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Progress marches on: Kansas lawmakers approve bill to void local gun laws
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:37 am
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:37 am
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Kansas legislators gave final approval Saturday to a bill that would nullify city and county gun restrictions and ensure that it's legal across the state to openly carry firearms, a measure the National Rifle Association sees as a nationwide model for stripping local officials of their gun-regulating power.
The House approved the legislation, 102-19, a day after the Senate passed it, 37-2. The measure goes next to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. He hasn't said whether he'll sign it, but he's a strong supporter of gun rights and has signed other measures backed by the NRA and the Kansas State Rifle Association.
Kansas law doesn't expressly forbid the open carrying of firearms, and the attorney general's office has in the past told local officials that some restrictions are allowed. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., has prohibited the practice, but the bill would sweep any such ban away, except to allow cities and counties to prevent openly carried weapons inside public buildings.
The measure also would prevent cities and counties from enacting restrictions on the sale of firearms and ammunition, or imposing rules on how guns must be stored and transported. Existing ordinances would be void, and local governments could not use tax dollars for gun buy-back programs.
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This post was edited on 4/6/14 at 8:39 am
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:50 am to weagle99
And there ought to be a serious increase in the Criminal penalty for using a gun in the commission of a crime. Serious...no dancing around. This will be needed to discourage any abuse of this right. And as well, scare the hardcore criminals out of the State.
Then we'll only have to deal with the psychos. Some collateral damage will be wrought, but it would be absorbed anyway. BTW, psychos who do go rouge won't make it to Court in that scenario.
Basic classes should be required; just like with driving licenses. I have to remind my own wife, to CLICK THE F'N SAFETY, as soon as she finishes her shots.
Then we'll only have to deal with the psychos. Some collateral damage will be wrought, but it would be absorbed anyway. BTW, psychos who do go rouge won't make it to Court in that scenario.
Basic classes should be required; just like with driving licenses. I have to remind my own wife, to CLICK THE F'N SAFETY, as soon as she finishes her shots.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 9:04 am to RCDfan1950
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Basic classes should be required;
Fine, do it in school...
Posted on 4/6/14 at 9:07 am to wickowick
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Fine, do it in school...
It could be squeezed in right after they teach students how to put on condoms.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 9:22 am to weagle99
Remember that decisions should be made on a local level by local people who know their area best. A government entity preempting another is wrong and authoritarian.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 9:32 am to Ham Malone
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Remember that decisions should be made on a local level by local people who know their area best. A government entity preempting another is wrong and authoritarian.
Do you even state constitutions bro?
Posted on 4/6/14 at 10:17 am to Ham Malone
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State's rights!
There is nothing in the Constitution about local governments. They are entirely a function of whatever authority the state government decides to grant them.
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