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Presently, there are no California-style confiscation laws coming to Oklahoma. Some proposals from California deal with confiscating magazines in excess of 10 rounds. Other types of schemes of confiscation in California have to do with medical marijuana users who are recreational marijuana users—they could lose their rights to have firearms, and they could have their... [Read More]

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Under the Self-Defense Act in the State of Oklahoma, a person is prohibited from carrying a firearm onto a school, a university, a secondary school, or a private school. However, under the state laws, you can take your firearm, if you have a Concealed Carry Permit, have it in your car, drop your child off,... [Read More]

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The Oklahoma Stand Your Ground law is grouped with the Castle Doctrine and is found at 21 Oklahoma Statutes, Section 1289.25. Subsection B, is the Castle Doctrine, and subsection D, is the Stand Your Ground law. A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity, and who is attacked in any other place where... [Read More]

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Missouri has a law that allows citizens to defend themselves in public areas. There is not a duty to retreat. Sometimes referred to as a Stand Your Ground law, in Missouri, if you have a legal right to be in a location, then you also have a right to protect yourself if you’re in imminent... [Read More]

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Under Missouri law, it’s not legal to carry a gun onto a school campus. That includes colleges and secondary education. Now, what if you’re picking up your kids, and you have a firearm in your car? If you have a firearm in your car, you can drive onto school property as long as you don’t... [Read More]

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The gun-free school zone concept can be a confusing concept because in Georgia, there’s really no such thing as a gun-free zone. There are, however, school safety zones, and possession of a firearm in school safety zones is strictly monitored and in some instances prohibited. Georgia Law Official Code of Georgia 16-11-127.1 codifies carrying weapons... [Read More]

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Is there a statute that specifically addresses whether you can stand your ground? If so, how is it related to the Castle Doctrine? Are there any myths involved in the invocation of stand your ground and is this something that’s shared by all jurisdictions? What is “Stand Your Ground?” Official Code of Georgia 16-3-23.1 is... [Read More]

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Imagine you are walking to your car after a late-night movie and a masked man with a knife jumps in front of you and demands money. He creeps closer. You must decide: hand over your wallet, draw your concealed pistol and protect yourself, or run away. Florida has a stand your ground rule. This means... [Read More]

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Having a firearm in a school zone is a complex and confusing issue because both federal and state law applies. Let us first look at the restrictions under federal law. The Gun-Free School Zones Act prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm within a thousand feet of a school. However, there are several exceptions to... [Read More]

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In Colorado, instead of ‘Stand Your Ground’, the only thing we have is a self-defense statute. That statute really examines everyone’s conduct based upon the “reasonable person standard.” It is a very specific analysis that deals with and examines the reasonableness of your conduct and what you were thinking at the time of defending yourself... [Read More]

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The Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 says you cannot carry a firearm onto the property, or within a thousand feet of, a public, private, or parochial school. That statute allows states and certain municipalities to allow individuals, by their own state statute, to go onto a Gun-Free Zone with a firearm. Colorado allows those... [Read More]

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After the tragedy in Santa Fe, Governor Abbott requested that the issue of school shootings be examined to see if new legislation would help prevent further terrible acts. Soon the Texas legislature will consider what proponents called “red flag protective orders.” These orders were made popular by their prominent use in California to confiscate firearms... [Read More]

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