Oklahoma legislators are advocating Right-to-Carry with several bills pending this session.
Read About It: The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Read About It: The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Oklahoma: Right-to-Carry bills debated in state legislature
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Dieseltech09
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Here we go again
Burk Cornelius
Regular guy
A quote from that story:
"[font="Arial][i]The Violence Policy Center, a gun control advocacy group, performed research that showed the states with the highest rates of gun ownership also had the highest rates of gun deaths.[/i]"[/font][/size]
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[font="Arial][size="2"]Statements like this anger me because they don't reveal any statistics. until I see some facts, I don't believe this to be true. The VPC is a joke[/font]
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Another statement:
[font="Arial][size="2"]"House Bill 1796 by Rep. Sue Tibbs, R-Tulsa, would create a license to openly carry a gun"
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[font="Arial] [/font][font="Arial][size="2"]Sounds like gun registration to me[/size][/font]
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[font="Arial][size="2"]My dad always told me that for the government to control something they have to first make it unlawful, then they sell you a license to do it. Sound familiar?[/size][/font]
"[font="Arial][i]The Violence Policy Center, a gun control advocacy group, performed research that showed the states with the highest rates of gun ownership also had the highest rates of gun deaths.[/i]"[/font][/size]
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[font="Arial][size="2"]Statements like this anger me because they don't reveal any statistics. until I see some facts, I don't believe this to be true. The VPC is a joke[/font]
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Another statement:
[font="Arial][size="2"]"House Bill 1796 by Rep. Sue Tibbs, R-Tulsa, would create a license to openly carry a gun"
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[font="Arial] [/font][font="Arial][size="2"]Sounds like gun registration to me[/size][/font]
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[font="Arial][size="2"]My dad always told me that for the government to control something they have to first make it unlawful, then they sell you a license to do it. Sound familiar?[/size][/font]
michaelclm
Banned from the timer
Burk is correct.
What's a license? It is a revokable right in the interest of another's property and the use thereof. In civil terms a license grants a privilege such as a license to operate a motor vehicle within a public right-of-way or a ticket that allows us to use a facility to view a concert or ball game. That privilege is revokable by the entity granting it.
Unfortunately we have allowed our rights to be taken and handed back to us as privileges. What's worse? The gleeful acceptance, by the unwitting, of that revokable privilege which began as a Constitutionally-recognized right, that's what. Aww, hell, what do I know?
What's a license? It is a revokable right in the interest of another's property and the use thereof. In civil terms a license grants a privilege such as a license to operate a motor vehicle within a public right-of-way or a ticket that allows us to use a facility to view a concert or ball game. That privilege is revokable by the entity granting it.
Unfortunately we have allowed our rights to be taken and handed back to us as privileges. What's worse? The gleeful acceptance, by the unwitting, of that revokable privilege which began as a Constitutionally-recognized right, that's what. Aww, hell, what do I know?
Danny Tanner
Well-Known Fanatic
Hope this link works, but there has been "some" (see: absolutely minimal) comment from the NRA: http://www.facebook.com/#!/NationalRifleAssociation/posts/181038688604545
Burk Cornelius
Regular guy
Well said my friend.
The most disappointing part to me is that everyone (me included) thought the SDA was the greatest thing since sliced bread back in 1995. Then we realized (eventually) that it made open carry unlawful. They gave us one thing and took another one away
Glocktogo
Well-Known Fanatic
I guess the real question is whether the NRA does anything these days that isn't mealymouthed, half-assed and designed to put money in their coffers?
CBCollier
Fanatic
I guess the real question is whether the NRA does anything these days that isn't mealymouthed, half-assed and designed to put money in their coffers?
The answer to that would be NO.
Burk Cornelius
Regular guy
I won't agree or disagree but I will say this is our fight. If we want this or any other gun legislation to happen we have to make it happen. The NRA isn't the solution and we shouldn't expect them to come riding in and save the day.
I am not implying the NRA doesn't do anything for its members but this legislation is going to be all up to us.
BC
Jefpainthorse
Fill in the Blank
I'd figure the NRA thinks we can carry our own jock strap in Oklahoma. We talk a good God, guts and glory game down here... voted in a lot of "Conservatives" etc, etc. Stay after your local State Reps and hold em to the grindstone.
If we do not get one or more bills in this current session passed- shame on us.
The NRA does some pretty good work in states with serious liberal power bases. Iowa flipped it's anti handgun stance, Wisconsin and Michigan have lightened up, and they are TALKING about it in Illinois. Pay NRA dues as an Oklahoman, your "lending your neighbor a hose if his house is on fire" as FDR would have put it.
If we do not get one or more bills in this current session passed- shame on us.
The NRA does some pretty good work in states with serious liberal power bases. Iowa flipped it's anti handgun stance, Wisconsin and Michigan have lightened up, and they are TALKING about it in Illinois. Pay NRA dues as an Oklahoman, your "lending your neighbor a hose if his house is on fire" as FDR would have put it.
