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The "trick" to getting strong state protections for the right to keep and bear arms is getting the amendment to a vote of the people.

Oklahoma will pass easily, if it is set before the people.

We will see if the Senate leadership is willing, or if they find a way to kill the amendment. The previous leadership killed it before.

1 posted on 04/13/2016 7:12:57 AM PDT by marktwain
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The Oklahoma State House looks like the US Capitol building is giving it doggy style to the US Supreme Court building.


2 posted on 04/13/2016 7:25:08 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (#BlackOlivesMatter)
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... and other arms in common use ...

Heller I believe also used this phrase or a similar one, and I have a problem with that. The AR pattern modern sporting rifle is in common use today, but there was a time when it was innovative and not in common use.

If you make exceptions for innovative weapons, you are in essence "freezing" the list of "approved" weapons.

3 posted on 04/13/2016 7:34:04 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Any judge trying to screw around with the 2nd amendment will get the 2nd amendment right between their eyes.
Done.


4 posted on 04/13/2016 7:37:00 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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We will see if the Senate leadership is willing, or if they find a way to kill the amendment. The previous leadership killed it before.

In Oklahoma, we have a couple of powerful anti-gun-rights Republican senators who take pride in stepping on pro-gun-rights legislation. Thankfully, we also have term limits.

We also have a very strong anti-gun-rights lobby in the higher education sector, led by former US Senator David Boren, President of the University of Oklahoma and a member of the Advisory Board for Mike Bloomberg's "Everytown for Gun Safety".

Given the makeup of our legislature, one must note that in Oklahoma, Democrats do not stop pro-gun-rights legislation; Republicans do.

Despite all of that, OK2A continues to represent many Oklahoma gun owners and is a strong presence at the Oklahoma Capitol. OK2A has been responsible for some significant wins in the area of strengthening the rights of gun owners in Oklahoma, and I am proud to count myself among their members.

Thank you for the article!

6 posted on 04/13/2016 8:02:40 AM PDT by aragorn (We do indeed live in interesting times. FUBO.)
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Unfortunately as we saw with gay marriage, a state constitutional amendment is worth about as much as a scrawl on the wall of a bathroom stall. States rights are essentially dead, the states serve as little more than administrative districts with little real power other than to enforce the dictates of the federal government.


7 posted on 04/13/2016 8:05:33 AM PDT by apillar
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