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SB 45 allows those who may legally own a gun to carry it concealed, without a permit. The bill has 26 co-sponsors. Only 21 senate votes are needed for passage.
The bill changes a number of laws, but the primary effect is to reform the law by removing the requirement to have a concealed carry license in order to legally carry a handgun concealed. People in Kansas already have the right to carry handguns openly.
From the text of the bill(pdf):
(5) possession of a concealed handgun by an individual who islicensed by the attorney general to carry a concealed handgun undernot
K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 75-7c01 et seq., and amendments thereto
prohibited from possessing a firearm under either federal or state law.
If the law passes both the Senate and the House, as seems likely, the question will be, will Governor Brownback sign it. It seems likely as well. In 2013 Governor Brownback signed the Kansas law to stop state and local officials from enforcing Federal gun laws that infringe on second amendment rights. From the tenthamendmentcenter.com:
TOPEKA, KS (April 16, 2013) – Today, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed into law Senate Bill 102 (SB102), formerly HB2199 – the 2nd Amendment Protection Act. In the wake of increased federal interest in restricting the right to keep and bear arms, the new Kansas law is the most comprehensive nullification of such acts thus far.The new law nullifies a wide range of federal attacks on the right to keep and bear arms in the State of Kansas. It states, in part:
Any act, law, treaty, order, rule or regulation of the government of the United States which violates the second amendment to the constitution of the United States is null, void and unenforceable in the state of Kansas
Much has to happen before SB 45 reaches Governor Brownback's desk.
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