JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — After almost three hours of debate Tuesday, the Missouri Senate shelved a plan to invalidate federal gun laws after facing intense pushback from Democrats who worried the proposed law would imperil crime-fighting partnerships between local and federal authorities.
Debate spiraled to an end shortly before 8 p.m., when the Senate paused debate following an amendment by Democratic state Sen. Doug Beck, of south St. Louis County, that would have banned the transfer of guns to individuals on the FBI's No Fly List.
Beck said his amendment also banned the transfer of guns to individuals who are members of a group "that engages in or has a subgroup that engages in international or domestic terrorism" — a seeming reference to some militias such as one in Michigan that plotted to kidnap the state's Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
