WSJ article on open carry

[MillCreek]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303812904577291903839156324.html?mod=ITP_pageone_1

A nice WSJ article on open carry in Oklahoma.  It is behind the pay wall, but googling should get you to the article.

[Tallpine]

Synopsis ...?

Must be a big deal down there.  People just a little farther west and all the way north to the Medicine Line have been open carrying for decades with no problems.

[Perd Hapley]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303812904577291903839156324.html


Drives me nuts that the writer keeps using the word "display," instead of "carry."  Makes the open-carriers sound like they're waving them around.

[RoadKingLarry]

Oklahoma has fairly decent gun laws but we have been saddled with a bunch of blissninny hoplophobes in the legislature. The arguments against are pretty much the standard fare, criminal will shoot you first, criminal will take it away and shoot you with your own gun, the streets will run with blood...
State law enforcement "leadership" is against it of course as is the ORA (Oklahoma Rifle ass.) which is mostly made up of retired cops.

A version has passed both houses and Gov. Fallin is on record stating she would sign an OC law.
My expectations is that it will go back to committee for reconciliation and "gosh darn it, we just didn't have time this session to get it back out for a vote".

[wmenorr67]

Yeah last time enough from both houses voted for it to get it on the governor's desk knowing he would veto it and there wasn't enough votes to override the veto.

[RoadKingLarry]

If I recall right the reason the veto override didn't get to a vote was "We ran out of time".
Either way the slime balls get to all say they voted for open carry but we still won't get it.