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Oklahoma Woman Charged with Murder After Giving Elderly Mother the Gun Used in Suicide

JonathanTurley

Now there is another equally troubling case out of Oklahoma , though the criminal charges should be less controversial. Watts is charged with felony murder connected to caretaker abuse and kidnapping. ” That is a felony, so the death can constitute felony murder. This is not the Carter case.

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Oklahoma Man Shots Unarmed Woman in the Back After She Tears Down His Nazi Flag

JonathanTurley

There is a no stand-your-ground case out of Oklahoma where Alexander Feaster, 46 is claiming that he shot Kyndal McVey, 27, in the back while she ran away as an act of self-defense. Feaster (an Air Force veteran) said that he was ready with his AR-15 rifle after being warned by a neighbor of a “plot” by “antifa activists.”

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“The Framers Weren’t Perfect, but They Weren’t Fools”: Biden Administration Loses Another Gun Rights Case

JonathanTurley

District Judge Patrick Wyrick in Oklahoma City dismissed an indictment against Jared Michael Harrison for violating a federal law that makes it illegal for “unlawful users or addicts of controlled substances” to possess firearms. Under 18 U.S.C. § Barr , 919 F.3d 3d 437, 451–53 (7th Cir. 2019) (Barrett, J., dissenting).

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