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Kansas Rep. Jarrod Ousley and Missouri Rep. Patty Lewis are introducing bills that would let people voluntarily exclude themselves from gun sales. Experts say such laws save lives.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is taking aim at a recently passed Jackson County ordinance that banned people under the age of 21 from possessing certain firearms. The measure was proposed after Chiefs parade mass shooting in Kansas City.

A new handgun on the market aims to reduce incidents of unauthorized firearms use. Free State Firearms, LLC, a Kansas company, is using RFID technology in a 9mm pistol to ensure only an authorized user is able to fire the weapon.

Judge Margene Burnett convicted Brian Favela, 23, and Joel Olivas, 24, of several felony charges, but dismissed other weapons counts due to Missouri’s self-defense laws. Prosecutors said the two men were gang members.

Hawley and Kunce are running what many consider the most competitive Missouri statewide contest on Tuesday’s ballot. Thursday's debate touched on a wide range of topics, including immigration, gun control, abortion rights and energy.

Eight months after Kansas City's Super Bowl victory parade shooting, the survivors say that gun violence feels inescapable. Plus: Critics of a Missouri amendment to legalize sports betting say it won't actually fund education like supporters say it will.

Since his daughter Jaime was killed, along with 16 others, in the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Fred Guttenberg has been an outspoken advocate for gun control. He's coming to Kansas City on Monday for a community forum hosted by Grandparents for Gun Safety.

Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe and Democratic House Leader Crystal Quade are facing off to be Missouri’s next governor, along with third-party candidates Bill Slantz and Paul Lehmann. Here’s where they stand on the major issues in Missouri, including abortion rights, tax cuts, child care and guns.

Former President Trump was the target of what the FBI said “appears to be an attempted assassination” at his West Palm Beach golf club. President Biden said he was briefed and a person has been detained.

Dominic Miller will go to trial in January 2026. The two other adults who face weapons and murder charges in the same shooting are slated for trial next year.

Blair's Law, which bans celebratory gunfire, was finally passed by the legislature this session. It took years of advocacy from a Kansas City family whose loved one, Blair Shanahan Lane, was killed in 2011 by a stray bullet during the 4th of July.

The Missouri law known as the "Second Amendment Preservation Act" forbade police from enforcing federal gun laws that don’t have an equivalent state law, and threatened officers with fines. A federal court ruled it violated the supremacy clause.