In a win for law-abiding gun owners, the great state of Oklahoma has passed a law protecting citizens who are forced to point a weapon at or otherwise intimidate a would-be attacker with a gun, to protect their home or business. This seems like it would be rather an obvious thing, but the law frequently can be unclear on the Second Amendment; in this case, in Oklahoma at least, it’s now rather less so.
An Oklahoma law now makes it legally clear you can point or intimidate an individual with a weapon if you are defending your home, private property, or business.
Governor Kevin Stitt signed House Bill 2818 on Thursday, which went into effect immediately. Oklahoma already has “stand your ground” laws when it comes to protecting your life, but language in the bill now expands to your property as well.
That’s as it should be; one of the purposes of the Second…
