The guns-everywhere cabal in the Kansas Legislature now has legislation before it which would legalize guns on the campuses of the state’s colleges and universities.
As is their custom, they have labeled the bill “The Family and Personal Protection Act,” rather than the more accurate “Qualify for More NRA Campaign Cash — and to Heck with Student Safety Act.”
The legislation has been lambasted by the police chiefs of Kansas who rightly note that allowing guns on campus would lead to more tragedies and greatly complicate their law enforcement responsibilities and by college athletic departments who warn that joining the guns-first crowd would make it harder to recruit athletes.
It should also be firmly opposed by all thinking parents of college students and citizens of college towns — including Iola, dear reader.
Because every session of the Legislature is inflicted with bills aimed at doing the bidding of the NRA or some other lobby it would be useful if the lawmakers would discipline themselves by adopting a three-times-and-you’re-out rule that automatically assigned such repeat junk to the trash heap.
Voters should also be made aware of the fact that this annual paid-for legislation is introduced and then supported by the same small cadre of Billy the Kid wannabes and take action at the polls.
— Emerson Lynn, jr.
