Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn's bid for guns on corps lands falls shy
By CHRIS CASTEEL NewsOK.com on May 9, 2013, at 2:06 AM Updated on 5/09/13 at 3:45 AM
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A former Australian government leader has blamed the gun culture in the United States for the shooting death of an Australian baseball player in Oklahoma and condemned America's lax firearm controls as a corruptive influence around the world.
WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Coburn reignited the gun debate Wednesday as he tried to use a water project bill to ensure that people could carry guns on land controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Coburn's amendment, similar to one he authored in 2009 for national parks, won a majority but fell four votes shy of the 60-vote threshold needed for passage.
Coburn, a Republican, argued that people visiting corps lakes in his home state of Oklahoma shouldn't worry about being victimized by criminals or wild animals. At a campsite in Oklahoma, he said, "you're vulnerable to the prey of people who are going to violate the law" against carrying guns.
Also, he said, a state's laws on carrying weapons should apply to corps property within the state so a person legally carrying a gun didn't become a criminal just by crossing onto corps land.
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A former Australian government leader has blamed the gun culture in the United States for the shooting death of an Australian baseball player in Oklahoma and condemned America's lax firearm controls as a corruptive influence around the world.
