Winfield resident shocked by Kansas lawmaker’s response to her plea for gun safety

By: Sherman Smith

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: August 21, 2026

Words: 891

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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TOPEKA — Winfield resident Lisa Spoon emailed every member of the Kansas House to start a conversation about loopholes in state law that allow people convicted of violent crimes to own a gun.

Instead, she received a reply from Rep. Rick Wilborn that she views as “void of compassion.”

Spoon began her email to lawmakers, sent late Thursday, by explaining that she was writing “with a heavy heart and deep frustration” about a mass shooting …

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