Reuters
- Missouri's legislature voted down a proposed ban on minors carrying firearms in public.
- Republicans saw the rejected measure as a breach of the right to bear arms.
- The rejected amendment was part of a larger effort by lawmakers to increase public safety in the state.
The Republican-led legislature in Missouri voted down a provision that would ban minors from carrying guns in public without adult supervision earlier this week in a state that already has some of the weakest gun laws in the US.