Crowd rallies at Oklahoma Capitol for gun rights

BY VALLERY BROWN NewsOK.com
Sunday, January 20, 2013
1/20/13 at 5:10 AM

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OKLAHOMA CITY - About 2,000 people assembled Saturday near the steps of the Oklahoma Capitol, holding signs about the Second Amendment and booing at mentions of President Barack Obama and any type of gun restriction.

The rally, organized by the group Guns Across America on social media sites, took place at noon on the Capitol's south plaza. Similar rallies were planned elsewhere across the country in response to gun-control measures proposed in the wake of the school shootings in Connecticut last month.

Trooper Betsy Randolph, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokeswoman, attended the rally and estimated there were about 2,000 people there. She said no problems were reported or observed.

Bryan Hull, a founder of the Oklahoma Open Carry Association, helped plan the event in Oklahoma City.

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Lance Gentry of Chouteau holds signs he brought to the rally. Organizers said about 2,000 people from across Oklahoma crowded onto the south plaza of the state Capitol on Saturday afternoon to express their concerns about gun-control measures proposed by President Barack Obama in the wake of the school shooting in Connecticut last month. Many held handmade signs or waved American flags as speakers addressed the gun-rights rally. Gentry brought his family with him and said he came because he is a law-abiding citizen and felt he needed to stand up for freedoms. JIM BECKEL / The Oklahoman

An open-carry gun is seen in its owner's holster as gun-rights supporters take part in a rally Saturday on the Oklahoma Capitol grounds. JIM BECKEL / The Oklahoman