Posted on 05/22/2025 8:02:35 AM PDT by marktwain
On May 14, 2025, Governor J. Kevin Stitt signed Oklahoma HB 2818 into law. This type of law is known as a Defensive Display law. It codifies and clarifies actions that are allowed during the defense of self, others, and property while being armed. HB 2818 was passed by the House with a 73-16 vote on March 25, 2025. It passed the Senate 39-7 on May 8, 2025. The law took effect immediately. From oklegislature.gov:
4. For purposes of this subsection, “defensive display of a firearm” includes, but is not limited to:
a. verbally informing another person that the person possesses or has available a firearm or any other deadly weapon,
b. exposing or displaying a firearm or any other deadly weapon in a manner that a reasonable person would understand was meant to protect the person against the use or attempted use by another of unlawful physical or deadly force, or
c. placing the hand of the person on a firearm or any other deadly weapon while the firearm is contained in a pocket, purse, holster, sling scabbard, case or other means of containment or transport.
Texas has a defensive display law, Penal Section 9.04, which was last amended in 1993. Arizona passed a defensive display bill in 2009. The Florida defensive display, HB89, was signed into law in 2014.
Defensive display is a simple concept. If a person reasonably fears a potential opponent, a defense display allows them to inform the potential adversary they are armed, both verbally or by showing the potential adversary they have a weapon. Pointing the firearm at a potential adversary is usually reserved for circumstances that would allow the use of deadly force.
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Logic and reason should be legal in every State as well, yet here we are.
This is a good thing. Let’s hope it spreads...
This should be legal in every state and always should have been. Unfortunately some leftist DA’s will prosecute people for it so every state should pass laws like this to take that power away from them. If somebody is threatening you, letting them know they’re going to get their dumb ass shot if they don’t stop - without having to actually shoot them - is a good thing and should be encouraged.
Exactly so. Good condensed summation.
So, open carry?
Open carry is legal in all but four states:
California, Illinois, New York, Florida.
Florida is the surprise. Some Republicans in Florida consistently and adamantly oppose open carry.
Are they Skeet Surfin’?
Agreed. This should save lives, yes?
“As a practical matter, the display or reference to a firearm most commonly results in the aggressor stopping the aggression and leaving. These numbers are difficult to quantify, but appear to happen in about 90-95% of defensive uses of firearms. This is reasonable.”
From the article, making the point. 😁
I think the problem with Florida is that the M-4 would be considered an appropriate skeet gun, with many. The place just isn’t civilized.
The Israelis living right next to Gaza? Many of them were unarmed.
House passes Hearing Protection act.
Weren’t some of their guns locked up? Some of the kibbutz rules seemed counter to the reality of the situation on the ground.
Beats me. But I remember pictures of young people (adults) and others hiding in their living quarters while those bastards roamed unhindered, executing them.
An inaccessible firearm is worse than one without ammo; at least, you can use the empty gun as a club.
Write, call your senators, urge them to support the Hearing Protection act.
No $200 tax. No lengthy waiting period. No ATF BS.
... shall not
Skimpy dressed cuties with machine guns is one of my most favorite things.
House passes Hearing Protection act.
Good news. Let us hope the Senate keeps it and adds the Short Act, for short barreled rifles and shotguns.
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