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suetibbs@okhouse.gov
Subject: RE: HB1414
If called to do so, I would defend the 2nd Amendment with my life. My husband and I own guns and we have gone through the concealed carry class. I am also a member of the NRA.
As a responsible Chairman of the Public Safety Committee, it is my duty to make sure something as serious as open carry is studied to the fullest before it becomes law and is placed in our statutes. You cannot imagine how many things are in the statutes that should not be there.
I explained to Rep. Ritze that I would talk to the Sheriff’s, the Chief’s of Police and the Director of OSBI, as well as the Director of the Department of Public Safety. That I would speak with the states that now have open carry to get their input as to the up and down side of what has transpired in their states, so we could make sure this was the exact bill we wanted to put in the Statutes of Oklahoma. It is my experience that once something goes into the statutes it never comes out. There is nothing wrong with making sure something is right before moving forward.
As I explained to Rep. Ritze, this bill is in no way dead. It is the property of the Public Safety Committee, and can be considered next year. In fact, the men that head up the Oklahoma Rifle Association came by my office one day last week and thanked me for NOT hearing the bill. They felt had it been heard this year, it would NOT have passed and then the bill would be DEAD for two years. They actually thanked me for protecting the bill.
Sincerely,
Sue Tibbs
State Representative
2300 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Room 303A
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 557-7379
(800) 522-8502 Ext. 379
Fax: (405) 962-7672
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From: Donald Ohse [mailto:donald@oseespcs.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:20 PM
To: Sue Tibbs
Cc: Gary Banz
Subject: HB1414
I want full restoration of MY Second Amendment Rights, and I want this bill to go forward.
View the Petition! We Want Our Right Back.
http://www.petitiononline.com/oc4ok/petition.html
Donald Ohse
Voter