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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 934 By: Boren
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61	61	AS INTRODUCED
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63	63	An Act relating to firearms; amending 21 O.S. 2021,
64	64	Section 1273, which relates to minors possessing
65	65	firearms; stating certain criminal negl igence;
66	66	providing certain affirmative defense; authorizing
67	67	delay of arrest in certain circumstances; defining
68	68	terms; amending 23 O.S. 2021, Section 10, which
69	69	relates to recovery of damages; updating statutory
70	70	language; updating statutory reference; and providing
71	71	an effective date.
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1273, is
77	77	amended to read as follows:
78	78	Section 1273.
79	79	ALLOWING MINORS TO POSSESS FIREARMS
80	80	A. It shall be unlawful for any person within this state to
81	81	sell or give to any child minor any of the arms or weapons
82	82	designated in Section 1272 of this title; provided, the provisions
83	83	of this section shall not prohibit a parent of a child minor or
84	84	legal guardian of a child minor, or a person acting with the
85	85	permission of the parent of th e child minor or legal guardian of the
86	86	child minor, from giving the child minor a firearm for participation
87	87	in hunting animals or fowl, hunter safety classes, education , and
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139	139	training in the safe use and handling of firearms, target shooting,
140	140	skeet, trap, or other sporting events or competitions, except as
141	141	provided in subsection B of this section.
142	142	B. It shall be unlawful for any parent or guardian person to
143	143	intentionally, knowingl y, or recklessly permit his or her child a
144	144	minor to possess any of the arms or weapons designated in Section
145	145	1272 of this title, including any firearm, if such parent person is
146	146	aware of a substantial risk that the child minor will use the weapon
147	147	to commit a criminal offense or if the child minor has either been
148	148	adjudicated a delinquent or has been convicted as an adult for any
149	149	criminal offense that contains as an element the threat or use of
150	150	physical force against the person of another.
151	151	C. It shall be unlawful for any child minor to possess any of
152	152	the arms or weapons designated in S ection 1272 of this title, except
153	153	firearms used for participation in hunting animals or fowl, hunter
154	154	safety classes, education , and training in the safe use and handling
155	155	of firearms, target shooting, skeet, trap , or other sporting events
156	156	or competitions. Provided, this section shall not authorize the
157	157	possession of such weapons by any person who is subject to the
158	158	provisions of Section 1283 of this title.
159	159	D. It shall be criminal n egligence for a firearm owner to
160	160	permit a minor to gain access to a readily di schargeable firearm and
161	161	use it to inflict injury or death upon himself or herself or any
162	162	other person if the firearm owner:
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214	214	1. Failed to secure the firearm; or
215	215	2. Left the firearm in a place where the owner knew or should
216	216	have known the minor could gain access to the firearm.
217	217	E. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall,
218	218	upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1276 of this
219	219	title, and, any child minor violating the provisions of this section
220	220	shall be subject to adjudication as a delinquent.
221	221	F. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this
222	222	section that:
223	223	1. The firearm was stored or left in a securely locked box or
224	224	container or in a location t hat would prevent access to the firearm
225	225	by a minor;
226	226	2. The firearm was temporarily rendered inoperable by a trigger
227	227	lock or other means;
228	228	3. The minor’s access to the firearm was supervised by a person
229	229	older than eighteen (18) years of age and was for hun ting, sporting,
230	230	or other lawful purpose;
231	231	4. The minor’s access to the firearm consisted of lawful
232	232	defense of people or property by the minor;
233	233	5. Injuries resulted from an accident related to target or
234	234	sport shooting or hunting;
235	235	6. The minor’s access to the firearm was in connection to
236	236	training or service with members of the Armed Forces, National
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288	288	Guard, or state militia, or to police or other law enforcement
289	289	officers incidental to the performance of their official duties;
290	290	7. The minor’s access to the firearm was gained by unlawfully
291	291	entering property; or
292	292	8. The minor’s access to the firearm occurred during a time
293	293	when the adult firearm owner was engaged in an agricultural
294	294	enterprise.
295	295	G. A peace officer may delay the arrest of the adult firearm
296	296	owner suspected of violating the provisions of this section in order
297	297	to permit sufficient time for family to care for a deceased or
298	298	injured family member.
299	299	H. In addition, any person violating the provisions of
300	300	subsection A or B of this section shall be liable for civil damages
301	301	for any injury or death to any person and for any damage to
302	302	property, as provided in Section 10 of Title 23 of the Oklahoma
303	303	Statutes, resulting from any discharge of a firearm by the child
304	304	minor or use of any other weapon that the person had given to the
305	305	child minor or permitted the child minor to possess. Any person
306	306	convicted of violating the provisions of this section after having
307	307	been issued a handgun license pursuant to the provisions of the
308	308	Oklahoma Self-Defense Act may be liable for an administrative
309	309	violation as provided in Section 1276 of this title.
310	310	E. I. As used in this section , “child”:
311	311	1. “Minor” means a person under eighteen (18) years of age ; and
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363	363	2. “Readily dischargeable firearm ” means a firearm that is
364	364	loaded with ammunitio n, whether or not a round is in the chamber .
365	365	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 23 O.S. 2021, Section 10, is
366	366	amended to read as follows:
367	367	Section 10. A. The state or any county, city, town, municipal
368	368	corporation or school district, or any per son, corporation, or
369	369	organization, shall be entitled to recover damages in a c ourt of
370	370	competent jurisdiction from a parent or parents of any child under
371	371	the age of eighteen (18) years when the child is living with the
372	372	parent or parents at the time of the a ct, and commits any criminal
373	373	or delinquent act resulting in bodily injury to any person or damage
374	374	to or larceny of any property, real, personal , or mixed, belonging
375	375	to the state or a county, city, town, municipal corporation, school
376	376	district, person, corpo ration, or organization. The amount of
377	377	damages awarded pursuant to this subse ction shall not exceed Two
378	378	Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).
379	379	B. Any victim, or the victim ’s representative in the event of
380	380	the victim’s death, shall be entitled to reco ver damages in a court
381	381	of competent jurisdiction from any person convicted of a violation
382	382	of subsection B C of Section 1273 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
383	383	Statutes or as otherwise allowed by law.
384	384	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective Nov ember 1, 2025.
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