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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has received a bill on her desk that she is likely to sign. I wish she wouldn’t. But that’s just me. She doesn’t care what a Texas<\/em> resident thinks of the mistake her state’s legislature has just made.<\/p>\n

The Oklahoma Legislature has approved a bill that allows Oklahomans to carry a gun without<\/em> obtaining a permit or a license to do so. That’s right. If you’re able to strap a gun to your hip or tuck it into an ankle holster, just go right ahead.<\/p>\n

No worries about whether you’re qualified to pack the heat.<\/p>\n

Good grief, man! What’s going on here? The Amarillo Globe-News notes that Oklahoma would join several other states that allow folks to carry a weapon without a required license or permit. Texas isn’t one of them, as the Globe-News notes correctly.<\/p>\n

But I prefer the Texas way of giving people permission to pack heat. They need to take a rudimentary class on firearm safety and then pass a simple test. Then they can obtain a permit from the state. The G-N seems to think that government shouldn’t be involved … to which I say, “Bull dookey!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the G-N editorial here.<\/a><\/p>\n

I have accepted<\/em> the Texas system of allowing concealed carry permits, although I don’t endorse<\/em> it. Yes, I know what the Second Amendment says about the “right to keep and bear arms.” The 1995 Texas Legislature approved the concealed-carry law and, yes, I was one of those who was concerned about a potential spike in gun violence.<\/p>\n

A state, though, is not imposing an unreasonable or dictatorial restriction on gun ownership by requiring residents to pass a simple test after taking a simple course before they can pack heat; Texas also has an open-carry provision that allows folks to carry guns in full view — but only if they have a concealed carry permit.<\/p>\n

I hope Gov. Fallin vetoes the gun bill that has arrived on her desk. I do not expect her to do so.<\/p>\n

Sigh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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