Oklahoma: Groups on both sides urge Fallin to act on constitutional carry bill

By Chris Eger

Gov. Mary Fallin, seen here addressing the Oklahoma Legislature earlier this year, has to act soon on a permitless carry proposal now on her desk. (Photo: Public Radio Tulsa)
Calls for Gov. Mary Fallin to make a decision on a bill allowing concealed carry without a permit in Oklahoma are ramping up as the window for her to act is closing.
The popular measure, SB 1212, was approved last week by lawmakers and sent to the Republican governor who has to act on the proposal within 15 days. The bill keeps the state’s current concealed carry licensing scheme but codifies that a permit is not required for a law-abiding Oklahoma resident to carry a concealed handgun. The plan’s author argues the state already recognizes the gun rights of visitors to the Sooner State from any of a dozen where constitutional carry is already the law of the land.
“So if somebody from Arizona or Missouri or one of these other states comes here to visit us in the state Oklahoma they can actually carry without a permit — which is a right we afford to them that we do not entrust to the citizens of the state of Oklahoma,” said state Sen. Nathan

Source: Guns.com