Kansas lawmakers have failed their communities, refusing to pass even the most basic gun safety laws or to close deadly loopholes that enable gun violence.
Kansas recently repealed its law requiring a background check and permit to carry a hidden, loaded gun in public and has enacted other laws to make it easier to carry firearms in public places. In 2022, Kansas had the twenty-first highest gun death rate among the states. In an average year, 463 people die from gun violence in the state. That means that someone dies from gun violence every 19 hours. Sixty-nine percent of those deaths are gun suicides, and 28% are gun homicides. In Kansas, the rate of gun deaths increased 48% from 2013 to 2022, compared to a 36% increase nationwide.
What Kansas Does Well
- Mental health record reporting
What Kansas Is Missing
- Universal background checks
- Gun owner licensing
- Extreme risk protection orders
- Most domestic violence gun laws
- Assault weapon restrictions
- Large capacity magazine ban
- Waiting periods
- Concealed carry permit
- Open carry regulations
- Child access prevention laws
SPOTLIGHT
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WHO CAN HAVE A GUN
OWNER RESPONSIBILITIES
CHILD & CONSUMER SAFETY
GUNS IN PUBLIC
HARDWARE & AMMUNITION
OTHER LAWS & POLICIES
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We’re in this together. To build a safer America—one where children and parents in every neighborhood can learn, play, work, and worship without fear of gun violence—we need you standing beside us in this fight.
