Reply #17: There was another article this morning...

[MissouriTeacher]

that explained the law. The law is, a serviceman cannot be excused from active duty if they are called up for more than 270 days. Dolan had been called up for 365 days, therefore he violated the law. That's why the Dept. of Defense is investigating who gave him authority to leave. Whether anything will come of it is a different matter.

Regardless of your opinion on CCW. This is an issue that should be left up to the voters. In '99 a majority of voters turned it down despite millions of dollars being poured into the state by the NRA.

The problem is that certain legislators voted against their districts. One in particular from the St. Louis area, a Republican, voted for the override even though his district overwhelmingly voted against concealed weapons in '99.

If this one legislator had voted according to the wishes of his district, the veto could not have been overridden.