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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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