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This bill establishes protections for Second Amendment rights in Oklahoma by creating several new legal provisions. The bill defines any federal, state, county, or municipal order that would confiscate firearms from law-abiding citizens as an unconstitutional infringement on the right to keep and bear arms. It requires courts and law enforcement agencies to protect citizens' gun ownership rights and explicitly prohibits law enforcement officers from obeying orders that would violate the Second Amendment or the Oklahoma state constitution. The bill also protects law enforcement officers from termination or retaliation if they refuse to enforce such orders, and prevents state, county, and municipal governments from cutting funding to sheriff's offices or police departments that refuse to enforce gun confiscation orders or that declare themselves "Second Amendment sanctuary" jurisdictions. The bill defines a "law-abiding citizen" as a person who is not legally prohibited from possessing a firearm and who is legally present in the United States, and it includes an emergency clause making the law effective immediately upon passage. The overall intent is to create strong legal safeguards against potential future gun control measures that the bill's proponents view as unconstitutional.

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http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=sb526&Session=2600