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Senator tries to disarm 41 sheriffs at Okla. Capitol
Armed sheriffs given a choice: ‘Disarm or there’s the door.’ “So we all packed up and left.”
Just as they do every year, a contingent of elected county sheriffs gathered at Oklahoma’s state capitol in Tulsa for a meet and greet with lawmakers and to lobby on behalf of law enforcement issues. This time, however, they were met with a stunning request. The sheriffs were asked to check in their side arms after an unidentified state senator complained. So they left, according to Wagoner County Sheriff Bob Colbert.
“Everybody in that building knew who we were,” Colbert told Tulsa’s Channel 8 News (watch video). All of the sheriffs were told to remove their weapons.
“One of the senators, who they wouldn’t tell us, complained because we were armed in the building,” he said.
The choice came down to removing their weapons or removing themselves. “So we all packed up and left,” Sheriff Colbert said. “We’re the people who protect these people.” Although several senators later apologized to Colbert, the sheriff is still astonished by the incident.
“If the state troopers are satisfied that we’re OK in that building, I’m pretty sure that the legislators should have something else to worry about such as the economy or something. Pretty sad day for me,” he said. In actuality, it’s a sad day for us all —- when those who are elected to enact laws so obviously have disdain for the Second Amendment of our U. S. Constitution.
The situation in Oklahoma should alarm citizens across the United States. When armed officers can no longer assume they are beyond the reach of the liberal gun control agenda, we are all vulnerable.
Last year in Washington State, a city council meeting on gun rights experienced a similar incident. After speaking for several minutes, a military veteran was interrupted and asked to disarm by a lone city councilman. After his request was voted down 2-4, the councilman stormed out of the room.
*H/T Alex Jones’ Infowars
Source: http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/senator-tries-to-disarm-41-sheriffs-at-okla-capitol/
