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Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 8:59 pm

Put our Right to Keep and Bear Arms back in the Kansas Constitution On November 2nd

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Topeka, Kansas --(Ammoland.com)- A 1905 court ruling from the Kansas Supreme Court took the interpretation of Section 4 of the Kansas Constitution to mean the Right to Keep and Bear Arms only exists as a collective right for those in the militia or military and “NO INDIVIDUAL RIGHT EXISTS.”

For that reason, the NRA has worked with the Kansas State Rifle Association, Senator Mike Petersen and the Legislature, to pass a Constitutional Amendment during the 2009 legislative session, which provides new language that clarifies Section 4 and GUARANTEES an individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The language reads:

“A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and state, for lawful hunting and recreational use, and for any other lawful purpose.”

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www.ammoland.com/2010/10/27/r...-constitution/

Steve

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Controversy nominal over proposed constitutional amendments

By Scott Rothschild
October 31, 2010

Topeka — The last time Kansas voters changed the state constitution was in 2005 when they approved an amendment that said marriage shall be between one man and one woman.

Nothing that controversial appears on Tuesday’s ballot.

But there are two proposed amendments before voters.

The first one deals with the rights of gun owners, and the second one removes a provision that would allow the Legislature to deny the right to vote to people with mental illness.

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/oc...stitutional-a/

Steve

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Posted on Wed, Nov. 03, 2010

Kansans approve two amendments

By Eagle staff

Kansas voters approved two amendments to the state constitution.

Voters said yes to an amendment affirming individuals have the right to own firearms and to an amendment removing a never-used constitutional provision allowing the Legislature to block people from voting if they have a mental illness.

The gun question was placed on the ballot by the 2009 Kansas Legislature in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that said the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment grants individuals the right to bear firearms.

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www.kansas.com/2010/11/03/157...mendments.html

Steve