Posted March 14, 2017 11:15 am by Comments

By Christen Smith

Kansas lawmakers heard testimony last week on a proposal to limit gun regulations on college campuses.
Rep. Blake Carpenter, R-Derby, sponsor of House Bill 2220, described the proposal as a reaction to the weapons policies popping up at universities across the state as administrators prepare for the campus carry law to take effect in less than four months.
“The bill originated when I found out that the universities and regents, they’re basically passing these policies that affect how an individual will carry their handgun,” Carpenter said in an interview with The Kansas City Star. “For me, I carry with a round in the chamber and I always do.”
Kansas enacted a law in 2013 allowing guns in public buildings, but colleges were among the few places granted a four-year exemption, set to expire on July 1.
Since then, universities have adopted policies for carrying weapons on campus, including provisions requiring owners to keep the gun in their possession at all times, chamber empty and safety on.
The National Rifle Association says such rules are designed to discourage campus carry entirely.
“I believe that a lot of these issues on the university-level policies are just trying to make it more confusing and make it more restrictive so

Source: Guns.com

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