Alert Messenger: U.S. Supreme Court gets it right as Missouri loses one gun law fight Oct 8, 2025 Oct 8, 2025 0 Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Metro columnist Author email Follow Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Supreme Court did a good thing on Monday.kAmp>:5 E96 4@FCE’D C646?E =FC49 E@ E96 C:89E[ :? H9:49 :E :DDF6D @A:?:@?D 2==@H:?8 !C6D:56?E s@?2=5 %CF>A E@ E2<6 A@H6C 2H2J 7C@> r@?8C6DD[ :E’D :>A@CE2?E E@ ?@E6 H96? 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Messenger: Federal judge adds a touch of sanity to Missouri’s gun safety debate Messenger: Guns become leading cause of child deaths, but Missouri looks the other way 51ºÚÁÏ metro columnist Tony Messenger thanks his readers and explains how to get in contact with him. Should there be more restrictions on gun ownership, such as the type of gun or red flag laws? You voted: Yes. No. Vote View Results Back 0 Comments Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Metro columnist Author email Follow Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Related to this story Messenger: Trump and I got our COVID shots the same day. That's worth two thumbs up. Trump got his COVID and flu shots last week. That's a good thing. But it's wrong that misinformation and confusion about vaccines is spreading. Messenger: History repeats itself as trade war puts Missouri farmers 'in a pinch' “This is not the first time we’ve been in a pinch. We just want to be able to sell.†Messenger: A shocking revelation: 70 pending court cases against 51ºÚÁÏ police 51ºÚÁÏ is trying not to pay the legal obligations it owes to people who had their rights violated by police officers.
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Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Metro columnist Author email Follow Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today
Messenger: Trump and I got our COVID shots the same day. That's worth two thumbs up. Trump got his COVID and flu shots last week. That's a good thing. But it's wrong that misinformation and confusion about vaccines is spreading.
Messenger: History repeats itself as trade war puts Missouri farmers 'in a pinch' “This is not the first time we’ve been in a pinch. We just want to be able to sell.â€
Messenger: A shocking revelation: 70 pending court cases against 51ºÚÁÏ police 51ºÚÁÏ is trying not to pay the legal obligations it owes to people who had their rights violated by police officers.
