Republican leaders in the are promising to fast track that would forbid the state from scanning and storing documents of residents who apply for conceal-carry endorsements.
Some GOP lawmakers have accused the state agency of forwarding copies of conceal-carry applications and other documents to the federal Homeland Security department. (R, Eureka) says he鈥檚 disturbed by the allegations.
鈥淚鈥檇 like to know where (D) is on this," Jones told reporters today. "I鈥檇 like to hear a statement from him as to whether he thinks that legally any of these departments have overstepped their bounds -- I think there鈥檚 a lot more to be looked into here, and we鈥檙e just at the very beginning steps of the process.鈥�
The controversy began Monday when a lawsuit was filed in Stoddard County by a man who says he was told he had to allow his documents to be digitally scanned in order to receive a conceal-carry endorsement. Meanwhile, John Mollenkamp with the Missouri Department of Revenue told a House committee today that to his understanding no one鈥檚 information is being sent to Washington DC.
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