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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 2922766" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Oklahoma's self defense laws--including a Castle law and Stand Your Ground law--are part of the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971 and are delineated in 21 O.S. 1289.25 of the state penal code: <em>A. The Legislature hereby recognizes that t<strong>he citizens of the State of Oklahoma have a right to expect absolute safety within their own homes or places of business.</strong>B. A person or an owner, manager or employee of a business <strong>is presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another when using defensive force</strong> that is intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm to another if:</em> <em>1. The person against whom the defensive force was used was in the process of<strong>unlawfully and forcefully entering</strong>, or had unlawfully and forcibly entered, a dwelling, residence, occupied vehicle, or a place of business, or if that person had removed or was attempting <strong>to remove another against the will of that person</strong> from the dwelling, residence, occupied vehicle, or place of business; and</em> <em>2. The person who uses defensive force knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry or unlawful and forcible act was occurring or had occurred.</em> <em>. . .</em> <em>D. A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be<strong> has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force, if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.</strong></em> <em>E. A person who unlawfully and by force enters or attempts to enter the dwelling, residence, occupied vehicle of another person, or a place of business <strong>is presumed to be doing so with the intent to commit an unlawful act involving force or violence.</strong></em> <em>F. A person who uses force, as permitted pursuant to the provisions of subsections B and D of this section, is justified in using such force and is <strong>immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for the use of such force</strong>. As used in this subsection, the term "criminal prosecution" includes charging or prosecuting the defendant.</em> <em>G. A law enforcement agency may use standard procedures for investigating the use of force, but the law enforcement agency <strong>may not arrest the person for using force unless it determines that there is probable cause that the force that was used was unlawful.</strong></em></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"> Although the state's self defense laws are permissive, unreasonable force is not acceptable or justifiable in a court of law</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 2922766, member: 5412"] Oklahoma's self defense laws--including a Castle law and Stand Your Ground law--are part of the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971 and are delineated in 21 O.S. 1289.25 of the state penal code: [I]A. The Legislature hereby recognizes that t[B]he citizens of the State of Oklahoma have a right to expect absolute safety within their own homes or places of business.[/B]B. A person or an owner, manager or employee of a business [B]is presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another when using defensive force[/B] that is intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm to another if:[/I] [I]1. The person against whom the defensive force was used was in the process of[B]unlawfully and forcefully entering[/B], or had unlawfully and forcibly entered, a dwelling, residence, occupied vehicle, or a place of business, or if that person had removed or was attempting [B]to remove another against the will of that person[/B] from the dwelling, residence, occupied vehicle, or place of business; and[/I] [I]2. The person who uses defensive force knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry or unlawful and forcible act was occurring or had occurred.[/I] [I]. . .[/I] [I]D. A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be[B] has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force, if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.[/B][/I] [I]E. A person who unlawfully and by force enters or attempts to enter the dwelling, residence, occupied vehicle of another person, or a place of business [B]is presumed to be doing so with the intent to commit an unlawful act involving force or violence.[/B][/I] [I]F. A person who uses force, as permitted pursuant to the provisions of subsections B and D of this section, is justified in using such force and is [B]immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for the use of such force[/B]. As used in this subsection, the term "criminal prosecution" includes charging or prosecuting the defendant.[/I] [I]G. A law enforcement agency may use standard procedures for investigating the use of force, but the law enforcement agency [B]may not arrest the person for using force unless it determines that there is probable cause that the force that was used was unlawful.[/B][/I] [COLOR=#ff0000] Although the state's self defense laws are permissive, unreasonable force is not acceptable or justifiable in a court of law[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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