NEWS RELEASE
CCRKBA CONGRATULATES KANSAS LAWMAKERS ON CCW VOTE
BELLEVUE, WA ? The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep
and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today congratulated the Kansas
Legislature for passing legislation that will finally allow
law-abiding citizens to legally carry concealed firearms for
their personal protection.

?Despite a threatened veto by Democrat Gov. Kathleen Sebelius,
Kansas lawmakers took a courageous vote and proved they are
willing to butt heads with the anti-gun media and the shrill
voices against self-defense,? said CCRKBA Chairman Alan M.
Gottlieb. ?If the governor carries through on her threat to
once again leave her constituents, friends and neighbors
defenseless against criminals, we hope the Legislature swiftly
and decisively overrides that veto.?

CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron added, ?Gov. Sebelius is
probably going to use the unfounded concerns of some civic
leaders, a few misguided law enforcement officials, and
hysteria of the gun control crowd as cover for her expected
veto. Despite the rhetoric about vigilantism and gunfights at
stoplights, there is no historical evidence of such outbreaks
in any of the dozens of other states where millions of
law-abiding citizens already carry concealed firearms, and
they know it. Those predictions are simply hot air and smoke
designed to obscure the real objective of concealed carry
opponents, which is to keep citizens disarmed.?

The measure had earlier passed the Kansas State Senate on a
vote of 29-11, and this morning, the House of Representatives
passed the bill with a lopsided 90-33 margin. Those numbers
amount to a veto-proof majority in both houses, according to
the bill?s sponsor, State Sen. Phil Journey (R-Haysville).

?Senator Journey is a steadfast proponent of firearms civil
rights,? Gottlieb observed. ?He understands the difference
between good guys and criminals, which is more than one can
say about the opponents of this legislation.

?We encourage Kansas gun owners to call the Governor?s office
in Topeka,? Gottlieb said, ?and urge her to do the right
thing. Ask her why Kansas citizens are somehow less
trustworthy with their own safety than citizens in 46 other
states.?

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