The gun-focused rallies started earlier in the morning when the National Rifle Association held a rally to advocate gun education. This teaches children if they see a gun not to touch it, leave the area and tell an adult. A bill that passed out of the state Senate Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence committee, would require that manufacturers install locks on all handguns. Gov. Mel Carnahan has put the child-safety lock proposal on his legislative agenda for this year's session. Although many gun-rights advocates in the legislature have supported the governor's proposal, some of the demonstrators in the statehouse Wednesday disagreed.
Safety training is the right answer.
Davies also said the St. Louis student's demonstration is the wrong idea. If you don't ever tell kids about guns, it's an accident waiting to happen. Earl Cadle, a NRA instructor, agreed and said the trigger locks won't solve any problems.