Kansas residents are now legally allowed to concealed carry a firearm without a concealed carry permit.
On May 25, the Kansas Senate introduced the ‘constitutional carry bill,’ which passed 
through the Chamber and House and was signed into law by Governor Brownback.
This bill, Senate Bill 45, changes the regulations for concealed-carry, where concealing a gun would no longer require a permit. Gun owners could still obtain a state concealed-carry permit if they wanted to carry their weapon in other states that honor Kansas permits.
Junction City Police Chief, Tim Brown expressed his thoughts on the new law Wednesday.
“I’d like to say in full confidence it’s going to make the city safer,” said Brown. “I’m just not so sure that that’s the truth. My concern is that a number of persons unfamiliar with the laws of when you have the right to use force and when you don’t, that people that don’t have a good idea how to use a firearm may be inclined to carry them, and based on that I think is a recipe for disaster. Untrained and unknowledgeable individuals carrying firearms could cause serious harm to themselves or other person’s, but you know thats the police officer in me.”
When asked if the new law changes how Junction City Police Officer’s will approach individuals he confirmed that he believes it will.
“We’ll have to approach things differently. We have to assume, now based on the firearm laws in Kansas, that everybody’s armed. Unfortunately thats to bad. It doesn’t meen that we’re going to come at you and point our guns at you, or anything like that it’s just that we may be more cognizant to our safety.”
Different movements may also elicit a differnt type of reaction from officers according to Brown.
There is no way of telling how many people will elect to carry a concealed weapon now that it is legal in the state. Brown did say that they did have a few issues when open carry became legal this time last year, including a couple of arrests, most of them dealing with individuals under the influence of alcohol and in possession of a firearm.