With most of the votes counted, Amendment 5 is passing 62% to 38%. This amendment appeared on the ballot as:
"Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to include a declaration that the right to keep and bear arms is a unalienable right and that the state government is obligated to uphold that right? "
The actual change to the constitution is explained here
http://ballotpedia.org/Missouri_Righ...5_(August_2014)
I am not sure how important this was, since Missouri already is pretty gun friendly. But since it was put on the ballot, it became a symbolic fight, and a defeat would have looked bad. Wise or not, the issue was on the ballot and we had to win... and we did.
Jim