Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly rejects measure allowing 18-year-olds to carry concealed guns Katie Bernard, The Kansas City Star © Mark Reinstein/Zuma Press/TNS Laura Kelly on inauguration day at the Kansas State Capitol on January 14, 2019, in Topeka, Kan. Kelly rejected a bill Friday that would lower the concealed carry age in Kansas to 18..
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Gov. Laura Kelly rejected a bill Friday that would lower the concealed carry age in Kansas to 18, sending the measure back to the state Legislature.
In a statement, Kelly said she was a long time supporter of gun rights but believed lowering the concealed carry age was a bad idea.
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Kansas Gov Laura Kelly rejects measure allowing 18-year-olds to carry concealed guns
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While gun control bills aren’t moving in Congress at the moment, at the state level there’s quite a bit of activity when it comes to firearms. In Blue America, they’re talking about raising taxes on guns and ammo and confiscating ammunition magazines. In Red America, meanwhile, they’re talking about Constitutional Carry and lowering the age limit to lawfully carry a firearm for self-defense.
On a 30 to 8 vote Wednesday, the Senate approved a bill to lower the minimum age to carry a concealed weapon from 21 to 18. It would also make valid in Kansas any concealed carry licenses from other states.
Bill to drop concealed carry age clears Kansas Legislature
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PROVO, UT - DECEMBER 19: Damon Thueson shows a holster at a gun concealed carry permit class put on by USA Firearms Training on December 19, 2015 in Provo, Utah. Demand for concealed carry permits have spiked in the last several weeks with the terrorists attacks in Paris and the United States. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
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TOPEKA, Kan. â A proposal to lower the legal age in Kansas to carry concealed firearms from 21 to 18 won final approval Thursday in the Legislature.