Oklahoma Gun Laws
Gun Laws Overview
RIFLES & SHOTGUNS | HANDGUNS | |
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Permit to Purchase | No | No |
Registration of Firearms | No | No |
Licensing of Owners | No | No |
Permit to Carry | No | No* |
*Oklahoma's permitless carry law allows anyone aged at least 21 years old, who is not otherwise disqualified from possessing a firearm under state and federal law, and who is not carrying the gun in furtherance of a crime, to carry without a permit. The minimum age to carry drops to 18 years old or older if the person is a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or was discharged under honorable conditions from the United States Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard. The list and map below are included as a tool to assist you in validating your information. We have made every effort to report the information correctly, however reciprocity and recognition agreements are subject to frequent change. The information is not intended as legal advice or a restatement of law and does not include: restrictions that may be placed on non-resident permits, individuals under the age of 21, qualifying permit classes, and/or any other factor which may limit reciprocity and/or recognition. For any particular situation, a licensed local attorney must be consulted for an accurate interpretation. YOU MUST ABIDE WITH ALL LAWS: STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL. RECIPROCITY NOTES: Wisconsin recognizes Oklahoma licenses issued or renewed on or after 10/01/2018 only. Colorado, Florida, Maine, Michigan, Pennsylvania and South Carolina recognize only Oklahoma’s resident permits. |
STATE STATUS | |
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Castle Doctrine | Enacted |
No-Net Loss | No Legislation |
Right to Carry Confidentiality | Provisions Enacted |
Right to Carry in Restaurants | Partial Ban |
Right To Carry Laws | No Permit Required |
Right To Carry Reciprocity and Recognition | Outright Recognition |
Right to Keep & Bear Arms State Constitutional Provisions | With Provisions |
Laws on Purchase, Possession and Carrying of Firearms
Antiques and Replicas
Based on 21 Okla. Stat. Ann. § 1289.18(E), a “firearm” does not include an “antique firearm” as defined in federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 921(16). This definition does not clearly apply to any of the offenses listed at 21 Okla. Stat. Ann. §§ 1271.1 to 1288. |
Possession
No state permit is required to possess a rifle, shotgun or handgun. MORE |
Purchase
No state permit is required for the purchase of a rifle, shotgun or handgun. MORE |
Carrying
Oklahoma’s permitless carry law, 21 Okla. Stat. Ann. § 1272(A)(6), is a specific exception to the “unlawful carrying of a firearm” crime. Under that law, it is unlawful for any person to carry on their person, or in a purse or other container, any firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, concealed or unconcealed, but that law exempts the carrying a firearm by anyone who is at least 21 years old (at least 18 years old for anyone who is a member or veteran of the US Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or has been discharged under honorable conditions), if the person is otherwise not legally disqualified from the possession or purchase of a firearm and is not carrying the firearm in furtherance of a crime. MORE |
Machine Guns, Magazines, Ammunition, etc.
Oklahoma has no specific prohibitions on machine guns apart from the law prohibiting a convicted felon, or anyone adjudicated as a delinquent child or a youthful offender for committing an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult, from possessing a machine gun. 21 Okla. Stat. Ann. § 1283(A), (D). MORE |
Preemption
The state firearm preemption law, 21 Okla. Stat. Ann. § 1289.24, directs that the State Legislature “occupies and preempts the entire field of legislation … touching in any way firearms, knives, components, ammunition, and supplies to the complete exclusion of any order, ordinance, or regulation by any municipality or other political subdivision,” and, except as otherwise permitted by state law, any existing or future orders, ordinances, or regulations are “null and void.” MORE |
Restoration of Rights
Oklahoma has a process to allow restoration of firearm rights for persons under a mental health-based firearm disability. Gun rights lost due to nonviolent felony convictions may be restored by pardon. MORE |
Range Protection
A local unit of government’s ordinance or rule relating to noise is not enforceable against a shooting range, provided the noise at the property line of the range does not exceed 150 decibels. The ordinance or rule cannot serve as the basis for any legal proceedings, whether brought by a governmental official or an individual person. MORE |
Miscellaneous
It is unlawful for any private employer doing business in Oklahoma to ask an applicant for employment to provide information about whether the applicant owns or possesses a firearm. All public employers and public officials within Oklahoma are prohibited from asking any applicant for employment to provide information about whether the applicant owns or possesses a firearm. 21 Okla. Stat. Ann. § 1289.27. MORE |
Wednesday, February 1, 1989
Two unarmed robbers took the cash from the register of an Oklahoma City, Okla., military surplus store. One ...
Saturday, October 1, 1988
It was after dark when Annie Godwin of Spencer, Okla., heard the glass of a bathroom window break, ...
Thursday, September 1, 1988
Miami, Okla., motel owner Oba Edwards witnessed two policemen struggling with a man they were attempting to arrest ...
Friday, April 1, 1988
Oklahoma City, Okla., resident Tom Norton chased off one intruder only to find another, armed with a knife, ...
Monday, February 1, 1988
When a man armed with a handgun broke down the front door of Leonard Owens's rural Boynton, Okla., ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1987
When a man kicked in the door of Teresa Roper's Oklahoma City, Okla., duplex and threatened her with ...
Wednesday, July 1, 1987
Bobbie Remington, a 68-year-old liquor store owner, was closing her Lawton, Okla., shop when a man made a ...
Friday, May 1, 1987
Celester Thompson saw three men start to break into her Tulsa, Okla., home and figured she was about ...
Wednesday, October 1, 1986
Rickie Curtis was on the phone to police after hearing someone atttempting to gain entrance to his Alderson, ...
Tuesday, July 1, 1986
The armed robber had surprised the elderly couple in their Oklahoma City, Okla., garage, beating the man and ...