OK House Pulls a Lazarus, Gun Bill Brought Back To Life

School gun bill brought back to life by Oklahoma House

By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma House of Representatives on Thursday decided to go double or nothing with the Senate over guns in schools.

The House agreed to jeopardize a routine law enforcement bill by amending it to let local school districts arm employees – language Senate leadership killed in committee earlier this session.

Senate Bill 408, by Sen. Susan Paddack, D-Ada, originally dealt only with refresher training for inactive law officers returning to duty. Thursday morning, though, the House accepted an amendment from Rep. Mark McCullough, R-Sapulpa, to attach what amounted to his dormant House Bill 1062.

The move irritated and in some cases angered opponents – mostly Democrats – who thought the issue was put to rest with the passage of four school safety measures and the disappearance of McCullough’s bill on the Senate side of the Capitol rotunda.

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