If this looks ideal to you, Kansas is calling your name.
If you pine for the days of Wild West, where men and women were free from gun regulations, Kansas is the place for you! Soon the days of applying for a pesky conceal carry permit will be but a
distant memory:
Kansas is poised to join a handful of other states that allow their residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit after the Legislature gave final approval Wednesday to a bill backed by the National Rifle Association.
The measure was headed to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback despite some lawmakers' misgivings about the state dropping its requirement that anyone seeking to carry a concealed firearm undergo at least eight hours of training. Brownback's office didn't say what his plans are, but he's signed every other major gun-rights measure sent to him since taking office in January 2011.
Yeeeeeehaw! No more nominal registration fee and no more requisite training.
"Carrying a gun is a lifestyle," said Republican Rep. Travis Couture-Lovelady. "The government should trust its citizens."
So, if you want to live in a place with little to no gun regulation, increasingly underfunded schools, zero economic growth, poor access to health care and growing religious extremism, I know a few Kansas realtors who'd love to talk with you.