Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.3
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Definitions for Firearms Act and Self-Defense Act —
Official statutory text
Pistols or handguns.
DEFINITIONS FOR FIREARMS ACT
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 592
"Pistols" or "handguns" as used in the Oklahoma Firearms Act of
1971 and the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act shall mean any firearm
capable of discharging single or multiple projectiles from a single
round of ammunition composed of any material which may reasonably be
expected to be able to cause lethal injury, with a barrel or barrels
less than sixteen (16) inches in length, and using a combustible
propellant charge, but not to include any firearm with an overall
length of twenty-six (26) inches or more, flare guns, underwater
fishing guns or blank pistols.
DEFINITIONS FOR FIREARMS ACT
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 592
"Pistols" or "handguns" as used in the Oklahoma Firearms Act of
1971 and the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act shall mean any firearm
capable of discharging single or multiple projectiles from a single
round of ammunition composed of any material which may reasonably be
expected to be able to cause lethal injury, with a barrel or barrels
less than sixteen (16) inches in length, and using a combustible
propellant charge, but not to include any firearm with an overall
length of twenty-six (26) inches or more, flare guns, underwater
fishing guns or blank pistols.
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