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Article: COLUMN: Concealed weapons would provide false sense of security
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- University Wire
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- April 7, 2004
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Barbara Meyer
University Wire
04-07-2004
(Kansas State Collegian) (U-WIRE) MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Despite its bad reputation as a conservative-only state, Kansas maintained a rational stance for years on at least one issue -- concealed weapons.
Our commitment against concealed weapons has been shared in recent years by only three states: Illinois, Nebraska and Wisconsin. However, the recently approved Personal and Family Protection Act could change all that.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the cumulative rate of violent crime in the four states without concealed weapons laws is relatively low. If Chicago is excluded from the statistics, the numbers drastically are lower than the ...