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So, what gun control would have stopped the Kansas City shooting? – Washington Examiner

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2 years ago

February 22, 2024

So, what gun control would have stopped the Kansas City shooting? – Washington Examiner

Now that we have more information about the two adults involved in the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting, we can again see that all of the activists and politicians yelling for gun control are out of their depth.

President Joe Biden, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, and several sports media personalities were all quick to jump on the calls for gun control. They knew nothing about any of the suspects involved, nothing about what kind of guns they used or where they were acquired, or anything else. Their uneducated preening was dealt its first blow when the first two suspects arrested and charged were revealed to be juveniles, meaning there was already no legal way for them to own or acquire guns in the first place.

Since then, two adult suspects have been arrested, named, and charged. According to court documents, the man who began firing was Lyndell Mays, who just completed two years’ probation for disturbing the peace after pulling a gun outside a community center. The other man, Dominic Miller, pulled his gun after Mays had pulled his and began firing after Mays fired first.

And to top it all off, the firearm recovered from the scene near Mays was stolen.

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As it stands, what grand gun control proposal would have done anything here? The guns used were handguns, so an “assault weapons” ban is out. What “expanded” or “universal” background check applies to stolen handguns? Maybe, maybe, you could find something that would have prevented Miller, who is 18, from possessing a gun, but it was Mays, with his stolen firearm, who began shooting first. So, where are we now?

This is yet another instance in the never-ending gun control debate of left-wing politicians and activists throwing their stale talking points onto a tragedy with no serious interest in preventing tragedies like it. They treat incidents such as the Kansas City shooting as notches in their gun control debate belt, ignoring the specifics to push their unrelated, ineffective policies, all while they shame people for daring to disagree. The only shame here belongs with them and their selfish partisan politics.

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LET’S TALK | KSHB coming to Northeast Kansas City, Missouri, on Jan. 20

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20 hours ago

January 9, 2026

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LET’S TALK | KSHB coming to Northeast Kansas City, Missouri, on Jan. 20

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The KSHB 41 News team will be landing in Northeast Kansas City, Missouri, for our latest Let’s Talk event.

We’ll be hanging out from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at Peachtree Cafeteria, 2128 E. 12th Street, in Kansas City, Missouri, 64127.

Join KSHB 41’s Kevin Holmes, Wes Peery, Alyssa Jackson, Ryan Gamboa and others in person to let us know what we need to learn about the Historic Northeast, its residents, what’s going well and what opportunities are possible.

If you can’t make it in person, send us a question using the form below.

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Kansas ag officials take comment on proposed water rules

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1 day ago

January 9, 2026

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Kansas ag officials take comment on proposed water rules

by: Wil Day

Posted: Jan 8, 2026 / 07:19 PM CST

Updated: Jan 8, 2026 / 07:19 PM CST

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas Department of Agriculture held a meeting on Thursday to discuss proposed rules regarding the Kansas Water Appropriation Act.

The Division of Water Resources is proposing new regulations and changes to current regulations under the law.

The division is looking at amending or revoking regulations related to flowmeters tracking water usage.

It is also proposing changes to groundwater usage rules on how far you can move a well from its original location to prevent harming the water rights of other landowners.

Another regulation would create voluntary Water Conservation Areas, where landowners work with the division to establish water conservation plans on their properties.

Some of the concerns raised at Thursday’s meeting dealt with property rights and the transfer of land to new owners. Some expressed concern about the sale of water rights to other landowners in the area.

There is no listed timeline for when the changes could be made.

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Rural Kansas fire department reports record number of calls in 2025

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2 days ago

January 8, 2026

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Rural Kansas fire department reports record number of calls in 2025

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A rural Kansas fire department says it saw yet another increase in calls in 2025.

On Tuesday, Butler County Fire District #3 posted data about last year on social media.

It responded to 782 alarms in 2025, which is a new record.

The majority of the calls were for rescue and emergency medical services, followed by service calls.

Courtesy: Butler County Fire District #3

The department’s data show the number of calls has been trending upward over the last 20 years.

From 2006 to 2010, the department handled an an average of 550 calls a year. From 2021 through 2025, that average was 720, a 31% increase.

Courtesy: Butler County Fire District #3

Officials said continued growth in the community has increased the demand for emergency services.

“These numbers reinforce the importance of ongoing training, staffing, equipment planning, and community support to ensure we can continue to provide timely and effective service,” the department said on Facebook.

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