A recently filed bill would allow state gun owners to own firearms made and kept in Oklahoma without registering them with the federal government.
SB0010 was filed by Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid. It would create the Firearms Manufacturer Relocation to Oklahoma Act, which would exempt guns made and sold in the state from any federal law, taxation or regulation under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
The bill also states that certain materials imported into the state for the manufacturing of firearms or firearm accessories to not make those firearms subject to federal regulation.
Anderson said the purpose of his bill is to appeal to gun makers nationally and attract their businesses into the local economy.
“The primary goal is to say, ‘Come to Oklahoma,’” Anderson said. “Oklahoma’s a gun friendly state and we’d love to have their businesses and employees here in Oklahoma.”
The bill is similar to other laws enacted in nine other states. The Montana law was thrown out after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a lower court ruling that said federal law does trump state law with regard to firearm regulations.
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