03-20-2015, 06:20 PM
(03-20-2015, 06:15 PM)blueberryhill Wrote: Now, I just read that 80% of Kansans think that permits and training should still be the law for carrying open/concealed weapons; however, the Kansas Senate just passed Senate Bill 45 which will permit carrying weapons without a permit or any (now required) training. Still has to go to House, but I wish someone would explain how this makes any sense.
It makes sense if you look at it politically, considering special interest groups and wealthy lobbies.
The backing and campaign funding from the NRA has a stronger influence on those politicians than do the voices of the majority of people who elected them into office. Sad, but true.
It's the same at the federal level. 90% of the American public wants universal background checks. The bill to make it a law did not have a bunch of frivolous riders attached and specifically stated that the federal government would not (and was not legally permitted to) try to establish a national gun registry. The bill was submitted not long after the Sandy Hook massacre. And still, Congress did not pass the bill into law.