Yesterday, the Oklahoma City Council voted down a resolution that supported the initiative petition that seeks to stop implementation of Constitutional Carry in Oklahoma, charting a different course than OKC Mayor David Holt, who signed the petition a week ago.
From The Oklahoman:
The Oklahoma City council rejected a measure Tuesday to show support for a statewide vote on permitless carry in Oklahoma.Opponents of the Constitutional Carry law have until 5pm Thursday to collect about 60,000 valid signatures in order to keep HB 2597 from going into law on November 1st and instead putting it to a statewide vote in 2020.
An effort is currently underway to gather enough signatures to halt a new law that would allow Oklahomans to carry a gun without a license or training. The petition seeks a statewide vote on the issue next year.
The council vote was five to four, with James Greiner, Larry McAtee, Mark Stonecipher, Todd Stone and David Greenwell voting against the measure.
Mayor David Holt joined JoBeth Hamon, Nikki Nice and James Cooper in supporting the measure.
Hamon had introduced the measure asking the council to publicly support the petition effort.
from MuskogeePolitico.com
