KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new Missouri group is seeking a ballot measure that would ask voters in 2024 to allow Kansas City, Jackson County and other local governments in Missouri to enact stricter gun rules than the state, which has one of the loosest firearm regulations in the country.
The group, called Sensible Missouri, filed three versions of a proposed constitutional amendment with Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office on Wednesday. The ballot measures come as Missouri law bars local governments from creating tougher regulations than the state.
Every version of the ballot measure would empower Kansas City and Jackson County to pass ordinances that regulate the possession and transfer of guns. The city of St. Louis and St. Louis County would also be granted the same power under the proposals.
