Missouri Press Association prepares to fight gun bill

COLUMBIA — The Missouri Press Association said Thursday that if the General Assembly overrides the governor's veto of The Second Amendment Protection Act next week, it will file an injunction to stop its effects.

Missouri House Bill 436, which would reject all federal laws infringing on the right to bear arms, also would make it illegal for the names of gun owners to be published.

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“If your legislator wants you to run his column, and if he is a gun owner, you could be prosecuted,” said Jean Maneke, MPA legal hotline counselor, in an online column on the Missouri Press Association website. “If a local resident wants to run an ad, and he owns a gun, it will be a crime if you include in the ad his name, phone number, address or any other identifying information.”

Board members of the Missouri Press Association met Thursday and decided unanimously that the injunction would be necessary if the legislature were to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto.

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