Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jr. on Monday expressed support for a joint lawsuit filed by St. Louis City and the County of St. Louis that seeks to block a recently signed Missouri House Bill 85 (HB 85) that threatens to tie the hands of local and state police in the enforcement of federal gun laws.
Additionally, White asks the Jackson County Legislature to introduce and pass a resolution in support of the county joining the litigation filed in Cole County Circuit Court. White, detailing why HB 85 is problematic, in a letter to Jackson County legislators cited reasons outlined in the lawsuit that include “the threat it poses to public safety, law enforcement’s inability to regulate firearms use for citizens’ safety and its unconstitutionality.”
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