Some Missouri lawmakers' proposal for increased security inside the Capitol ran into two roadblocks during Tuesday's state Senate debate: cost and need.
Sen. Robin Wright Jones, D-St. Louis, told colleagues the bill was prompted by two events this year - the orange stickers with target-like crosshairs that were stuck on several lawmakers' nameplates on Jan. 24, and a Feb. 21 e-mail that included a reference to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who survived an assassination attempt last year.
Wright Jones' bill has a fiscal note estimating costs that could exceed $100,000 for 48 cameras.
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