Friends of Blair support for Blair's Law

02/11/2024

I hope that you will take time to watch and share our very important message. Once a bullet leaves a gun It travels a very long way‼️A gun should never be a part of any celebration or win 🏈

If you have an emergency or hear gun fire CALL 911

07/06/2023

One person was arrested in Smithville, Missouri for firing shots in the air to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday.

07/01/2022

The girl in this picture is Blair Shanahan Lane, randomly killed by “celebratory” gunfire in Kansas City on July 4, 2011.

She was only 11.

Unfortunately, people are still “celebrating” holidays like this. ShotSpotter recorded more than 1,100 rounds of gunfire in Kansas City this past New Year’s Eve.

Do not shoot your gun into the air this holiday (or ever). If you hear someone say they’re going to “celebrate” like this, talk them out of it. It might be the most important conversation in someone’s lifetime - www.kcpd.org/media/news-releases/kcpd-urges-against-celebratory-gunfire-this-holiday/.

05/16/2022

Blair's Law was sponsored again this year by State Representative Mark Sharp. This will make discharging a firearm with criminal negligence within or into city limits (such as what happens all too frequently in Kansas City when people engage in celebratory or indiscriminate gunfire) was included in several omnibus crime prevention bills and four of these were overwhelmingly approved by the House.

Unfortunately, much of the Senate’s time and attention this session was taken up by internal squabbles over congressional redistricting, and none of the bills that included Blair’s Law were approved by the Senate before Friday’s mandatory adjournment. (It didn’t help that the Senate adjourned a day early)

State Representative Mark Sharp will reintroduce Blair’s Law in next year’s legislative session which starts in January.

I am so grateful for the continued support. I won’t be discouraged.

12/21/2020

This is not just a night for the family and friends of these 170 victims. It’s a life time. Their names are on the crosses and their stories can be found on the internet. Please, do the right thing and report any information you have on any of these crimes.

06/30/2020

When one person stands up and says, THIS IS WRONG it helps other people to do the same. Do not fire guns into the air as part of your celebration. WHENEVER YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY OR HEAR GUN SHOTS CALL 911.

03/12/2018

Legislation known as “Blair’s Law” aims to make firing a gun within city limits a felony in most cases. Now, six years after the measure was first introduced, Missouri lawmakers should pass the long overdue measure.

05/03/2017

Police say woman suffered a graze wound to the arm when bullet struck her from unknown location

04/11/2017

The House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee heard testimony for a bill Monday that would penalize people for discharging a firearm without an intended target.

07/31/2016