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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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Kansas state Rep. Jim Howell, right, a Derby Republican, speaks to John Commerford, left, a National Rifle Association lobbyist, as state lawmakers negotiate over the final version of gun-rights legislation, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Howell is the main author of legislation to strip cities and counties of their authority to regulate guns. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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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, Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Howell is the main advocate of a bill stripping cities and counties of their power to regulate guns, and the measure has the support of Stoneking's group. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas state Rep. Jim Howell, left, a Derby Republican, confers with Patricia Stoneking, president of the Kansas State Rifle Association, during a House committee discussion of gun-rights legislation, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Howell is the main legislative advocate of the bill, and Stoneking's group is backing it. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas state Rep. Jim Howell, left, a Derby Republican, consults with Patricia Stoneking, center, president of the Kansas State Rifle Association, and Christopher Tymeson, right, chief legal counsel for the Kansas attorney general's office, before a legislative committee hearing on gun-rights legislation, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Howell is pushing the legislation. (AP Photo)