Outside of country music and obesity, the only thing more popular than God in Oklahoma is the almighty gun. Conservative or liberal, religious or atheist, small penis or extra-small penis, people here just love them here.
One of those people is Oklahoma congressman Steve Russell. He loves guns so much that he owns a company that manufactures and sells replica Iraqi Tabuk rifles for those veterans who want to be reminded of the weapons that could have killed them.
With the national uproar about mass shootings and gun violence reaching what feels like a tipping point in the country, The Oklahoman went to members of our congressional delegation to get their thoughts on the issue. Surprisingly, Steve Russell, a gun manufacturer, blames mass shootings on video games and the godless, decline of Judeo-Christian values in American schools:
Via NewsOK.com:
The question of what, if anything, Congress should do after 17 students were murdered at a Florida high school on Feb. 15 has divided the American electorate, as it did after 58 people were killed at a Las Vegas concert last October and 26 were killed at a Texas church in November.
For members of Congress from Oklahoma, all of whom are conservative Republicans, answers lie in slight modifications to existing gun laws, the healing of societal ills and religion.
Rep. Steve Russell, of Oklahoma City, owns a small rifle manufacturing company. In a newsletter to constituents a day after the Florida high school shooting, he wrote that “while it is important to discuss the implements and devices used to carry out these heinous acts, we cannot get to a solution simply by going after the tools."