Exercising The Right
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While many of us are passionate about our God-given rights, there are times where actions can be taken too far and become counterproductive. KFOR reported on November 6 about one such incident in Oklahoma City, where a man decided to act as a self-appointed “Second Amendment Auditor.” KFOR reported that Timothy Harper began recording himself open carrying at different private businesses to capture how they reacted to him being armed.
Harper also did this in public parks and claimed in the videos, which he publicly posted to his social media, that he was conducting “Second Amendment Audits.” In one particular incident, nervous citizens called police to Hafer Park, where Harper was conducting one of his so-called audits. Harper ended up interacting with the Edmond police officers who were called to the area, and the entire incident was recorded. Body cam footage from one of the officers show the police asking Harper, “Are you video recording this to see what type of rise you get out of people when they call?”
Harper replies, “Yes this is an audit…. We are going to see if you guys respect the Second Amendment and how you respond to someone carrying a pistol.” To Harper’s credit, the interaction with the police did not escalate, and there weren’t any arrests made, but he continued doing similar things, recently carrying a rifle into a restaurant in Oklahoma City. That apparently was the last straw for fellow gun-rights proponents in the region: The Oklahoma Second Amendment Association (OK2A) publicly disavowed Harper’s behavior.
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