Kansas Sportsmen's Self Defense Bill Signed into Law

guns.com ^ | 30 March, 2012 | 13663

[marktwain]

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has signed House Bill 2491, the Sportsmen's Self Defense bill into law. The bill would allow hunters, fishermen and fur harvesters to carry a handgun in the field.

The bill passed in the House by an overwhelming 113 to 8 vote in February, the state Senate passed the bill unanimously on March 15 before it was sent to the governors guest. The commonsense bill would allow an individual to carry a handgun for person protection while hunting, fishing or trapping as long as it is used for personal protection and not the unauthorized taking of wildlife. This gives sporstmen the ability to protect themselves from the variety of threats faced while hunting, such as wildlife and criminals.

This bill will allow Kansas to join other states, including Washington and Colorado, in allowing hunters, fishers and trappers to carry handguns for self defense.

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[marktwain]

Surprising, but some states do not allow hunters to carry pistols for self defense.

[JRandomFreeper]

Why in the world is taking game with a pistol be outlawed anywhere? I can use dad's old 22-250 (left hand bolt) to take a deer at 200 yards on a calm morning.

I'd starve, hunting deer with a pistol. Pistols are a little too sporting for me.

/johnny

[Dust in the Wind]

Kansas regs; Centerfire rifles and handguns that are not fully automatic and that fire a bullet larger than .23 inches in diameter and that use a cartridge case that is 1.280 inches or more in length (except that elk require a bullet larger than .25 inches in diameter a cartridge case length of 1.750 or longer), /snip

http://www.kdwpt.state.ks.us/news/Hunting/Hunting-Regulations/Deer/Legal-Equipment

This makes my SW 29E legal for big game as it is in Colo. It has been used to take a running Pronghorn.

[trapped_in_LA]

“Why in the world is taking game with a pistol be outlawed anywhere?”

Not sure why either, especially if you are allowing bow hunting. I don’t see how a large caliber pistol is not just as effective or more so than a bow and arrow. Surprisingly California does allow hunting with a pistol, but only for certain game (wild hogs come to mind).

[JRandomFreeper]

It has been used to take a running Pronghorn.

Maybe by Elmer Keith, but certainly not me. ;). Anything over 2 meters away, I'm going to use a long arm.

/johnny

[samtheman]

The bill passed in the House by an overwhelming 113 to 8 vote in February...

Wow. Now there's a bill Obama will champion before any court. He's all about big democratic majorities.

[marktwain]

Why in the world is taking game with a pistol be outlawed anywhere? I can use dad's old 22-250 (left hand bolt) to take a deer at 200 yards on a calm morning.

I believe that there were two reasons:

1. It was argued that pistols were not powerful enough to take large game animals. (even though some rifle cartridges were/are less powerful than some pistol cartridges)

2. There was a general, pervasive, Progressive, desire to remove reasons for owning concealable weapons from the public. Making them illegal for hunting tended to occur during the height of the progressive era, from 1934 through 1994.

[Dust in the Wind]

LOL Snakes and birds are the only critters in Kansas that you can not hunt with pistols. There are size regulations though. One can even use .17 or .22 rim fire to take treed fur bearers at night with hand held lights or head/hat lamps.

[JRandomFreeper]

That's even worse... I used a .38 with shot loads 5 times in New Mexico to kill rattlesnakes that were MUCH TOO CLOSE(tm). I even passed it over the fence to the neighbor that was a state trooper so he could use it on a rattler that was MUCH TOO CLOSE(tm) to him.

How about government not tell us what hand-tool we need to do the job we need to do? How hard is that?

/johnny

[Dust in the Wind]

I'm sorry. The rattlesnake regs are for commercial hunting. There are no restrictions on the imminent danger times...

[JRandomFreeper]

S'ok. I et 'em anyway. Except that little bitty barstid that didn't actually rattle when he shook his tail. Serves 'em right for making me wash my pants. ;)

Spring in the mountains with tall weeds around can be a dangerous time in NM. I've shot more no-legged creatures than 2 or 4 legged creatures in a non-hunting situation.

/johnny

[BitWielder1]

I think it may be because handguns aren't accurate enough and increases the risk of merely wounding the animal.
That plus all the other regulations for regulations sake.
Simplifying laws and getting rid of unnecessary laws is a very good step forward.

[Dust in the Wind]

I have to use a club or shovel usually while at work, I hate it when the rattlers in the hay stacks wind up on the trailers. That is too close to my vitals! Prefer a shotgun. If I'm close enough they get delivered to some hands that like to eat them.

[JRandomFreeper]

Too bad you can't carry a wheel gun with shotshells. When I was checking fences, I wouldn't go out without my normal .380 carry piece loaded with frangibles, the .38 with shotshells (thank you grandpa), and a rifle in the 6 wheeler.

I got hit by a cotton-mouth when I was 10, and I'll never, ever deal with poisonous snakes well again.

/johnny

[Dust in the Wind]

I've had several close calls the last few years that took me over half a day to really get calmed down. High stepin’ yahoo for a while. I would really like to legally carry for that reason but federal regs say I can't be trusted. Biting tongue, need sleep here Good Night.