Well, I guess we’re going to have to wait a little bit longer for Bring Your Guns to the Capitol Day.
Now that lawmakers can apparently get drunk on the House floor, lawmaker Molly Jenkins – a gun-loving rancher from Coyle – figured it was finally the right time to let everyone bring guns to the Capitol.
She filed a bill to do exactly that, but hesitant lawmakers who are usually quick to pull the trigger on any gun rights bill shied away from this one.
Via Oklahoma Voice:
House lawmakers voted down a measure that would have allowed licensed handgun owners to carry their weapons in the Oklahoma Capitol amid concerns about ensuring safety.
Rep. Molly Jenkins, R-Coyle, said Oklahomans should have the right to protect themselves “at all times,” including at the state Capitol.
House Bill 3094 proposed allowing anyone in possession of a valid handgun license issued under the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to carry their weapon at the Capitol after having their license checked by security.
In an ideal world, we’d have common-sense gun laws that limit where people can bring firearms. But thanks to gun-nut lawmakers like Jenkins, our world is less than ideal. We basically live in a free-for-all pro-gun society where people can open- and conceal-carry basically wherever they want.