Posted on 04/20/2016 7:12:20 PM PDT by Osage Orange
I carry a gun....I can’t carry a policeman.
“”How are we going to decide who is doing it lawfully or not until they kill somebody?” asked Sen. Kevin Matthews, D-Tulsa.”
another reminder why Dummycrats are insane..
Big Business is a big impediment to freedom in this country.
Cruz is dead on this issue and Trump is partially alive by opposing the importation of cheap labor across our southern border for the benefit of Big Business.
I support these laws although I personally have no desire to carry openly.
I do wish there was a nation wide constitutional carry law.
Matthews is an idiot...
“How are we going to decide who is doing it lawfully or not until they kill somebody?” asked Sen. Kevin Matthews, D-Tulsa.”
Typical Democrat mindset.
A similar bill here in Maine passed the Democratic controlled Maine House and the Republican controlled Maine Senate last year.
Gov. Paul LePage signed it into law last July, and it took effect last October.
Unlike Oklahoma, the State Police here in Maine was in favor of the bill. The Maine State Police said it took up too much of their time issuing conceal carry permits; now, no permit is necessary if you carry on your person or in your vehicle.
I carry concealed...when I think the need. I have a pistol in my truck at all times.
Wish, the OK Troopers would follow suit...
The troopers and the “troopers association” may be two different things.
I know the fraternal order of police often supports gun control even tho a poll by a nationwide police equipment supply company indicated that the ordinary cops oppose gun control very strongly.
I thought there already was. Isn’t it called the 2nd amendment?
Good point.....
Matthews represents a North Tulsa district where gangs roam and shoot regularly, resulting in the deaths of innocents. Yet Matthews wants to blame law-abiding persons who want to protect themselves from his constituents.
I’m up for that law...
There were Sooners with open carry guns a hundred years before troopers ever existed.
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bttt
The stupidity of that statement really leapt out at me.
Mississippi does not mandate one tells an officer (traffic stop, etc.) that one is armed. I usually do mention it but have moved my permit to another area of my wallet so it doesn't become visible when I go for my driver license.
I suppose I can understand some cops being worried about more guns in the hands of some folks but they will benefit from that too - more good guys with guns on-hand is better for everyone.
Remember the late 1980s & early 1990s? Shall Issue concealed carry laws were new and few. Some States (Florida, for example) had Shall Issue concealed carry, but prohibited open carry. The laws were interpreted such that if the outline of your concealed weapon was visible, or some part of it were uncovered momentarily, you were violating the prohibition on open carry. Concealed carry discussions and literature were full of warnings about "printing" and "flashing" and similar nonsense. Open carry laws protect us all from that problem.
And then there's the Constitutional issue ... "keep and bear arms".
That's why I support legal open carry even though I rarely do it.
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