(AP) -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation lowering the minimum age for obtaining a concealed guns permit to 21.
The minimum age had been 23 -- said by the National Rifle Association to be the highest in the country -- since Missouri adopted its concealed weapons law in 2003.
The legislation signed Friday also revises one of the training requirements for getting a concealed gun permit. Those seeking permits will have to shoot 50 rounds each with a revolver and a semiautomatic pistol instead of 50 rounds with any handgun.
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