Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin is an oath breaker, of the very worst I support the Second Amendment but… sort.

Tulsa police chief suggests nation transform response to gun violence
Ultimately, I’m a Second Amendment guy. I own guns of course. But I’m okay giving up some of that freedom, right? We had to give up some of that freedom after 9/11. I’m okay with waiting three days, five days, or whatever to get my firearm if I go out and purchase another firearm. So I’m okay with a pause to allow for weapons to be purchased and allow the government and the gun companies to look at the background and do a thorough check before that gun goes to someone.

No.

Now what, oath breaker?

“I, _________, do solemnly (or affirm) that I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, and that I will not, knowingly, receive, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable thing, for the performance or nonperformance of any act or duty pertaining to my office, other than the compensation allowed by law; I further swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully discharge my duties as _________ to the best of my ability.”

That “Constitution” includes the Second Amendment, perjuror. You just disqualified yourself for any office in Oklahoma… like Tulsa police chief.

any person who shall have been convicted of having sworn or affirmed falsely, or having violated said oath, or affirmation, shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be disqualified from holding any office of trust or profit within the State.

Aside from being an oath breaker, Franklin’s not terribly bright.

Ultimately, law enforcement, we are the experts.

Let’s run down the list of infringements he’s OK with.

• Permitless carry: There’s a reason we call that “constitutional carry,” expert.
• “Unregulated ghost guns”: Define ghost gun. If it’s a commercial firearm with obliterated serial number, there are existing laws about that crime. If you mean home-made firearms, there are laws and rules for those, too. You’d think an expert would know that.
• Straw purchases: That’s been illegal for decades. And an expert should have noticed that Congress beefed up the penalties for it a year ago; it was big in the news as the Dims were quite proud of it. Huh; has Franklin ever seen a 4473?
• “High-powered weapons like AR-15”: The vast majority of “AR-15s,” and other AR-pattern firearms, are chambered for .223/5.56; that’s an intermediate power cartridge, not “high-powered.”
• Waiting periods: Because that works so well to reduce the violence in California?
• Background checks: Note that he specifically put this one in the context of firearms purchased from “gun companies;” that is, commercial sales. Which have required background checks for effin’ decades. Again, that’s an obscure detail that I’d expect an “expert” to have noticed at some point.

His first-person waiting period example is especially (morbidly) funny. He thinks making himself wait when purchasing another gun in addition to what he already has will reduce violence. First, if he doesn’t trust himself not to get murder-happy with a new gun, why should Tulsans trust him with a duty weapon? Second, how does that waiting period prevent him using what he already has, if he does have the violent tendencies which he inadvertently implies?

Tulsa, you have an ignorant oath breaker, with possible homicidal inclination, for a police chief. You might want to look into that.