If the veto is overridden, the issue would then go before the voters of Missouri before becoming law.
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Holsman said he considers himself pro-Second Amendment but still opposes the legislation.
Looking back to recent veto sessions, the governor vetoed an unprecedented number of bills in both 2013 and 2014.
The Republican-led House on Wednesday voted 100-57 in favor of the bill, nine votes short of what’s needed to override Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto.
The sweeping guns legislation would allow most adults to carry concealed weapons without needing a permit while also expanding people’s right to defend themselves both in public and private places.
Although no Democrats backed the override, one independent state representative joined all 114 House Republicans and all 24 GOP senators in voting for the photo ID bill.
“This bill will not do the cray things that are being said”, he said.
Nixon vetoed more than 20 measures this year, including ones already overridden this spring blocking pay raises for home-care workers and changing the state’s school funding requirements.
Voters without a photo ID can still vote if they sign an affidavit swearing to not having that type of identification.
The Senate’s 24-7 vote Wednesday came after lengthy speeches by dissenting Democrats, notably Sen.
The bill also removes the training requirement, but supporters said a free Internet course is available.
A Democratic state senator from St. Louis is refusing to stand while her colleagues recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the Missouri Capitol. Rather, Missouri voters would need to vote to change their Constitution at the November ballot before the law could be implemented.
In 2016, more than 2,000 bills were introduced by Missouri lawmakers.
The National Rifle Association set up shop in the Rotunda between the House and Senate and dispatched scores of volunteers to talk to lawmakers in support of the legislation. The NRA says 30 states have laws or court precedents stating people have no duty to retreat from a threat anywhere they are lawfully present.
Expressing the most vocal opposition to the legislature’s action is the group Mom’s Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. An immediate effect of the override is Missouri citizens can now carry a concealed weapon without any training whatsoever. However, Flanigan said he was concerned the bill would make it a misdemeanor, instead of felony, to carry a gun in a prohibited place.
On Wednesday, the Legislature overrode vetoes of bills that provide an income tax deduction for federal agricultural disaster aid payments, a sales tax exemption for “instructional classes”, such as dance lessons, and an income tax deduction for corporations that switch to employee ownership.
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The bill – which is estimated to cost the state $17 million a year – is an implementation measure that would go into effect only if Missouri voters in November approve a proposed constitutional amendment to allow the state to require voters to show a photo ID at the polls.
