Concealed Weapons In Oklahoma Links

Kansas added to handgun reciprocity list

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- State officials have added Kansas to the list of states where West Virginians with a valid concealed weapons permit can legally carry a hidden gun. West Virginia now has full reciprocity with 23 other states on concealed weapons p...

Okla. County-By-County Concealed Weapons Stats For 2011

KOCO.com has gathered data from a report that is provided each year in accordance with the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act.

Excerpts from recent Oklahoma editorials

The Associated Press The Oklahoman. Jan. 30, 2012. Fewer bills filed by Oklahoma legislators, but no shortage of bad ideas Every year, it seems, we plead for the Legislature to focus on passing a responsible budget and tending to other important government matters, and not to get sidetracked by issues that don't move Oklahoma forward. The nature of politics makes that plea unrealistic, so it's ...

First execution of 2012 set for Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma murder convict who tried and failed to kill himself three weeks ago is slated to become the first U.S. inmate executed in 2012. Barring a last-minute stay of execution, Gary Roland Welch, 49, faces death by lethal injection Thursday evening for the 1994 fatal stabbing of Robert Dean Hardcastle during a drug dispute. If carried out as scheduled, Welch would ...

Witness Observes More Females In Line For Concealed Gun Permits

(1/5/12) Gun supply stores around Oklahoma where that mom shot and killed an intruder say the story hasn't affected gun sales there, but in our area there may be some behavioral responses amongst local women. Pawn shops here say in the wake of that incident, the Rogue Valley hasn’t seen any significant outburst in sales but they are seeing more women applying for a concealed weapons permit. One ...