state's conceal and carry law. Matt Johnson explains how the battle is not over.

Senate minority floor leader Ken Jacob proposes a bill including further restrictions to the law.

Representative Larry Crawford introduced the original conceal and carry legislation which triumphed over a legal challenge last month.

He says Jacob is off track.

"Actually, he's not in favor of the entire bill and worked against the bill in the past...so even though his bill may...even though some of the things, even if they did have merit...I'm sure that since he'd be in control of the bill, he would try to subvert the entire bill or his wish would be to do away with the conceal and carry."

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Although Jacob was in stiff opposition to the original legislation, he says he would have voted for the bill, had it included his proposed restrictions.

From the state Capitol, I'm Matt Johnson.

Senator Ken Jacob proposes a bill that would further restrict where Missourians can carry a concealed weapon. Matt Johnson reports from Jefferson City.

Representative Larry Crawford proposed the original conceal and carry legislation which faced legal challenges last month.

Senator Jacob says Crawford's legislation did not go far enough.

"Those other places listed in the bill are listed for the same reasons that the original bill listed the other places...it's just an expansion of where people ought not to need to carry a weapon."

Crawford says his seventeen restrictions are enough.

From the state Capitol, I'm Matt Johnson.

Senator Jacob proposes a bill which would further restrict where Missourian's can carry a concealed weapon. Matt Johnson is at the state Capitol.

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Representative Crawford who introduced the original conceal and carry legislation, says the bill is okay as it is.

"Because I know the track history of all the other bills in the other states...and know that they're working well and I think that ours being drawn more narrowly...I feel real certain that it will work."

Jacob says he doesn't buy it and would have supported the original legislation had it included his restircitons.

From the state Capitol, I'm Matt Johnson.