But he says some local gun rights groups that he spoke with "simply stopped returning our calls."
Don Spencer with the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association and a well-known gun rights advocate at the Capitol, says he wasn't invited to participate in the study.
Shelton says he still plans to introduce "gun safety" legislation next session.
Interestingly, I only found this story on the linked site and at Daily Kos(short version: "Oklahoma gun owners are racists and want to kill people for entertainment").
Did a bit more searching, and- SURPRISE!- the Martin/Zimmerman case is involved.
The outcry over the controversial not guilty
verdict in the George Zimmerman case has lawmakers in Oklahoma taking a
closer look at the "Stand Your Ground" law.
"Is there a clear line on Stand Your Ground?," asked Oklahoma Representative Mike Shelton, (D) Oklahoma City, who is now calling for a legislative study into the law.
"It's my hope to take this opportunity to give people a voice whether they are for or against it," said Rep. Shelton.
And here we go: "I'm a gun owner, BUT-"
Rep. Shelton is a registered gun owner who has been opposed to "Stand Your Ground" and "Make My Day" laws.
And he wonders why civil rights groups don't want to play with him.
From the SFGate article:
Shelton says he still plans to introduce "gun safety" legislation next session.
Three guesses what he considers 'gun safety'. And yes, the quotes are in the original.
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"A registered gun owner"?
A quick search shows that Oklahoma - like all decent states - has no gun registration.
Makes me wonder what the reporters even think they're talking about.
Wondering if he threw it out just to make himself sound like 'a REAL gun owner', and the reporter didn't know any better;
or, if he does own one, he thought filling out the form at purchase was registering it.
Either way, makes a lot of the people reading it consider him either a liar or a ignorant jerk.
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