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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1791 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to firearms; amending 21 O.S. 2021,
Section 1289.24e, which relates to the right to keep
and bear arms; creating misdemean or offense; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2 021, Section 1289.24e, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1289.24e. A. The State Legislature hereby occupies and
preempts the entire field of legislation by any agency of this state
or any political subdivision in this state to infringe upon the
rights of a citizen of the State of Oklahoma, the unalie nable right
to keep and bear arms as guaranteed to them by the Second Amendment
of the United States Constitution.
B. 1. Any federal, state, county or municipal act, law,
executive order, administrative order, court order, rule, policy or
regulation ordering the buy-back, confiscation or s urrender of
firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition from law -abiding
citizens of this state shall be considered an infringement on the
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rights of citizens to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second
Amendment of the Constitution of the United Stat es and Article II,
Section 26 of the Constitution of Oklahoma.
2. An individual acting on behalf of any political subdivision
in this state shall not engage in any voluntary buy-back of
firearms. Such offense shall be considered a misdem eanor punishable
by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1)
year and a fine equivalent to the cost of incarcerating such
individual.
C. It shall be the duty of the courts and law enforcement
agencies of this state to protect the rights of law -abiding citizens
to keep and to bear arms within t he borders of this state and to
protect these rights from the infringement provided under the
provisions of this act.
D. The preemption provided in this act shall include:
1. Any regulation of arms and ammuni tion, pursuant to the
National Firearms Act of 1934, prohibited or regulated on or after
the effective date of this act; and
2. Any regulations or provision of the Gun Control Act of 1968,
prohibited or regulated on or after the effective date of this act .
E. For purposes of this section:
1. “Arms” is defined as any firearm, firearm part, accessory or
ammunition required to render that firearm operable and effective;
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2. “Infringement” shall mean any law that reduces, represses,
diminishes or subverts th e right to keep and bear arms, ammunition,
parts and accessories in any amount that is legal as of the
effective date of this act of any citizen in this state; and
3. “Law-abiding citizen” means a person who is not otherwise
precluded under state law from possessing a firearm and shall not be
construed to include anyone who is not legally present in t he United
States or this state.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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