Missouri House passes bill that OKs giving minors firearms without their parents' permission.

A day before police arrested and charged a 17 year old in the shooting of several people at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Missouri House passed a bill, Tuesday, that would reverse a state law prohibiting people from giving minors firearms without their parents' permission. The reversal would mean a person could no longer be charged with a misdemeanor crime if they gave a gun to a minor without “ill-intent”.

If the law which forbids this is reversed, it would still be at the discretion of local gun ranges to determine whether to allow minors to shoot without a parent's permission.

The decision to pass the bill has been criticized by some residents who do not believe it is truly safe for children. Concern also stems from whether the person providing the child with a gun knows how to properly use one.

The bill is now headed to the Missouri Senate for discussion.

In the Kenosha, Wisconsin incident the 17 year old was given parental permission, but if this bill passes, members of a militia group could give guns to teens or younger without their parents knowing, depending on what’s considered “ill-intent”.

Personally, my concern also stems from whether the person providing the child with a gun even knows how to properly use one themselves.

Truly, Missouri is governed by a Parliament of Peabrains in the Republican legislature.