Posted on 03/01/2010 7:33:32 PM PST by marktwain
DURANT – Hello again, everybody! A fundamental core value we in southern Oklahoma share is a belief in the right to keep and bear arms.
That belief is deeply rooted in our shared sense of justice, an understanding that rights flow from God and government’s role is to guarantee and preserve those rights. The Second Amendment rights I have zealously defended as your senator have another benefit: the potential to provide economic strength to our state.
Six years ago, I began my effort to attract firearms manufacturers to Oklahoma. Many of these great corporate citizens are located in states openly hostile to the notion of gun ownership. Where these manufacturers face antipathy in their current home states, they would be welcomed warmly here.
The district I serve is particularly well suited to be the home of a firearms manufacturer. Murray State College in Tishomingo boasts one of the nation’s finest gunsmith programs.
Every year, several well-trained and eager gunsmiths graduate from Murray. They provide a solid base of individuals who are very attractive to any firearms-related industry.
When we began, the Legislature directed the Commerce Department to actively seek a gun manufacturer. Oklahoma really started at “square one,” but we quickly assembled an aggressive effort.
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Aw, shoot
It gets a might windy at times, but I do love Oklahoma. Thanks for the post.
Hey, we’ve got ol’ STAB’EMnow and Levin. You see any difference between yours and mine?
Montana and Tennessee are the states that have passed this, not Wyoming. (and it’s cleared the House and working it’s way through the Senate here in AZ!)
Governor of Utah just signed our version of such a bill last week.
And we, your neighbors across the river in North Texas, share that core value!
Go Sooners!
I feel yer pain, friend. They were my Senators, too, until I pulled up stakes and moved the wife and kids to Texas four years ago.
The two I have now (Hutchison and Cornyn) ain't perfect, but they're a damn sight better than the nags from Cali.
You should start looking for a position in your field in Texas. We’re in better fiscal shape than just about every other state in the country, and we have the lowest unemployment numbers, too.
There’s a very good chance that you could find work in your chosen profession here without too much trouble.
Good food for though, much appreciated.
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