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<blockquote data-quote="Jam Master Jay" data-source="post: 1483159" data-attributes="member: 10421">Now that the ballot part has been removed it&#039;s not a problem but I was speaking with Rep. Ritze a day prior to the ammendments.With it changed this is no longer an issue, but here&#039;s my reasoning against it, which was shared by our representatives and is why the ballot provision was stricken:Most people don&#039;t understand the implications of a referendom on open carry.&nbsp; I would almost guarantee that it would not pass a vote of the people, but even that isn&#039;t the biggest problem.&nbsp; The biggest problem is the level of debate that would rage in Oklahoma over such a vote.&nbsp; It would make SQ 744 look like we were holding hands and singing cumbaya.&nbsp; We&#039;d have groups like the brady campaign, MAIG, FOP, etc, all lobbying here against it.&nbsp; Outside groups would be coming from out-of-state to put their nose in our business.&nbsp; What&#039;s worse, if open carry would have failed a vote of the public, it would probably be permanently dead, as it would get no traction in the state legislature after public rejection, especially after the populace had been polarized against guns by the out-of-state anti-gun groups.In the long run, it would&#039;ve been a bad thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jam Master Jay, post: 1483159, member: 10421"] Now that the ballot part has been removed it's not a problem but I was speaking with Rep. Ritze a day prior to the ammendments. [I]With it changed this is no longer an issue, but here's my reasoning against it, which was shared by our representatives and is why the ballot provision was stricken:[/I] Most people don't understand the implications of a referendom on open carry. I would almost guarantee that it would [I]not[/I] pass a vote of the people, but even that isn't the biggest problem. The biggest problem is the level of debate that would rage in Oklahoma over such a vote. It would make SQ 744 look like we were holding hands and singing cumbaya. We'd have groups like the brady campaign, MAIG, FOP, etc, all lobbying here against it. Outside groups would be coming from out-of-state to put their nose in our business. What's worse, if open carry would have failed a vote of the public, it would probably be permanently dead, as it would get no traction in the state legislature after public rejection, especially after the populace had been polarized against guns by the out-of-state anti-gun groups. In the long run, it would've been a bad thing. [/QUOTE]

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