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Transcript: Tough Gun Control Law Under Fire in Wichita, Kansas
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- NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday
- Article date:
- September 24, 1994
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ALEX CHADWICK, Host: When voters in Wichita, Kansas go to the polls
in November, they'll be casting their ballots in a number of local
and statewide races. They also may get to vote in a non-binding referendum
that would decide whether to repeal Wichita's tough new gun control
ordinance. As part of NPR's election project, Gordon Basham of member
station KNUW reports on Kansans' concerns about crime and gun control.
GORDON BASHAM, Reporter: A statewide survey of more than 600 voters
by Kansas Public Radio and the Wichita Eagle newspaper showed one
out of every five Kansans felt crime was the state's number one problem.
At the same time, more than a third of those ...