Oklahoma § 21-1289.5
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 21-1289.5, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-1289.5.
Definitions for Firearms Act - Shotguns.
DEFINITIONS FOR FIREARMS ACT
"Shotguns" as used in the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971, shall
mean any firearm capable of discharging a series of projectiles of
any material which may reasonably be expected to be able to cause
lethal injury, with a barrel or barrels more than eighteen (18)
inches in length, and using a combustible propellant charge, but not
to include any weapon so designed with a barrel less than eighteen
(18) inches in length unless the overall length of the firearm is
twenty-six (26) inches or more. In addition, any "shotgun" capable
of firing single projectiles but primarily designed to fire multiple
projectiles such as "shot" will be regarded as a "shotgun".
Added by Laws 1971, c. 159, § 5, emerg. eff. May 24, 1971. Amended
by Laws 1995, c. 272, § 43, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Laws 2019, c. 63, §
2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
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