LAWRENCE, Kansas — Nearly 3,000 Kansans have been cleared to carry concealed guns, with more applications being processed. The attorney general's office had expected to receive about 5,000 applications by the start of the new year. The law went into effect Monday, after the Legislature approved it last session. The state had mailed 2,981 license approval notices to concealed carry applicants as of Wednesday, said Chuck Sexson, the office's director of concealed... (GunPolicy.org)