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An attendee holds a Glock Ges.m.b.H. GLOCK 19 Gen5 9mm pistol during the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas on May 28, 2022.
In Oklahoma (under state law), private sales of firearms are legal. However, knowingly selling a firearm to a person who cannot legally purchase or possess the firearm (such as a convicted felon or drug addict) is illegal, and punishable by up to 180 days in jail. Under state law, one must be 21 to buy a firearm of any type from a private seller.
Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan and New Jersey require any firearm purchaser to obtain a permit. Illinois began requiring background checks for sales at gun shows in 2005 [25] and began requiring checks for all private sales in 2014; [26] in 2023 the state changed its law to require private sales to go through background checks processed by FFL ...
A license to purchase (issued by a police department) or a Michigan-issued Concealed Pistol License (CPL) is required to purchase a long gun (private sales only) or a handgun (both private sales and dealer sales). Applicants must undergo a background check to receive a license to purchase or a CPL. Firearm registration? No: Yes: MCL § 28.432
A new study shows states like Oklahoma with higher gun ownership rates and fewer violence prevention laws have higher gun suicide rates across the US.
In 2021, 118 people were killed as a result of domestic violence in Oklahoma, a state with some of the nation's least restrictive gun laws.
A 2016 survey of federal and state prison inmates by the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that among prisoners who possessed a gun during their offense, 10.1% obtained the gun through a retail source (7.5% gun shop/store, 1.6% pawn shop, 0.8% gun show, and 0.4% from a flea market); 25.3% obtained the gun from an individual (family member ...
An Oklahoma gun range opening this week has stirred up a lot of controversy after it was granted a liquor license. Wilshire Gun, in Oklahoma City, will officially throw the doors open on Friday.