You must affirm the following to obtain a CCW permit in Missouri:

• I am currently a resident of the State of Missouri; I am a member of the armed forces of the United States of America stationed in the State of Missouri; or I am a spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States of America stationed in the State of Missouri;
  
  
• I am a citizen or permanent resident of the United States;
  
  
• I am at least 19 years of age, or I am at least 18 years of age or older and a member of the United States Armed Forces or honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces;
  
  
• I have not pleaded guilty to or been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year under the laws of any state or of the United States other than a crime classified as a misdemeanor under the laws of any state and punishable by a term of imprisonment of two years or less that does not involve an explosive weapon , firearm, firearm silencer, or gas gun;
  
  
• I have not been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or entered a plea of nolo contendere to one or more misdemeanor offenses involving crimes of violence within a five-year period immediately preceding application for a permit, and I have not been convicted of two or more misdemeanor offenses involving driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, or possession or abuse of a controlled substance within a five-year period immediately preceding application for a permit.
  
  
• I am not a fugitive from justice or currently charged in an information of indictment with the commission of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year under the laws of any state or of the United States other than a crime classified as a misdemeanor under the laws of any state and punishable by a term of imprisonment of two years or less that does not involve an explosive weapon, firearm, firearm silencer or gas gun;
  
  
• I have not been discharged under dishonorable conditions from the United States Armed Forces;
  
  
• I am not adjudged mentally incompetent at the time of this application or for five years prior to application, or have not been committed to a mental health facility, as defined in RSMO section 632.005 or a similar institution located in another state or that release or discharge from a facility in this state pursuant to chapter 632, or a similar discharge from a facility in another state, occurred more than five years ago without subsequent recommitment.