A state effort to stop municipalities from banning various dog breeds appears to have a hit a roadblock in the Missouri legislature — again.At least 85 cities and towns in Missouri have some form of breed-specific legislation, or BSL, banning pit bulls and other controversial dog breeds. Such ordinances have increasingly come under fire from activists and dog lovers, who say they do nothing to stop dangerous dogs, and lead to serious inconvenience for responsible dog owners.
As Jessica Karins later detailed in an RFT cover story, a proposed statewide ban on breed-specific legislation sailed through the House last year, only to get stopped in the Senate when state Senator Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown) simply refused to set it for a hearing.
Munzlinger has since retired.…