11.   Hodgdon attributed the weak showing in northwestern Missouri to the influence of the Kansas City media, which editorialized against concealed guns.

12.   In many states, even those who have committed violent misdemeanors, such as spousal abuse, may carry a concealed gun.

13.   In the Kansas Legislature, a pending bill would give retired law enforcement officers the right to carry concealed guns.

14.   Laws or no laws, honest people right now carry concealed guns because of a real or perceived need for protection.

15.   Last week, in the Missouri General Assembly, a committee endorsed two bills that would allow the carrying of concealed guns.

16.   Leaders of Kansas law enforcement agencies, who provided much of the testimony against concealed guns, hope Graves will veto the measure.

17.   Missouri allows people to carry concealed guns on their property.

18.   No one else in the place appeared to be carrying concealed guns.

19.   Polls in Missouri indicate a concealed gun proposal might lose by large margins in the Kansas City and St. Louis areas.

20.   People are accustomed to thinking that only bad guys carry concealed guns, he said.