
In this photo from March 12, 2014, Kansas state Rep. Jim Howell, left, a Derby Republican, confers with Patricia Stoneking, right, the president of the Kansas State Rifle Committee, during a House committee debate on gun-rights legislation at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Howell was the main sponsor of a new law stripping cities and counties of their power to regulate guns, which also addresses possession of a gun while drunk or under the influence of drugs. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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