Kansas lawmakers cancel debate on NRA-backed gun safety bill

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


John Hanna, Ap Political Writer
Updated 6:06 pm, Thursday, February 22, 2018

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators canceled debate Thursday on allowing elementary schools to offer a National Rifle Association-backed firearms safety course, responding to concerns such a step would be inappropriate the week after the mass shooting at a Florida high school.

House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., a conservative Kansas City-area Republican, said top GOP leaders are pursuing a more comprehensive plan that could include mental health initiatives.

The proposal drew fire from some Democrats and GOP moderates because it would give preference to an NRA gun-safety program as it authorized local schools to offer such courses to their students. They said it was inappropriate to steer schools to the NRA's curriculum so soon after the fatal Valentine's Day shootings of 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school by a 19-year-old former student.

"We don't need to be doing that right now," said state Rep. Stephanie Clayton, a moderate Kansas City-area Republican. "It's much too soon."

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Kansas-lawmakers-cancel-debate-on-NRA-backed-gun-12649195.php

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. "It's much too soon," they said.

So they'll wait a month and then do it.

[turbinetree]

2. "It's much too soon", since when was a school a platform to shoot a gun

I am so glad I am not a student.............I would get expelled................


What's the matter with Kansas....................the NRA owns you


November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

[rurallib]

3. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS???????

[Nitram]

4. Leave it up to the NRA to find a way to make a buck on the back of this tragedy.