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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 934 By: Boren
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5 AS INTRODUCED
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6 An Act relating to firearms; amending 21 O.S. 2021,
6 Section 1273, which relates to minors possessing
7 firearms; stating certain criminal negligence;
7 providing certain affirmative defense; authorizing
8 delay of arrest in certain circumstances; defining
8 terms; amending 23 O.S. 2021, Section 10, which
9 relates to recovery of damages; updating statutory
9 language; updating statutory reference; and providing
10 an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1273, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 1273.
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16 ALLOWING MINORS TO POSSESS FIREARMS
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17 A. It shall be unlawful for any person within this state to
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18 sell or give to any child minor any of the arms or weapons
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19 designated in Section 1272 of this title; provided, the provisions
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20 of this section shall not prohibit a parent of a child minor or
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21 legal guardian of a child minor, or a person acting with the
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22 permission of the parent of the child minor or legal guardian of the
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23 child minor, from giving the child minor a firearm for participation
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24 in hunting animals or fowl, hunter safety classes, education, and
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1 training in the safe use and handling of firearms, target shooting,
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2 skeet, trap, or other sporting events or competitions, except as
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3 provided in subsection B of this section.
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4 B. It shall be unlawful for any parent or guardian person to
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5 intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly permit his or her child a
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6 minor to possess any of the arms or weapons designated in Section
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7 1272 of this title, including any firearm, if such parent person is
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8 aware of a substantial risk that the child minor will use the weapon
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9 to commit a criminal offense or if the child minor has either been
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10 adjudicated a delinquent or has been convicted as an adult for any
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11 criminal offense that contains as an element the threat or use of
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12 physical force against the person of another.
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13 C. It shall be unlawful for any child minor to possess any of
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14 the arms or weapons designated in Section 1272 of this title, except
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15 firearms used for participation in hunting animals or fowl, hunter
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16 safety classes, education, and training in the safe use and handling
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17 of firearms, target shooting, skeet, trap, or other sporting events
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18 or competitions. Provided, this section shall not authorize the
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19 possession of such weapons by any person who is subject to the
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20 provisions of Section 1283 of this title.
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21 D. It shall be criminal negligence for a firearm owner to
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22 permit a minor to gain access to a readily dischargeable firearm and
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23 use it to inflict injury or death upon himself or herself or any
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24 other person if the firearm owner:
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1 1. Failed to secure the firearm; or
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2 2. Left the firearm in a place where the owner knew or should
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3 have known the minor could gain access to the firearm.
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4 E. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall,
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5 upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1276 of this
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6 title, and, any child minor violating the provisions of this section
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7 shall be subject to adjudication as a delinquent.
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8 F. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this
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9 section that:
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10 1. The firearm was stored or left in a securely locked box or
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11 container or in a location that would prevent access to the firearm
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12 by a minor;
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13 2. The firearm was temporarily rendered inoperable by a trigger
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14 lock or other means;
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15 3. The minor's access to the firearm was supervised by a person
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16 older than eighteen (18) years of age and was for hunting, sporting,
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17 or other lawful purpose;
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18 4. The minor's access to the firearm consisted of lawful
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19 defense of people or property by the minor;
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20 5. Injuries resulted from an accident related to target or
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21 sport shooting or hunting;
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22 6. The minor's access to the firearm was in connection to
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23 training or service with members of the Armed Forces, National
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1 Guard, or state militia, or to police or other law enforcement
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2 officers incidental to the performance of their official duties;
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3 7. The minor's access to the firearm was gained by unlawfully
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4 entering property; or
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5 8. The minor's access to the firearm occurred during a time
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6 when the adult firearm owner was engaged in an agricultural
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7 enterprise.
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8 G. A peace officer may delay the arrest of the adult firearm
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9 owner suspected of violating the provisions of this section in order
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10 to permit sufficient time for family to care for a deceased or
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11 injured family member.
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12 H. In addition, any person violating the provisions of
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13 subsection A or B of this section shall be liable for civil damages
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14 for any injury or death to any person and for any damage to
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15 property, as provided in Section 10 of Title 23 of the Oklahoma
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16 Statutes, resulting from any discharge of a firearm by the child
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17 minor or use of any other weapon that the person had given to the
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18 child minor or permitted the child minor to possess. Any person
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19 convicted of violating the provisions of this section after having
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20 been issued a handgun license pursuant to the provisions of the
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21 Oklahoma Self-Defense Act may be liable for an administrative
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22 violation as provided in Section 1276 of this title.
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23 E. I. As used in this section, "child":
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24 1. "Minor" means a person under eighteen (18) years of age; and
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1 2. "Readily dischargeable firearm" means a firearm that is
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2 loaded with ammunition, whether or not a round is in the chamber.
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3 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 23 O.S. 2021, Section 10, is
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4 amended to read as follows:
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5 Section 10. A. The state or any county, city, town, municipal
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6 corporation or school district, or any person, corporation, or
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7 organization, shall be entitled to recover damages in a court of
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8 competent jurisdiction from a parent or parents of any child under
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9 the age of eighteen (18) years when the child is living with the
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10 parent or parents at the time of the act, and commits any criminal
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11 or delinquent act resulting in bodily injury to any person or damage
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12 to or larceny of any property, real, personal, or mixed, belonging
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13 to the state or a county, city, town, municipal corporation, school
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14 district, person, corporation, or organization. The amount of
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15 damages awarded pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed Two
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16 Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).
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17 B. Any victim, or the victim's representative in the event of
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18 the victim's death, shall be entitled to recover damages in a court
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19 of competent jurisdiction from any person convicted of a violation
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20 of subsection B C of Section 1273 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
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21 Statutes or as otherwise allowed by law.
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22 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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