In Spite of the Virginia Tech Massacre? Or Because of It?

The Kansas legislature overrode Governor Sibelius's veto:

TOPEKA - Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' veto of a bill preventing local governments from imposing additional restrictions on Kansans carrying concealed guns was overridden Friday by the Legislature, allowing it to become law.

It's the second veto of the Democratic governor to be overridden by the Republican-controlled Legislature. Last year, lawmakers overrode her veto of the bill creating the concealed gun law.

The override was completed when the Senate voted 30-10 -- three more than the necessary two-thirds majority. On Thursday, the House overrode the veto on a 98-26 vote.

The governor's office had no immediate comment.

The bill was a reaction to efforts by some cities, especially in Johnson County, to impose their own requirements.

Supporters say the state should set the requirements for concealed guns so they will be uniform statewide, avoiding the possibility of someone unknowingly violating some local concealed gun ordinance that goes beyond state law.

In a society that doesn't lock up dangerously mentally ill people until they have killed someone, and where Congresscritters are talking about the dangers of terrorists obtaining guns, the last thing we need is more victim-disarmament zones.