Sheriff Steve Kelley speaks at Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Association meeting – Ponca City News

The Kay County Chapter of the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association met Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at Marys Grill in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. OK2A members and the public were in attendance at the meeting along with guest speaker Sheriff Steve Kelley; Terry Thompson, Kay County OK2A coordinator; Mayor Ken Smith and wife Dianne; Chris Gonthier, representative with U.S. LawShield and Mayes County OK2A coordinator.

The OK2A meeting started with prayer, led by Dr. Glenn Cope and the Pledge of Allegiance, led by Sheriff Kelley. Mayor Ken Smiths birthday was the same day so Happy Birthday was sang by all to Mayor Smith. Thompson reported to the group an update of what has been happening with OK2A.

Thompson introduced Chris Gonthier to give an update about the U.S. Law-Shield organization. Terry Thompson then introduced Sheriff Steve Kelley. Kelley gave the people some background information about his family and that the sheriff is the only elected law enforcement position in our county. He has lived in Kay County all his life, except for four years in the U.S. Navy. In 1998 he started working with the Blackwell Police Department. He was interested in learning more about investigation and went to the sheriff department in 2003. He worked as undersheriff with Everette Van Hoesen, then in 2016 decided to run for the sheriff position to replace retiring Van Hoesen. In 2017 he was elected sheriff. He enjoys being able to serve citizens in Kay County.

Kelley was elected to the North Central Oklahoma Sheriff Association (OSA) as a board member. He represents and has a vote for ten counties in Oklahoma. The OSA has been around a very long time and has a lot of clout with the legislature.

Kelley told the group that Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. there will be a gun auction held at 402 N. 13th in Blackwell of lost and found or confiscated guns. There was a lot of consideration and concern that went into having the auction, according to Kelley. New training options for law enforcement recruits will be held at Pioneer Tech in 2022. Kelley spoke to the group about the Sheriffs Citizens Academy and the alumni association. Kelley spoke about the situation in the country concerning mandates, marijuana grow farms, illegals and immigrants and the overreach by the government and current administration. In the question and answer session there was a lot of information shared about concerns of citizens in Kay County. Contact information for the Kay County Sheriff Department is 580-362-3250 and it is located at 1101 W. Dry Road, Newkirk, Oklahoma

The OK2A mini meeting is held at Marys Grill in Tonkawa the second Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. The second meeting is held each month on the fourth Saturday at 12:00 noon at the New Hope Christian Fellowship, 401 South Lincoln in Ponca City. For more information about the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association call Terry Thompson, Kay County Chapter coordinator at 580- 670-0357, email terry.thompsonok2a@gmail.com or go to their website at ok2a.org. You may follow the group on their Facebook page at Oklahoma Second Amendment Association.

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