ORA Leader Responds To Brady Rating
By Charles H. Smith, Executive Director, Oklahoma Rifle Association ~ The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence recently released its “Report Card” which was widely publicized by the media.
Oklahoma did not fare well again this year with the “Brady Bunch” who ranked our state, along with Kentucky, at the bottom of the class.
It should be noted that the states who Brady ranks highest also have another high ranking: crime.
Why does Oklahoma fare so “poorly” with Brady? To name just a few factors faulted by Brady, we permit law-abiding citizens to carry concealed weapons and deny arbitrary issuance of Self-Defense Act licenses. The average Oklahoman is permitted to protect his/her home and “stand his/her ground.” And most important, we reserve to the state the right to regulate firearms, thus preventing a multitude of municipal ordinances to discriminate against lawful firearms possession.
Brady is also unhappy because we don’t require “pie-in-the- sky” technology such as “smart guns’ and “microstamping, both falsely touted as deterrent to gun crime. We must be doing things right.
If the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence were to be truly honest, they would note their true purpose is to eliminate all firearms in our nation.
They would lead us down the path of firearms registration and confiscation. In their mind, once guns were gone, there would be no more violence. Their grasp of reality is totally absent.
In addressing this latest blast upon the Second Amendment, Oklahomans should be proud we fared so poorly. Thanks to our citizens and lawmakers who still value the “right to keep and bear arms.”
In conclusion the Oklahoma Rifle Association borrows a few words from our state song, “You’re doing fine Oklahoma. Oklahoma, okay.”
Oklahoma did not fare well again this year with the “Brady Bunch” who ranked our state, along with Kentucky, at the bottom of the class.
It should be noted that the states who Brady ranks highest also have another high ranking: crime.
Why does Oklahoma fare so “poorly” with Brady? To name just a few factors faulted by Brady, we permit law-abiding citizens to carry concealed weapons and deny arbitrary issuance of Self-Defense Act licenses. The average Oklahoman is permitted to protect his/her home and “stand his/her ground.” And most important, we reserve to the state the right to regulate firearms, thus preventing a multitude of municipal ordinances to discriminate against lawful firearms possession.
Brady is also unhappy because we don’t require “pie-in-the- sky” technology such as “smart guns’ and “microstamping, both falsely touted as deterrent to gun crime. We must be doing things right.
If the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence were to be truly honest, they would note their true purpose is to eliminate all firearms in our nation.
They would lead us down the path of firearms registration and confiscation. In their mind, once guns were gone, there would be no more violence. Their grasp of reality is totally absent.
In addressing this latest blast upon the Second Amendment, Oklahomans should be proud we fared so poorly. Thanks to our citizens and lawmakers who still value the “right to keep and bear arms.”
In conclusion the Oklahoma Rifle Association borrows a few words from our state song, “You’re doing fine Oklahoma. Oklahoma, okay.”
Labels: 2nd Amendment, Brady Campaign, Charles H. Smith, ORA
posted by Mike McCarville @ 1:22 PM
