Magna Carta News
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Right to keep & bear arms legislation
Dave Bond, Media Specialist
Oklahoma House of Representatives
(405) 962-7671
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: State Rep. Kevin Calvey
Capitol: (405) 557-7370
Del City: (405) 677-1179
Lawmaker Works to Update
Oklahoma Gun Laws
OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 19, 2005) – A Del City lawmaker is offering legislation to ease restrictions on Oklahoma gun owners. The bill, authored by Rep. Kevin Calvey, R-Del City, would lift the requirement on senior citizens to pay for “conceal and carry” licenses and would allow property owners more leeway on their premises.
“I strongly support our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, as well as the right to hunt on one’s own property,” Calvey said. “This bill just helps to save those rights where there has been some erosion in recent years.”
Oklahoma senior citizens do not have to pay a fee when they renew their driver’s licenses. Calvey’s bill would simply apply this same rule to Oklahoma Self-Defense Act Licenses, commonly known as “conceal and carry” licenses, according to Charles Smith, who aided Calvey in drafting the legislation. Smith is the executive director of the Oklahoma Rifle Association.
As well, the bill would allow Oklahoma property owners to use firearms to protect their own property from predatory animals without fear of violating state wildlife regulations.
Smith said the bill would make a pair of appropriate and needed changes to Oklahoma gun law. “The main concern of the Oklahoma Rifle Association is to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners in Oklahoma, and that is the thrust of our efforts with the Legislature,” he said.
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Dave Bond, Media Specialist
Oklahoma House of Representatives
(405) 962-7671
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: State Rep. Kevin Calvey
Capitol: (405) 557-7370
Del City: (405) 677-1179
Lawmaker Works to Update
Oklahoma Gun Laws
OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 19, 2005) – A Del City lawmaker is offering legislation to ease restrictions on Oklahoma gun owners. The bill, authored by Rep. Kevin Calvey, R-Del City, would lift the requirement on senior citizens to pay for “conceal and carry” licenses and would allow property owners more leeway on their premises.
“I strongly support our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, as well as the right to hunt on one’s own property,” Calvey said. “This bill just helps to save those rights where there has been some erosion in recent years.”
Oklahoma senior citizens do not have to pay a fee when they renew their driver’s licenses. Calvey’s bill would simply apply this same rule to Oklahoma Self-Defense Act Licenses, commonly known as “conceal and carry” licenses, according to Charles Smith, who aided Calvey in drafting the legislation. Smith is the executive director of the Oklahoma Rifle Association.
As well, the bill would allow Oklahoma property owners to use firearms to protect their own property from predatory animals without fear of violating state wildlife regulations.
Smith said the bill would make a pair of appropriate and needed changes to Oklahoma gun law. “The main concern of the Oklahoma Rifle Association is to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners in Oklahoma, and that is the thrust of our efforts with the Legislature,” he said.
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