2015 Legislative Firearm bills

[hrdware]

HB1030 Amends Title 21 Section 1290.26 - Would require those who move to OK with a license from another state to apply for an OK license within one year of establishing residence. Existing license would become invalid in OK upon residency and issuance of OK license. May be trying to force Oklahomans to have an Oklahoma license, no more out of state non-resident licenses for residents.

HB1059 Amends Title 21, Section 1272 - Would add an exemption to allow emergency medical technicians who have a handgun license to be in possession of a firearm while providing transport services, but they would be required to store the firearm in a secure compartment in the front passenger cab of the ambulance. EMT's would not be allowed to carry the firearm on or about their person, and can only carry or store one firearm at a time in the ambulance.

[url='http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB10&Session=1500"]SB10[/URL] Firearms Manufacturer Relocation to Oklahoma Act - Federal nullification bill. Firearms and accessories made in Oklahoma and stamped "Made in Oklahoma" would be exempt from federal firearms regulation as long as they remained in OK.

SB19 Bus Passenger Safety Act – Removes the language about it being illegal to carry a dangerous or deadly weapon concealed up the person on a bus.

SB26 Would allow legislators to carry a handgun anywhere in the state provided they completed a handgun qualification course equivalent to the course for court officials.

SB33 Would allow non-commissioned civilian crime scene technicians/investigators with a valid handgun license to be authorized by their employer to carry a firearm while acting in the scope of their employment.

SB56 Amends Title 21 Section 1290.18 – Removes SSN from the SDA application

SB88 Amends Title 21, Section 1289.7, Transportation of Firearms - Would allow open carry in vehicles by unlicensed persons as long as the driver is over 21. Would also provide the ability to leave firearm in car in a concealed location.

SB89 Amends Title 21 Section 1277 – Allows rifles and shotguns to be stored in vehicles on school property as long as they are stored out of sight.

SB102 Amends Title 21 Section 1290.12 - changes price of SDA license to $25 for both new and renewal

SB108 Amends Title 21 Section 1277 – would allow carry in non federal government buildings unless a security checkpoint for the detection of weapons by certified personnel exists. Adds courthouse to the prohibited list. Removes parking areas and adjacent property from the explicitly excluded list. Adds any building on park, recreation area, or fairgrounds to the specifically excluded from being prohibited list.

SB198 Amends Title 21 Section 1272 – would make it legal to carry a switchblade knife

SB212 Would require all Higher Education to provide notice to the public that sets out the firearm policy relevant to that campus and the procedure for requesting permission to carry on the campus. Any university or tech center that provides a policy and allows persons to carry would be immune from liability other than as it pertains to Workers Comp.

SB219 Amends Title 21 Section 1289.23 – a piece officer would no longer need to carry written authorization with them to carry a firearm while off duty without a handgun license.

There is still another week before the deadline for bills to be introduced so there may be more between now and then.

 

[Rod Snell]

HB1030 Amends Title 21 Section 1290.26 - Would require those who move to OK with a license from another state to apply for an OK license within one year of establishing residence. Existing license would become invalid in OK upon residency and issuance of OK license. May be trying to force Oklahomans to have an Oklahoma license, no more out of state non-resident licenses for residents.

This bill needs MUCH work. Consider the following existing requirements:

The following requirements shall apply to any person making application to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for a handgun license pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. The person must:
1. Be a citizen of the United States;
2. Establish a residency in the State of Oklahoma. For purposes of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, the term residency shall apply to any person who either possesses a valid Oklahoma driver license or state photo identification card, and physically maintains a residence in this state or to any person, including the spouse of such person, who has permanent military orders within this state and possesses a valid driver license from another state where such person and spouse of such person claim residency;

This would mean any LEGAL IMMIGRANTS in OK now carrying would be unable to obtain an OK permit, yet be denied carrying after one year. The same person claiming another residency would still be able to carry on another permit forever. Obviously a disconnect to let people from other states carry, but NOT the same category OK residents. Could be construed as ethnic bias, and denying civil rights. Or maybe it IS intended to deny legal immigrants 2nd amendment rights?

When KY passed the law that KY residents must obtain a KY carry permit to carry concealed, the resulting furor caused them to change the law to issue to ANY PERSON LEGALLY IN THE US not otherwise prohibited.
They ultimately had to change some things they didn't intend to do at first.

 

[CHenry]

thanks for posting hardware, I was just about to look this up.

 

[NikatKimber]

Without studying the bill, I would be ok with requiring an OK permit for OK residents as long as the previously held, or subsequently obtained, licenses were not invalidated. IE, some other state licenses are honored in states that OK's is not. Thereby making it desirable to hold multiple licenses.

However, if they did pass this as is, the benefit would be that it would show that they are not interested in safety, only in revenue. The state can already refuse to honor other states' permit if they are not qualified, so the only reason to require an OK permit would be the revenue from it.

 

[KOPBET]

SB26 Would allow legislators to carry a handgun anywhere in the state provided they completed a handgun qualification course equivalent to the course for court officials.

Would someone explain why we need this?

 

[Jack T.]

Would someone explain why we need this?

Apparently some animals are more equal than others. My Senator (who was a personal friend before he was Senator) mentioned this, and he thought it was a good thing. I was pretty short with him in my response. . .short enough that I think it "clicked" where I was coming from.

 

[CHenry]

Concerning the carry of guns in non federal Gov. buildings, I wonder if that would allow state employees to carry at work?

 

[hrdware]

Would someone explain why we need this?

I have been against every bill like this that has come up the last several years. We have added carve outs just like this for judges, attorney generals, assistant attorney generals, and a few other select groups. Why should these groups get special considerations like this. These people should be held to the same constraints everyone else in the state is.

Some lawmaker somewhere apparently feels threatened by someone and wants and easy pass, or wants and easy pass if they should feel threatened in the future.

 

[SMS]

HB1030 Amends Title 21 Section 1290.26 - Would require those who move to OK with a license from another state to apply for an OK license within one year of establishing residence. Existing license would become invalid in OK upon residency and issuance of OK license. May be trying to force Oklahomans to have an Oklahoma license, no more out of state non-resident licenses for residents.

Wouldn't this jeopardize reciprocity with states that only recognize Oklahoma permits on the condition that we recognize theirs?

 

[hrdware]

Wouldn't this jeopardize reciprocity with states that only recognize Oklahoma permits on the condition that we recognize theirs?

I wouldn't think so. We would still recognize that states permits for that states residents, but when people become Oklahoma residents, we would only recognize that permit for a year. The person that moved is now an OK resident.

A lot of states that don't have nonresident permits specifically declare that the permit is valid as long as you are a resident of that state, but as soon as you become a resident of another state, the permit is no longer valid.