2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
§21-1290.24. Immunity.

21 OK Stat § 21-1290.24 (2014) What's This?

IMMUNITY

A. The state, its officers, agents and employees shall be immune from liability resulting or arising from:

1. Failure to prevent the licensing of an individual for whom the receipt of the license is unlawful pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act or any other provision of law of this state;

2. Any action or misconduct with a pistol committed by a person to whom a license to carry a concealed or unconcealed handgun has been issued or by any person who obtains a pistol from a licensee;

3. Any injury to any person during a handgun training course conducted by a firearms instructor certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training to conduct training under the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, or injury from any misfire or malfunction of any handgun on a training course firing range supervised by a certified firearms instructor under the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, or any injury resulting from carrying a concealed or unconcealed handgun pursuant to a handgun license; and

4. Any action or finding pursuant to a hearing conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act as required in the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act.

B. Firearms instructors certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training to conduct training for the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act shall be immune from liability to third persons resulting or arising from any claim based on an act or omission of a trainee.

Added by Laws 1995, c. 272, § 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 415, § 6, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 382, § 7, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2012, c. 259, § 42, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.

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