ksuchewie
03-28-2008, 12:39 PM
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Individuals could own machine guns, other fully automatic firearms, sawed-off shotguns and silencers under a bill the Kansas House has passed.
The vote Friday was 105-18.
The measure is the House's version of a Senate-passed bill meant to clarify state laws dealing with who can sell semiautomatic weapons to law enforcement agencies and officers. In December, the attorney general issued a legal opinion saying some dealers might be barred.
The Senate's version deals only with that issue. But in the House, a committee added amendments to remove the restrictions on individual ownership of other weapons.
The House's change will become an issue when the two chambers negotiate over the final version of the bill.
The vote Friday was 105-18.
The measure is the House's version of a Senate-passed bill meant to clarify state laws dealing with who can sell semiautomatic weapons to law enforcement agencies and officers. In December, the attorney general issued a legal opinion saying some dealers might be barred.
The Senate's version deals only with that issue. But in the House, a committee added amendments to remove the restrictions on individual ownership of other weapons.
The House's change will become an issue when the two chambers negotiate over the final version of the bill.