Oklahoma May Soon Allow Carrying Guns Without Permit

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Oklahoma May Soon Allow Carrying Guns Without Permit

February 14, 2019 at 10:12 am EST By Taegan Goddard 101 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/14/oklahoma-may-soon-allow-carrying-guns-without-permit/

"SNIP....

“A bill vetoed last year by Oklahoma’s Republican former governor that would allow adult residents to carry a gun without any training or a background check has easily passed a vote in the state House on its way to the desk of the new governor, who is expected to sign it into law,” the AP reports.

....SNIP"

[democratisphere]

1. Looks like we're headed back to the days of the wild west.

19th Century here we come.

[LongtimeAZDem]

6. Like Vermont?

[gratuitous]

2. What could go wrong?

Yee to the haw.

[former9thward]

4. Well you will have to answer what has gone wrong in states that allow it?

12 states, including 3 in New England, allow guns to be carried without permits. Where have been the problems from that?

[matt819]

3. Soon to follow

No licenses required to drive a car.

But, dammit, we are going to require stringent licensing on nail salons and massage therapists.

Oklahoma - where priorities are . . . whatever. . .

[Miigwech]

5. Countries should call for "no travel" allerts

to any US State that allows all this rampant gun slinging

[Lucid Dreamer]

7. Ditto

...although that may encourage more states to pass such laws.

[Demovictory9]

8. scary

[Amishman]

9. Kentucky is proposing it as well

As others pointed out, a bunch of states have quietly passed this over the past decade and surprisingly it hasn't caused problems. I guess those most likely to use guns criminally weren't deterred before.