(AP) — The fatal shooting of three people last year outside a Jewish community center and retirement complex by a white supremacist has revived debate for tougher hate crime laws in Kansas. A bill filed to the state legislature this session would double the maximum sentence for crimes motivated by the race, religion, sexual orientation, or national origin of the victim. Cross is a former Ku Klux Klan leader and in 2010 was blocked by the Federal Communications Commission from broadcasting anti-Semitic campaign ads as a part of a bid for a Missouri congressional seat. [...] critics of hate crime laws argue that existing statutes forbid any activity considered to be a hate crime and stiffer penalties would not deter criminals acting out of irrational hatred.