Major Boom In Gun Permit Applications, OSBI Says

<p>The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says it has seen an increase in the number of gun carry license applications over past couple of months.</p>

Wednesday, February 17th 2016, 2:45 pm

By: News On 6

Major Boom In Gun Permit Applications, OSBI Says

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says it has seen an increase in the number of gun carry license applications over past couple of months.

The OSBI says in the last week of November 2015, it received 604 applications. Two months later, the number of applications more than doubled to 1,434.

The application does not ask for a reason for applying for a license, but the OSBI says during that time period, several sheriff's offices began waiving their fingerprinting fees and are encouraging residents to apply for a license.

The OSBI says the number of applications have been going up on a weekly basis.

The agency expects once the numbers from the week of February 8 are tabulated, the number of applications will top 1,500.

Gun carry applications received by OSBI:
November 30 – 604
December 7 – 824
December 14 – 702
December 21 – 900
December 28 – 744
January 4 – 1,178
January 11 – 1,176
January 18 – 1,182
January 25 – 1,434
February 1 – 1,712