Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Being part of the Southern United States and Western United States, Oklahoma is home to a strong gun culture, which is reflected in Oklahoma's gun laws. On May 15, 2012, Oklahoma State Senate Bill 1733 was signed into law by Governor Mary Fallin, which authorized open and concealed carry of handguns by permit holders. This law took effect ...
As Oklahoma lawmakers have increased access to firearms over the past decade, firearm-caused suicides, accidents and homicides have increased. As Oklahoma's gun access expanded, deaths from ...
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
The VPC study defines states with “weaker” gun violence prevention laws as those that do not add to federal law and are permissive toward open or concealed carrying of firearms in public.
Oklahoma law allows any school's board of education to designate trained school personnel to obtain and use an armed security guard license along with their employment as school personnel. The law ...
The Oklahoma Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (OLETS) is a program of the Department of Public Safety. OLETS is an information sharing network that allows law enforcement agencies across the State access to both State databases as well as information from the various States as well as the Federal Government.
The Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act limits where an unlicensed person may carry; carry of a weapon, openly or concealed, within 1,000 feet (300 m) of a school zone is prohibited, with exceptions granted in the federal law to holders of valid state-issued weapons permits (state laws may reassert the illegality of school zone carry by license ...
Oklahoma gun laws only prohibit gun ownership for people with a felony record, minors who have committed crimes, or anyone found to be mentally unfit by a court. Since 2019, the Legislature has ...