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Tulsa Police Chief: Might be Time to Trade Some Freedom for Gun Control
Breitbart ^ | 06/22/2023 | AWR HAWKINS

Posted on 06/22/2023 5:08:50 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin is calling for a 9/11 style response to gun violence and suggesting people may have to give up some of their freedom in exchange for gun control.

NPR posted an interview with Franklin on Sunday, noting he is critical of constitutional carry, wants more regulations on firearms that Democrats describe as “ghost guns,” and is open to a waiting period for the purchase of AR-15s and similar firearms.

Franklin said, “Law enforcement – we are the experts. We’re the subject matter experts at protecting America – right? – protecting our cities. And, you know, we should be utilizing that in that manner. So I am charged with protecting this community. And if there are better ways of protecting it, I think we should be looking at those better ways to protect it.”

Public Radio Tulsa quoted Franklin saying:

Ultimately, I’m a Second Amendment guy…But I’m okay giving up some of that freedom, right? We had to give up some of that freedom after 9/11. I’m okay with waiting three days, five days, or whatever to get my firearm if I go out and purchase another firearm. So I’m okay with a pause to allow for weapons to be purchased and allow the government and the gun companies to look at the background and do a thorough check before that gun goes to someone.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; armedcitizen; banglist; blacksupremacy; donutwatch; freedom; guncontrol; oklahoma; police; rkba; tulsa
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To: ChicagoConservative27
“Law enforcement – we are the experts. We’re the subject matter experts at protecting America – right? – protecting our cities.

Yes, because expertise is measured on how well and successful you are in your area. Our cities are so well protected right now, they are havens of peace and joy.

41 posted on 06/22/2023 5:38:42 AM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Mayor, Bynnum, is a white Republican. It’s all uniparty now.

My niece is a Tulsa police officer. Strongly conservative and hates the BS.

Shaking my head.


42 posted on 06/22/2023 5:40:42 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This guy belongs in the Buyin administration.


43 posted on 06/22/2023 5:41:32 AM PDT by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well, he should put his ass where his mouth is since it is already there.


44 posted on 06/22/2023 5:42:12 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: Lazamataz

Yep. Another porch dweller on the democrap plantation.


45 posted on 06/22/2023 5:42:55 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Too much of a pussy to disarm the criminals.

Wants to disarm the law-abiding instead because it’s safer.


46 posted on 06/22/2023 5:45:01 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: V_TWIN
"Your job is to enforce the law, not write it."

I think the plan is to NOT enforce the law, so they can find excuses to disarm whitey. That would make it much easier to destroy what's left of this nation..

Maybe someone should ask Soros what his plans are so we can find our place in his NEW America......if we have a place. (?)

47 posted on 06/22/2023 5:46:15 AM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: metmom

Yep. Armed, I am a citizen. Unarmed, I am a subject.


48 posted on 06/22/2023 5:46:21 AM PDT by drwoof
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Same old leftist narrative, give up some of your freedom and rely more on government.


49 posted on 06/22/2023 5:49:05 AM PDT by MulberryDraw (Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what accou"""nt is he?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Per Benjamin Franklin:
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”


50 posted on 06/22/2023 5:49:28 AM PDT by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: ChicagoConservative27
For being a "subject matter expert on protecting America", the police aren't doing the best job of it, try as they might. Insufficient backing from the politicians to whom they are beholden (usually).

Maybe the chief ought to look at his stats. 2023 not looking so good, particularly on the "crimes of violence" side.

51 posted on 06/22/2023 5:55:25 AM PDT by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: ChicagoConservative27
On a possibly related note, from 2022 and 2023 (note the update)...

Editorial: Tulsa sheriff acted improperly by investigating voter irregularities reported by a candidate he endorsed

52 posted on 06/22/2023 5:56:10 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wendell is an idiot with a badge and a gun. Worst kind of idiot.


53 posted on 06/22/2023 6:04:41 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Lazamataz

Thanks for saving me the trouble of pointing out the obvious. I live in the Tulsa Metro & have been generally underwhelmed with TPD. I’d also point out to the Chief that the courts have absolved the police from “protecting” so how about he keeps backing up to get his very fine paycheck from the people’s taxes & figure out a way to get control of his tatted-up roid-ragers wearing TPD colors.


54 posted on 06/22/2023 6:05:44 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I consistently get that BS boilerplate crap from my two senatorettes. “Being a Nevadan and fellow gun owner........”. And then they vote to further infringe on our rights. Because, after all, it doesn’t affect them or their security teams.


55 posted on 06/22/2023 6:05:55 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: rktman

I find it strange this affirmative action creep should choose the day after their big JuneUmpteethfus celebration to talk about “trading freedom.” Dumbass Mike Foxtrot.


56 posted on 06/22/2023 6:10:40 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (FJB is out there signing hundreds of new gun laws and won't even enforce one against his own son.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How’s about you and your law enforcement community, which includes the DA’s and prosecutors; get out there and arrest the criminals and throw their behinds in jail?
How about that? No, go for the PC easy route and make law abiding citizens the bad guys. Piss off you commie “chief”.


57 posted on 06/22/2023 6:11:21 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When someone is violent and breaks the law, PUT THEM THE FECK IN JAIL! You’ll find the “gun problem” goes away.


58 posted on 06/22/2023 6:13:47 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Sirius Lee

He has no business being in law enforcement. He should try clown college.


Correct.

He is so dumb he does not realize that the Constitution was/is designed specifically to keep people like him from screwing over the citizens.

He does not even understand what is happening in Chicago as well as in his own local court system.


59 posted on 06/22/2023 6:15:59 AM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

And I’m sure the chief and his LE buddies would be exempt from the laws, no matter how many times he says “I” and “we” would be good with further restrictions.


60 posted on 06/22/2023 6:17:01 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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