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Civil Rights Update: Open Carry In Oklahoma

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has just signed Senate bill 1733 into law allowing open carry in the state of Oklahoma.  More specifically, Oklahoma is now a licensed open carry state. The measure, Senate Bill 1733, allows those who are licensed to carry a firearm under the Oklahoma Self Defense Act to openly carry a weapon [...]

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The Open Carry Debate

U.S. News is hosting a debate over open carry.  First, Lindsay Nichols. Private citizens should not be allowed to carry firearms openly in public. The open carrying of firearms on the street and in places like restaurants and parks intimidates the public, wastes law enforcement resources, and increases the risk that someone will be injured [...]

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A Lawyer’s Perspective on Obama’s Open Mic (aka: Selling Out Your Client)

By now most everyone has heard or read about the latest Obama mess– the “off the record” conversation between Obama and outgoing Russian President Dimitry Medvedev inadvertently caught by at least one microphone that the two thought had been turned off.  A friend referred to it this incident as a “gaffe,” but that is far [...]

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Update On Open Carry Laws

The State of Utah is close to jettisoning bigotry and prejudice associated with firearms. Utah residents may be one step closer to being able to carry their firearms with them wherever they go. Wednesday the Utah House of Representatives passed House Bill 49, an open-carry law that would make it legal for a resident to [...]

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What if you open your eyes? By Ron Paul

Speech before the US House of Representatives, 02/12/09 Madame Speaker, I have a few questions for my colleagues. What if we wake up one day and realize that the terrorist threat is a predictable consequence of our meddling in the affairs of others? What if propping up repressive regimes in the Middle East endangers both [...]

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