Well the bill still has passed both House & Senate, it brings a choice to the citizens of Kansas and will grant them the right to vote on the issue of gun rights and if they want to strengthen the 'individual' rights of citizens. Apparently the state does NOT currently grant an individual right to keep and bear arms under the current wording of the Kansas state constitution.
The voters will be allowed to vote on a wording change that will very clearly instill an individual right to the citizens of Kansas.
If the voters choose to pass the change, the wording of the Kansas Constitution would replace the phrase:
The interesting part of all of this is that this is one of the very few chances that voters, on a state wide basis, in modern times, will be voting on gun rights. Most gun right votes, be they anti-rights or pro-rights, take place inside the respective House/Senate chambers in the states, but this is going out to the people for a vote. It will be interesting to see the outcome of this, it may well set a tone, one way or the other, for the rest of the nation to follow with regards to gun rights. I would have to guess that if there is not strong support for this among the people then anti-gun politicians will be bolder in their attempts to ban/restrict weapons, but if there is strong support then quite the opposite may occur.
The voters will be allowed to vote on a wording change that will very clearly instill an individual right to the citizens of Kansas.
Kansans to vote on gun ownership amendment - Kansas City Star
Kansans to vote on gun ownership amendment
By JEANNINE KORANDA
The Wichita Eagle
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“It is the law of the land today in every state. They (supporters) would like to make sure it stays that way in Kansas,” said Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, an Independence Republican. Supporters of a resolution that passed the House and Senate say the move is needed in case the U.S. Supreme Court ever decides that the Second Amendment does not protect individual gun ownership.
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Sen. Mike Petersen, a Wichita Republican and one of the resolution’s top supporters, said he was surprised to learn that Kansas did not protect individual gun owner rights.
Kansans to vote on gun ownership amendment
By JEANNINE KORANDA
The Wichita Eagle
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“It is the law of the land today in every state. They (supporters) would like to make sure it stays that way in Kansas,” said Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, an Independence Republican. Supporters of a resolution that passed the House and Senate say the move is needed in case the U.S. Supreme Court ever decides that the Second Amendment does not protect individual gun ownership.
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Sen. Mike Petersen, a Wichita Republican and one of the resolution’s top supporters, said he was surprised to learn that Kansas did not protect individual gun owner rights.
“I think a lot of voters thought that they already had this right, but they don’t,” he said.
with the wording“the people have the right to bear arms for their defense and security”
“a person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and state, for lawful hunting and recreational use, and for any other lawful purpose.”