State law makers, including Democrats, are fighting for the legal right to keep a gun in a locked car. The reasoning?
Democratic state Sen. Frank Shurden, a co-author the law, said Oklahomans need guns for protection. "You get out in the dark in rural Oklahoma, you better be armed and ready for action," he said. "There's no telling what's going to happen."I never realized that rural Oklahoma was such a dangerous place. Usually those types love nothing more than to bash the big northern cities and the violence that exists there, while patting themselves on the back for being so peaceful and law abiding. I worked with that type down in Texas and was quite happy to leave them behind.
As for the potential for workplace shootings, he said: "These are decent and responsible people. "We aren't going to have any shoot-outs like the Old West every time someone gets mad."
