Kansas NRA affiliate skewers Roeland Park’s gun violence proclamation

A collection of cities, counties and school districts in Kansas, including the Shawnee Mission School District and Roeland Park, have endorsed Moms Demand Action’s National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Wear Orange Weekend. Photo courtesy Shutterstock.

By Tim Carpenter 

Kansas supporters of Moms Demand Action rejected claims made Tuesday by the Kansas State Rifle Association that a series of local government proclamations recognizing a national gun violence awareness day was evidence of a campaign to promote unconstitutional seizure of firearms.