By a 5-2 decision handed down on February 26, the Missouri State Supreme Court found Conceal-Carry constitutional, though individual counties might still be able to raise Hancock Amendment concerns, meaning the permit fee might go up.
The five were Limbaugh (wrote majority opinion), Wolff, Benton, Stith and Price. The two were Ronnie White (wrote dissenting opinion) and Teitelman.
Fundamentally, the majority opinion ratified the argument advanced by this website. While the State Constitution does not recognize the carrying of concealed weapons as an extension of the civil liberty of the right to keep and bear arms, that constitutional clause does not preclude the state legislature from creating the civil privilege to do so, which it had done in the past for judges, cops and others.
By the way, if any of you know the ramification of this decision on the bond money put up by virtue of conceal-carry opponents (like Lyda Krewson) mortgaging their houses, let us know.
