JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gun violence prevention activists gathered at the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday to call for action on gun safety. Volunteers from the Missouri chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action gathered for their annual Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Actio n Advocacy Day. Both groups are part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network and advocate for lawmakers to oppose any legislation that they believe would increase gun violence. The day of action comes just one week after Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a bill to take control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and after the House passed legislation to revive the state's Second Amendment Preservation Act, which was deemed unconstitutional in 2023. Former governor Mike Parson signed the Second Amendment Preservation Act into law in 2021. The bill blocked state and local law officials from enforcing laws that supporters said violated Second Amendment rights. The Justice Department argued in a lawsuit that the Second Amendment Preservation Act “impairs law enforcement efforts in Missouri” and interferes with the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, which states that federal laws take precedence over state laws. Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action hope to let lawmakers know about their opposition to House Bill 1175, which reestablishes the Second Amendment Preservation Act. State Rep. Bill Hardwick (R-Dixon) said while introducing the bill for a vote on Thursday that he does not agree with arguments against SAPA. "If there's a federal gun registry, state police should not enforce that," Hardwick said on the floor. "If there's a federal rule about the amount of bullets that you can have in your home, the state police should not enforce that and that is an affirmation that we as a state are not compromising on the Second Amendment, and that is an affirmation that the 10th Amendment and the separation of powers of vertical federalism means something to our state." Advocates spent Tuesday afternoon in various meetings with Missouri legislators to discuss gun violence laws. The post Missouri activists demand action on gun safety at Capitol appeared first on ABC17NEWS. ...read more read less