The leading Democratic candidates for Missouri governor emphasized different ideas to combat gun violence during a debate this past weekend, with House Minority Leader Crystal Quade calling for more local control over firearms – a priority of Kansas City leaders.

Republican Party platform, which condemned Democrats for proposing laws that would "eviscerate the Second Amendment," devoted three paragraphs to gun rights. The 2020 platform did not discuss the subject at all because there was no 2020 platform;

Vice President Pence is the most prominent Republican to express dissatisfaction with the new proposed Republican platform.