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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DirtyDawg" data-source="post: 1130457" data-attributes="member: 9113">Please feel free to copy & paste, or make edits as you see fit.  If we want this bill to pass, we need to let our elected official know. <a href="http://www.ok.gov/governor/message.php" target="_blank">www.ok.gov/governor/message.php</a>  or call him at (405) 521-2342 and politely ask him to sign the bill to allow Open Carry.  43 other states allow for open carry. Dear Governor Henry,The purpose of this letter is to encourage and support you on signing HB 3354 Open Carry bill into law and further support our God given right to defend ourselves with the use of firearms.  The only tool that will level the playing field between a frail senior and a young thug criminal intending to do harm is a firearm.  Had Governor Nigh been armed, he and his wife would not have been defenseless victims.  Had he been carrying openly, the thug that assaulted him might have reconsidered before assaulting him and stealing his personal belongings.  We shouldnt have to live in fear.  As it stands, this criminal is free to repeat his assault on other defenseless victims.  No amount of police can protect every citizen, as witnessed by the assault on Governor Nigh.  Citizens deserve the ability to defend and protect themselves.Please sign HB 3354 to make Oklahoma the 44th state to allow open carry!  Oklahomans deserve no less than the rights that other states affirm for their citizens.  Open carry is a valuable individual right and has not endangered law enforcement of citizens in the 43 states that allow it.  A criminal is less likely to attack if he sees that his prey has the ability to defend him/her self.  Nearly 100,000 Oklahoma residents continually demonstrated their ability to carry a firearm responsibly.  Why is it a crime if their weapon is exposed?  Please sign this bill into law and restore the ability to the law abiding citizen to decide how he/she wants to carry their firearm. I can share numerous incidents across America where armed citizens were able to defend themselves and loved ones from violent attacks and robbery.This is more than just a firearm issue, this is about preserving and exercising the rights granted to us by God and affirmed by the Constitution of the United States. The right to keep and bear arms (RKBA) insures that our great nation will forever remain free. This issue is very important to me and others.Please demonstrate your support of the U.S. Constitution and sign this bill into law so we can defend and protect ourselves.  This was the intent of our Founding Fathers.Please let me know what you plan to do.Sincerely, Dirty Dawg!</blockquote>

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