A shooting that killed a person and wounded more than 20 others during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory celebration occurred in a state with few gun regulations and historic tension over how cities handle crime. Dozens of policymakers from Missouri and neighboring Kansas were caught in the chaos. Some have vowed to take action.
One of the injured victims from Wednesday’s shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs victory rally recounts what he and his family experienced. Police escort Kansas City Chiefs tight end Noah Gray and his teammates off the stage after a shooting following their victory parade and rally in Kansas City , Mo., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. Authorities in Kansas City are trying to decipher who was behind the mass shooting that unfolded Wednesday.
“But we should also look at what policies contributed to two teenagers taking guns to a parade and ruining their lives, while harming and killing others in broad daylight,” Patterson said. “I think if we did that, we’d see that this is a much bigger problem than just gun laws.”Missouri has some of the most expansive guns rights among states as a result of a series of measures passed by the Republican-led Legislature over the past few decades.
Voters fortified gun rights in 2014, approving a constitutional amendment placed on the ballot by lawmakers making the right to bear arms “unalienable” and subjecting any restrictions “to strict scrutiny.” An exception to Republicans’ fierce resistance to gun regulations is an effort to crack down on celebratory gunfire, which has been
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