I Can Wear My Cowboy Holster

[sauerkraut]

I think it's great. Mary Fallin understands the right to carry, the bad guys will always have the guns, why not the good guys too? Tell ya one thing a group of thugs who sees someone walking in a alley way with a holdstered fire arm will think twice about robbing or attacking that person- the thugs will move on to a more easy target- someone who is not with a firearm. Thank you Mary- Oklahoma now joins some 20+ other states that allow open carry.

[ZYX]

Mary, you are truly a God send. The wonders of open carry could never be appreciated without your wisdom and guidance helping me through these tribulations in which liberals are doing their best to take away my each and every right. I applaud your work, and I can't wait for the tax cuts you have in store for me as well. With less money going to schools, the young will have less of a chance of concocting beliefs that differ from what you and I both know is best.

Thank you for your dedication to the best interests of the state, and not being afraid to tackle the tough issues. Your highly conservative values have truly taken our state to the next level.

Sincerely,

       The People of Oklahoma.

[AquaMan]

She got a lotta' Okie in her!

[Hoss]

She got a lotta' Okie in her!

If by Okie you mean 'stoopid', I'd agree.

[AquaMan]

If by Okie you mean 'stoopid', I'd agree.

Have you seen the Sullivan commercial? Shows average joes who scowl and snarl when the word Obama is used. Then they show the Sully guy strutting around and the voice over says he's not afraid to talk back to the prez. "He got some Okie in em". Its hilarious. It takes our reputation for friendly, affable residents who would take the shirt off their back to help you and turns it on its head to portray us as drooling Tea partiers hankerin' for a fight.

The times they is a changin'.

[Conan71]

I think it's great. Mary Fallin understands the right to carry, the bad guys will always have the guns, why not the good guys too? Tell ya one thing a group of thugs who sees someone walking in a alley way with a holdstered fire arm will think twice about robbing or attacking that person- the thugs will move on to a more easy target- someone who is not with a firearm. Thank you Mary- Oklahoma now joins some 20+ other states that allow open carry.

Just wait until we hear about someone getting jumped from behind and either that person or someone else getting shot with their gun in a Wal-Mart parking lot.

Do I carry?  Not as far as you or anyone else knows. 

That's the whole point.

[Hoss]

Just wait until we hear about someone getting jumped from behind and either that person or someone else getting shot with their gun in a Wal-Mart parking lot.

Do I carry?  Not as far as you or anyone else knows. 

That's the whole point.

This.

And while I hear a lot of people saying "it helps to know who's carrying", IMO all it does is make for a chance at an OK Corral situation (mighty ironic that)...

Gonna go to class for my CC probably in June (finally).

I do know a lot of people who are CC license holders who like the law because now they say they don't have to worry about 'their shirts coming up' or whatever.  Carry it properly and you should never really to have to worry about it.

[Conan71]

How about the guy who gets shot because either another person carrying or a cop mistakenly thought that person was reaching for their sidearm when they were going for their wallet or to scratch their donkey?

[custosnox]

I have to ask, how many of these supposed incidents have happened in any of the states that currently have open carry?

[guido911]

I have to ask, how many of these supposed incidents have happened in any of the states that currently have open carry?

Good question.

[Ed W]

When we were dating, She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed and her tall, blonde Scandinavian cousins broke into my apartment in order to clean it.  The Viking girls boosted SWMBO in through an open window, but our local busy-body spotted them from down the street and called the local cop.

I was at a friend's house when the phone rang.  SWMBO was on the other end. "The girls and I are cleaning your apartment and Jim's here and he thinks we broke in and he wants to know if it's OK with you or he's going to arrest us and I don't know who called him but he didn't wear his uniform and all he has on is his gun!"

She paused for a breath, and I asked,"Sooo, does he have a long holster or a short holster?"

She started crying.  "I'll be right there."  I zoomed down the hill to my place where Jim stood on the porch chuckling.  Everything was OK, so he left.  Inside, the twins studiously ignored me while they scrubbed and polished.  SWMBO was in my tiny living room with tears streaming down her cheeks.  She buried her face in my shoulder and sobbed.

And I never did find out about the size of that holster.

[AquaMan]

When we were dating, She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed and her tall, blonde Scandinavian cousins broke into my apartment in order to clean it.  The Viking girls boosted SWMBO in through an open window, but our local busy-body spotted them from down the street and called the local cop.

I was at a friend's house when the phone rang.  SWMBO was on the other end. "The girls and I are cleaning your apartment and Jim's here and he thinks we broke in and he wants to know if it's OK with you or he's going to arrest us and I don't know who called him but he didn't wear his uniform and all he has on is his gun!"

She paused for a breath, and I asked,"Sooo, does he have a long holster or a short holster?"

She started crying.  "I'll be right there."  I zoomed down the hill to my place where Jim stood on the porch chuckling.  Everything was OK, so he left.  Inside, the twins studiously ignored me while they scrubbed and polished.  SWMBO was in my tiny living room with tears streaming down her cheeks.  She buried her face in my shoulder and sobbed.

And I never did find out about the size of that holster.

There is nothing, nothing like a tall, blonde, sobbing Scandinavian woman.

[Townsend]

There is nothing, nothing like a tall, blonde, sobbing Scandinavian woman.

"Twins"

[Conan71]

I have to ask, how many of these supposed incidents have happened in any of the states that currently have open carry?

No idea, and purely anecdotal.  Think it won't happen in the future just because you never heard of it in the past?  I'd never heard of a school yard shooting until 1989 or so and that brought about the Clinton "assault rifle bans".

Open carry is entirely the wrong message to send to those who don't value the 2nd amendment like you and I do.

[Hoss]

No idea, and purely anecdotal.  Think it won't happen in the future just because you never heard of it in the past?  I'd never heard of a school yard shooting until 1989 or so and that brought about the Clinton "assault rifle bans".

Open carry is entirely the wrong message to send to those who don't value the 2nd amendment like you and I do.

And yet it's amazing that over 30 states currently have open carry laws...