Yet, just this morning, I responded to a letter to the editor stating that an OK state senator’s vote on OK proposed legislation similar to SB11 in TX should be a reason to vote against his re-election. It was exactly as you describe with hyperbole that turns them into liars when reality exposes the truth.
I carried since I was 15 years old and was trained to shoot by my cop-in-law was an expert and instructor for the department years ago, when it was illegal to have a handgun on you in Texas.
He told me “F them,just keep it concealed and stay out of trouble, if I had to shoot to kill a bad guy that was trying to do harm to me, I’d be all right and just never talk to the cops (except for him) without a lawyer”.
Recall that the chief of police of Kansas City predicted blood in the streets if concealed carry passed. About 5 years later he admitted he was wrong, and saw more positives than negatives for CC.