Contact Editor Sherman Smith for questions: Follow Kansas Reflector on Facebook and Twitter.ĭerek Nester was born and raised in Blue Rapids and graduated from Valley Heights High School in 2000. Kansas Reflector maintains editorial independence. Kansas Reflector is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. “Kansas has to make clear again, through their Legislature, that they support the Second Amendment and that they do not want to undermine the Second Amendment in any way.” “It’s something that I believe Kansas needs to get ahead of because it’s a right that Kansans do cherish and hold dearly,” Warren said. Kellie Warren, a Leawood Republican and bill co-sponsor who is seeking the GOP nomination for attorney general in this year’s election, said this was a message the Legislature needed to send in support of the Second Amendment. The Attorney General’s office said the enactment of this bill would result in legal challenges. They did not provide examples of any specific companies the Kansas government is contracting with that violate this proposed law. Proponents of the bill also said PayPal has taken a stance against the firearm industry. Lawmakers in Texas, Wyoming and Georgia have approved similar legislation. “What we’ve seen recently is corporations taking action to discriminate against those that make firearms, those that make ammunition and even those associations that represent the people that want to use firearms to protect their families or for sport shooting or for hunting,” Watkins said. Jason Watkins, with the Kansas State Rifle Association, pointed to Yeti, a cup and cooler company, who a few years back ceased partnering with the firearm industry. The final exception is for government entities who need to contract with the sole provider of the good or service. If the company must engage in discriminatory acts to comply with federal, state or local laws or if the company has a “traditional business rationale,” it may refuse to engage in trade with a firearm entity.
For example, a company would not be discriminating against a firearm entity if it has an established company policy of not engaging in the business of firearms. Under the bill in the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee, all government agencies at the state and local level would be subject to antidiscrimination provisions, with few exceptions.
Let’s include sexual orientation and gender identity and we will become active supporters.” “If you are going to protect 1,310 licensed gun dealers in the state of Kansas, let’s amend this bill. There are 1,310 licensed gun dealers in the state of Kansas,” Witt said. He pointed to several women’s health clinics in Wichita having difficulties finding service from plumbers, contractors and suppliers. However, Tom Witt, executive director of Equality Kansas, said in a hearing Monday these business decisions pale in comparison to some of the other forms of discrimination around the state. Supporters of the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination Act called these business decisions a direct attack on the Second Amendment. Firearm industry advocates argued instances of this type of discrimination have risen substantially in the past decade. Senate Bill 482 prohibits state and local government entities from contracting with companies that refuse to trade, engage or have terminated an existing relationship with firearm companies. In addition, Rod is currently the creator and host of the weekly "CCFR Radio - On The Air" talk show on WildTV.TOPEKA - Legislation under consideration by the Kansas Senate would make firearms the first industry protected from discrimination under state law. Rod hosts and produces the most popular online firearm podcast in Canada "The CCFR Radio Podcast" broadcast biweekly via the CCFR YouTube Channel, Rumble, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. He produced Gun Ban Canada & The CCFR's Canada Downrange Season 1 on WildTV, as well as Broken Trust and Canada Downrange Season 2 on Sportsman Channel Canada. In cooperation with WildTV, Rod is the creator, host, writer and producer of the ground-breaking seven-part limited series, "Gun Ban Canada - Exposed". In the early days of firearm-related YouTube, Rod produced and hosted the largest (all Canadian) firearms channel, the “Civil Advantage Channel”. In addition, Rod is an instructor in good standing with the RCMP Canadian Firearms Program having trained over 4,000 students in the Canadian Firearm Safety Course and live fire training. Giltaca owned and operated one of Canada’s most recognizable training businesses Civil Advantage Firearms Training (Civil Advantage Management Inc.).
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