PA Bill Number: HB274
Title: In compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for ineligibility for compensation, providing for ...
Description: In compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for ineligibility for compensation, providing for ... ...
Last Action: Presented to the Governor
Last Action Date: Dec 18, 2025
Kansas Self-Defense: Gun owner stops burglary :: 11/01/2016
One man was arrested after being held at gunpoint Monday afternoon in Newton.
According to the Newton Police Department, when they arrived at the scene of an alleged car burglary at about 3:30 p.m. in the 1700 Block of N. Main, they found a man being held at gunpoint by another Newton resident.
The alleged burglar was, according to police, intoxicated when he started looking through a car he did not own.
"A citizen who believes in his second amendment rights held (the suspect) at gunpoint until we got there," said Lt. Scott Powell of the Newton Police Department.
The gun wielding citizen responded to police officer commands whent hey arrived. He was not detained. The alleged burglar was arrested. Powell could not confirm the burglar's identity.
http://www.thekansan.com/news/20161031/gun-owner-stops-burglary
