mick silver
27th March 2015, 03:14 PM
http://www.ketv.com/national/kansas-to-allow-concealed-guns-without-permit/32046884
Kansas will join a handful of other states that allow their residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit after a bill backed by the National Rifle Association was approved, The Associated press reported.
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Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is expected to sign the bill despite some lawmakers' apprehensions about the state dropping its requirement that anyone seeking to carry a concealed firearm undergo at least eight hours of training. According to the NRA, Kansas would become the fifth state to allow concealed carry without a permit everywhere within its borders.
The House approved the bill Wednesday on an 85-39 vote. The Senate passed it last month, but a House committee made a technical change that senators had to review. The Senate approved the bill 31-8 about two hours after the House's vote.
The NRA says only Alaska, Arizona, Vermont and Wyoming allow guns everywhere in the state without a permit, though Montana allows it without a permit outside of cities, which is most of the state.
Brownback's office didn't tell the AP what his plans are, but he's signed every other major gun-rights measure sent to him since taking office in January 2011.
Kansas will join a handful of other states that allow their residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit after a bill backed by the National Rifle Association was approved, The Associated press reported.
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Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is expected to sign the bill despite some lawmakers' apprehensions about the state dropping its requirement that anyone seeking to carry a concealed firearm undergo at least eight hours of training. According to the NRA, Kansas would become the fifth state to allow concealed carry without a permit everywhere within its borders.
The House approved the bill Wednesday on an 85-39 vote. The Senate passed it last month, but a House committee made a technical change that senators had to review. The Senate approved the bill 31-8 about two hours after the House's vote.
The NRA says only Alaska, Arizona, Vermont and Wyoming allow guns everywhere in the state without a permit, though Montana allows it without a permit outside of cities, which is most of the state.
Brownback's office didn't tell the AP what his plans are, but he's signed every other major gun-rights measure sent to him since taking office in January 2011.