A national gun-control organization sent attack mailers to Kansas voters in the Legislature districts of a Topeka Democrat and a Hutchinson Republican to criticize a 2015 state law allowing concealed carry of firearms with a permit or training.
The nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety financed largely by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg targeted Sen. Laura Kelly and Rep. Jan Pauls with mailers claiming the lawmakers jeopardized safety of Kansans by "letting people carry hidden, loaded handguns in public without permits or safety ...