Oklahoma Expands ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws To Churches

By Tom Knighton

For some reason, Oklahoma’s “Stand Your Ground” law didn’t actually apply to church property. If you needed to act in self-defense against someone like the Sutherland Springs killer, the rules were different than if you were just a few yards away off of church property. It was weird.

Now, however, that oversight has been remedied.

Governor Mary Fallin signed a bill into law that adds churches to the list of places where the “Stand Your Ground” law applies in the state of Oklahoma.

The law now says can used deadly force in a place of worship against someone who enters “unlawfully or forcefully.”

Supporters said they believe Oklahoma citizens have a “right to expect absolute safety” in their churches.

Well, I’m going to disagree with the supporters. No one has a right to expect “absolute safety.” That’s why we carry guns, because the world won’t provide us with absolute safety. For something to be a right, the only obligation placed on another should be that of noninterference. A “right” to absolute safety requires other people to not be violent, and we all know that’s too much to ask for.

So, we carry guns.

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Source:: Bearing Arms