Gun laws in Oklahoma
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.
As of November 1, 2019, Oklahoma no longer requires a permit for a person to legally carry a concealed or open firearm in public if they are 21+ years old.
[7] However, it is lawful to carry concealed or open in any Federal, State, or municipal public park.
As of November 1, 2019, the law was expanded to allow for permitless carry for anyone legally eligible to possess a firearm.
Open or concealed carry of a firearm on privately owned land or inside a residence (such as a backyard, in one's own home, or a large farm) is legal for persons 18 years and older who can legally possess firearms, and no permit is required.
Security guards of at least 21 years of age may receive a license to possess firearms during the course of their official duties if they meet certain requirements.
[9] Parking lots are also exempt from prohibited places such as schools, public or private, government buildings, and colleges, however it is unlawful for any person whom is not a law enforcement officer to possess a firearm in any parking lot adjacent to any federal property.
[11] Students, teachers and visitors may keep their guns in their locked vehicles in the parking lot of a college, university, or technology center school.
[12] Carrying a firearm while substantially intoxicated by alcohol or another drug is a gross misdemeanor, punishable by several weeks to months in jail and possibility of revocation.
Carrying a firearm or dangerous weapon with the intent to commit a crime of violence is a felony.
Except for self-defense, or the defense of another person, intentionally pointing a firearm, loaded or unloaded, at a person, is a misdemeanor usually punished by several months in jail, and may be prosecuted as a felony, with additional penalties, if the purpose of such pointing was to cause fear, emotional distress, or to intimidate.
State-licensed or recognized shooting ranges are exempt from city ordinances against discharging firearms.
Section 26 of the bill of rights to the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma states, "The right of a citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person, or property, or in aid of the civil power, when thereunto legally summoned, shall never be prohibited; but nothing herein contained shall prevent the Legislature from regulating the carrying of weapons."
