Kansas lawmakers narrowly reject ban on using bump stocks
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March 16, 2018
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators narrowly rejected a proposal Thursday to make it illegal for gun owners to use bump stocks to make semi-automatic rifles mimic fully automatic ones.
The vote in the state Senate was 20-20 and came as lawmakers had their first major debate on gun issues since a school shooting last month in Florida that left 17 people dead.
Democratic Sen. Lynn Rogers, of Wichita, offered the bump-stock proposal as an amendment to a bill sought by state Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office. The underlying measure would clarify rules for allowing people who have permits...
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