Two Oklahoma county sheriffs recently declared that their counties are sanctuaries. “Sanctuaries for what?” you might ask, hopefully. We’ll give you a hint: The sheriffs of these two Oklahoma counties — Logan and Stephens counties to be specific — are concerned with protecting a certain constitutional amendment from any and all laws that might somehow […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Okie gunslinging
Oklahoma Republicans have spent much of the 2020 session pandering to pro-gun groups and idolizing guns almost more than they idolize president Donald Trump. Almost. Despite passing permitless carry last session, making it the first bill Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law, Republicans at the capitol continue pushing to see guns everywhere they can think […]
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Cover: 2019 review
To the ballot Oklahomans have filed four statewide initiative petitions and one referendum in 2019. The referendum, filed in August, was to let voters decide whether or not they wanted “permitless carry,” the first bill signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt to go into effect. The referendum did not gain enough signatures. Ultimately, the law, which […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Scotchgarding ‘The Guardian’
Zero percent. That is the odds Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, gives opponents of House Bill 2597 of getting a referendum on the ballot that would allow voters the chance to repeal the bill, according to Tulsa World. Co-authored by Echols, HB 2597 — allowing legal gun owners to open- or concealed-carry their weapons without […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Not a threat?
File this one next to Joe Exotic under “News of the Wait, What?” In July, Tulsa World reported that 2018 Republican gubernatorial candidate Christopher Jonathan Barnett was arrested for shooting a process server in the elbow. Barnett, who claimed the shooting was in self-defense, was released after posting $75,000 bond only to be arrested again […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Smoking gun
The so-called “constitutional carry” bill has not gone into effect yet, but some gun-loving trolls are already parading their firearms around public areas to “prepare people.” Richard Hubbard was booked on charges of pointing a firearm with intent and obstruction of justice earlier this month, News on 6 reported. A woman called police after witnessing […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Open arms
In a series of events that once again prove that pretty much every national conversation can be tied back to Oklahoma, it was revealed last week that the tiny Porter Consolidated School district is at least partly responsible for that brief few weeks when it looked like the federal government might spend money to arm […]
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Chicken-Fried News: In dependence
No matter where on the national gun debate spectrum you fall, you have probably noticed a fair amount of resistance to proposed control measures, especially within Oklahoma. Aside from constitutional concerns involving the Second Amendment, a general state reliance on the gun industry certainly plays a role in that defense. According to a newly released […]
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Young voices
Politicians love to say that kids are the future and that nothing matters more than helping them be safe, happy and prosperous. Now the kids are talking back, telling politicians they just want to survive. After the latest “new normal school shooting” (kill, grieve, pray, repeat), the script was as predictable as it was pathetic: […]