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UpInArms

(55,521 posts)
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 09:03 AM 6 hrs ago

Kansas surgeon running for U.S. Senate focuses campaign on gun policy, affordable health care

TOPEKA — Kevin Latz, a pediatric surgeon, said he has “spent way too many hours in the operating room taking bullets out of children.”

But he is also an outdoorsman, citing one of his proudest moments as a father when his daughter shot her first turkey last winter. These experiences informed one of his top policy priorities as he runs for the U.S. Senate. Latz said he wants to push for a federal gun purchasing waiting period, mandatory firearm safety training and a moratorium on the purchase of weapons at gun shows.

“Those seem to be very commonsense regulations that could go a long way towards making gun ownership safer,” he said on the Kansas Reflector podcast.

Latz, a Democrat, is one of 12 people challenging the Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall.

… more at …

https://kansasreflector.com/2026/06/08/kansas-surgeon-running-for-u-s-senate-focuses-campaign-on-gun-policy-affordable-health-care/

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Kansas surgeon running for U.S. Senate focuses campaign on gun policy, affordable health care (Original Post) UpInArms 6 hrs ago OP
I'm hoping that blue wave rises so high, that Marshall gets swept away. Omnipresent 6 hrs ago #1
I could never get behind oberle 5 hrs ago #2

oberle

(448 posts)
2. I could never get behind
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 09:42 AM
5 hrs ago

a candidate whose proudest moment was his daughter murdering a turkey. But I'm sure it's a "cultural" thing.

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