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§21-1290.25.


§21-1290.25.
   
                             LEGISLATIVE INTENT
                                      
   The Legislature finds as a matter of public policy and fact that it is
   necessary to provide statewide uniform standards for issuing licenses
   to carry concealed handguns for lawful self-defense and
   self-protection, and further finds it necessary to occupy the field of
   regulation of the bearing of concealed handguns to ensure that no
   honest, law-abiding citizen who qualifies pursuant to the provisions
   of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, Sections 1 through 25 of this act,
   is subjectively or arbitrarily denied their rights. The Legislature
   does not delegate to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation any
   authority to regulate or restrict the issuing of licenses except as
   provided by the provisions of this act. Subjective or arbitrary
   actions or rules which encumber the issuing process by placing burdens
   on the applicant beyond those requirements detailed in the provisions
   of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act or which create restrictions beyond
   those specified in this act are deemed to be in conflict with the
   intent of this act and are hereby prohibited. The Oklahoma
   Self-Defense Act shall be liberally construed to carry out the
   constitutional right to bear arms for self-defense and
   self-protection. The provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act are
   cumulative to existing rights to bear arms and nothing in Sections 1
   through 25 of this act shall impair or diminish those rights.
   

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