Yesterday, the Kansas Senate voted down numerous anti-gun amendments to self-defense legislation, House Bill 2042. Please contact your lawmakers and urge them to continue opposing any new gun control measures!

Defeated amendments are the below:

A ban on devices that are designed or function to accelerate the rate of fire of a semi-automatic firearm. The broad and overreaching provisions in this legislation could potentially criminalize firearm modifications such as competition triggers, and ergonomic changes that are commonly done by law-abiding gun owners to make their firearms more suitable for self-defense, competition, hunting, or even overcoming disability.

An attempt to prevent law-abiding adults aged 18 to 20 years old from acquiring a firearm deprives them of their constitutional right to self-defense. This legislation is outright offensive and demeaning to Kansas’ young adults who are otherwise allowed to vote, join the military, and exercise every other constitutionally guaranteed right.

Language that sought to repeal Kansas’ Constitutional Carry, as well as the repeal of campus carry.

Another amendment was voted down that attempted to impose a 3 day waiting period on the purchase of a firearm.

Your NRA-ILA will continue to keep you updated as more information becomes available for the 2018 Legislative Session.