Tag: Second Amendment

Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall has given a new meaning to MAGA: Make America Gangsters Again.  When I saw that Marshall had posted on Facebook that he’s sponsoring a bill in Congress to bring back sawed-off…

I am a bit conservative.  • I am pro-life. I love that Donald Trump and his Federalist Society judicial nominees overthrew Roe v. Wade, a lawless example of judicial overreach. • I am skeptical of…

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court could undermine decades of congressional efforts to prevent gun violence if they agree with a lower court decision that struck down a nearly 30-year-old gun control law, two groups of…

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — A shooter fired on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in suburban Chicago, spraying the crowd with gunshots initially mistaken for fireworks before hundreds of panicked revelers of all…

Dear editor, On Dec. 15, 1791, the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, giving citizens the right to own and bear arms. When written, the only long guns available were smooth-bore muskets that…

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a major gun-rights claim and decide whether the Second Amendment gives law-abiding individuals a right to carry a loaded handgun when they leave home, regardless of…

Kansas has not gone to hell in a hand basket since 2015 — at least not for reasons related to guns. It was in 2015 when the state passed a law that you no longer…

TOPEKA — Rep. Boog Highberger urged House peers to ban the public and legislators from bringing concealed firearms into the Capitol, but Rep. Blake Carpenter argued the 40 or so representatives carrying guns at the…

There’s a reason presidential politics, at some point, turn to the Supreme Court. Former Secretary of State Kris Kobach, now running for a U.S. Senate seat, spoke about the High Court, the Constitution and a…

The conventional wisdom says Americans are highly divided over gun rights and gun control. But is it true?  Recent data from the 2019 Kansas Speaks poll suggests that there is a political center on this…