The Tulsa World newspaper has reported that Oklahoma City Police Chief Bill Citty has called for tighter gun control laws to curb the kind of gang violence that left six teenagers with gunshot wounds following a drive-by shooting in southeast Oklahoma City.
Citty, speaking at a news conference by a coalition of social services, clergy and community groups opposed to gang violence, said he believes in a citizen’s right to carry firearms but that too many guns are reaching the hands of gang members.
Citty called for tighter gun control laws one week after adjournment of the Oklahoma Legislature, which considered legislation that would have authorized gun owners with permits to carry concealed weapons to bring them into college and university classrooms and to lower the minimum age of people who can have concealed carry permits from 21 to 18.
Both measures were approved by lopsided votes in the Republican-controlled House but died in the Senate.
