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TexasTowelie

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Sun Mar 12, 2017, 06:51 PM Mar 2017

New bill would keep Kansas colleges from regulating guns on campus

TOPEKA -- As efforts in the Kansas Legislature to stop a law allowing concealed handguns on college campuses have stalled, a new bill in front of lawmakers would add another layer to the law.

Under HB 2220, Kansas universities and the state board of regents would not be able to enforce rules or regulations put in place about how people carry or store their concealed handguns on campus.

Rep. Blake Carpenter, a Derby Republican, said he brought the bill forward and cited a concern that universities are preparing to limit gun owners who want to carry a handgun on campus from having “a round in the chamber.”

He said he was also concerned about other limitations and policies that college campuses have approved for when the campus carry law takes effect July 1.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article138080013.html

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