{"id":29917,"date":"2018-05-04T11:21:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T16:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=29917"},"modified":"2018-05-10T11:45:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T16:45:54","slug":"gov-considering-bill-that-removes-state-hurdles-to-carrying-guns-in-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2018\/05\/04\/gov-considering-bill-that-removes-state-hurdles-to-carrying-guns-in-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Considering Bill That Removes State Hurdles To Carrying Guns In Public"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_29697\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 620px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29697\" alt=\"6894919148_962d1e2bee_z\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2018\/04\/6894919148_962d1e2bee_z-620x411.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"411\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Rod Waddington \/ Flickr\/CC BY-SA 2.0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<\/div><p>A bill that would allow Oklahomans to carry handguns in public without getting permission from the state is on Gov. Mary Fallin\u2019s desk.<\/p><p><!--more-->State senators gave <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oklegislature.gov\/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1212&Session=1800\">Senate Bill 1212<\/a> their final approval late Wednesday night on a measure that allows gun owners to carry their firearms openly or hidden from view without a permit, passing state background checks or paying the related fees. They also won\u2019t have to take 16 hours of firearms safety training currently required before carrying a gun in public.<\/p><p>This type of legislation, known as \u201cconstitutional carry,\u201d is legal in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrace.org\/2017\/02\/constitutional-carry-gun-rights-movement-explained\/\">more than 10 states<\/a>.<\/p><p>Rep. Jeff Coody, R-Grandfield, added the constitutional carry provision to the bill in late April. He said state agencies infringe on Oklahoman\u2019s right to bear arms by charging fees for carry licenses and denying licenses to \u201claw-abiding\u201d citizens.<\/p><p>Coody said gun buyers would still be subject to federal background checks, plus businesses and private organizations will still be able to prohibit guns.<\/p><p>Some legislators criticized the constitutional carry amendment because it circumvents state gun regulations, but the bill easily passed both chambers.<\/p><p>The Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies oppose the bill.<\/p><p>OSBI says <a href=\"http:\/\/nixle.us\/A4GHL\">state background checks are more comprehensive<\/a> than the federal gun check. It also says the bill hurts police\u2019s ability to separate lawful and unlawful gun owners and that the resulting drop in applications for permits to carry firearms will cost OSBI $4.7 million in annual revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bill allows gun owners to carry their firearms openly or hidden from view without getting a permit, passing state background checks or paying the related fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":29697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[838,841,840,839],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/201"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29917"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29940,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29917\/revisions\/29940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}