We need to write/call/speak with our state legislators about removing many of the silly restrictions on concealed carry. College students on campus is often cited, but more to the point faculty and staff at colleges and even elementary/secondary schools. A school teacher in Oklahoma cannot have their firearm on their person and cannot have it locked in their car on school property. Is the state accepting full responsibility for the safety of that teacher from the time they leave home in the morning until they can return to pick up their weapon they ordinarily carry pursuant to a valid SDA license?
Also, why am I trusted to carry anywhere in the state 24/7 but I cannot be trusted to wear it into a post office or the doctor's office at OU Health Sciences Center? Is it reasonable to assume that I am safer while I am on a college campus or visiting a "government office doing business with the public" so I do not need a means of self-defense? Or is it more likely an SDA license holder will start shooting up the place when he enters one of these restricted areas?
We have proven, to the required standard, that we can safely operate a handgun AND submitted to an extensive search of our background in order to exercise a fundamental right. Why is the legislature so intent on limiting these rights when there is no historical or legal reason to preclude them. It is time to start chipping away at these restrictions. Allowing teachers (no I am not a teacher) the same legal protection as the rest of us to leave a firearm locked in their car in employee parking of their business is a start. Allowing carry into the public access areas of government offices, like your neighborhood post office is another example. In fact, a simpler approach would be to change the restricted areas list to:
Bars, as guns and alcohol do not mix.
Jails/prisons/detention facilities.
Courthouses.
What do you think? What do your state legislators think?
Also, why am I trusted to carry anywhere in the state 24/7 but I cannot be trusted to wear it into a post office or the doctor's office at OU Health Sciences Center? Is it reasonable to assume that I am safer while I am on a college campus or visiting a "government office doing business with the public" so I do not need a means of self-defense? Or is it more likely an SDA license holder will start shooting up the place when he enters one of these restricted areas?
We have proven, to the required standard, that we can safely operate a handgun AND submitted to an extensive search of our background in order to exercise a fundamental right. Why is the legislature so intent on limiting these rights when there is no historical or legal reason to preclude them. It is time to start chipping away at these restrictions. Allowing teachers (no I am not a teacher) the same legal protection as the rest of us to leave a firearm locked in their car in employee parking of their business is a start. Allowing carry into the public access areas of government offices, like your neighborhood post office is another example. In fact, a simpler approach would be to change the restricted areas list to:
Bars, as guns and alcohol do not mix.
Jails/prisons/detention facilities.
Courthouses.
What do you think? What do your state legislators think?