Missouri HB 2118: Changes the law regarding concealed carry permits to allow proof of an honorable discharge to satisfy some firearm safety training requirements.

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2118
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SHAWAN.
3426H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 571.111, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
concealed carry permits.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 571.111, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 571.111, to read as follows:
571.111. 1. An applicant for a concealed carry permit shall demonstrate knowledge of
2 firearms safety training. This requirement shall be fully satisfied if the applicant for a concealed
3 carry permit:
4 (1) Submits a photocopy of a certificate of firearms safety training course completion,
5 as defined in subsection 2 of this section, signed by a qualified firearms safety instructor as
6 defined in subsection 6 of this section; or
7 (2) Submits a photocopy of a certificate that shows the applicant completed a firearms
8 safety course given by or under the supervision of any state, county, municipal, or federal law
9 enforcement agency; or
10 (3) Is a qualified firearms safety instructor as defined in subsection 6 of this section; or
11 (4) Submits proof that the applicant currently holds any type of valid peace officer
12 license issued under the requirements of chapter 590; or
13 (5) Submits proof that the applicant is currently allowed to carry firearms in accordance
14 with the certification requirements of section 217.710; or
15 (6) Submits proof that the applicant is currently certified as any class of corrections
16 officer by the Missouri department of corrections and has passed at least one eight-hour firearms
17 training course, approved by the director of the Missouri department of corrections under the
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

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18 authority granted to him or her, that includes instruction on the justifiable use of force as
19 prescribed in chapter 563; or
20 (7) Submits a photocopy of a certificate of firearms safety training course completion
21 that was issued on August 27, 2011, or earlier so long as the certificate met the requirements of
22 subsection 2 of this section that were in effect on the date it was issued.
23 2. A certificate of firearms safety training course completion may be issued to any
24 applicant by any qualified firearms safety instructor. On the certificate of course completion the
25 qualified firearms safety instructor shall affirm that the individual receiving instruction has taken
26 and passed a firearms safety course of at least eight hours in length taught by the instructor that
27 included:
28 (1) Handgun safety in the classroom, at home, on the firing range and while carrying the
29 firearm;
30 (2) A physical demonstration performed by the applicant that demonstrated his or her
31 ability to safely load and unload either a revolver or a semiautomatic pistol and demonstrated his
32 or her marksmanship with either firearm;
33 (3) The basic principles of marksmanship;
34 (4) Care and cleaning of concealable firearms;
35 (5) Safe storage of firearms at home;
36 (6) The requirements of this state for obtaining a concealed carry permit from the sheriff
37 of the individual's county of residence;
38 (7) The laws relating to firearms as prescribed in this chapter;
39 (8) The laws relating to the justifiable use of force as prescribed in chapter 563;
40 (9) A live firing exercise of sufficient duration for each applicant to fire either a revolver
41 or a semiautomatic pistol, from a standing position or its equivalent, a minimum of twenty
42 rounds from the handgun at a distance of seven yards from a B-27 silhouette target or an
43 equivalent target;
44 (10) A live-fire test administered to the applicant while the instructor was present of
45 twenty rounds from either a revolver or a semiautomatic pistol from a standing position or its
46 equivalent at a distance from a B-27 silhouette target, or an equivalent target, of seven yards.
47 3. As an alternative to subsection 2 of this section, a certificate of firearms safety
48 training course completion may [also] be issued to an applicant who:
49 (1) Presents proof to a qualified firearms safety instructor that the applicant:
50 (a) Has passed a regular or online course on firearm safety conducted by an instructor
51 certified by the National Rifle Association that is at least one hour in length; or
52 (b) Was honorably discharged from the military; and [who also]

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53 (2) Passes the requirements of subdivisions (1), (2), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10) of
54 subsection 2 of this section in a course, not restricted by a period of hours, that is taught by a
55 qualified firearms safety instructor.
56 4. A qualified firearms safety instructor shall not g