Oklahoma City - Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry (web | news) has signed into law a bill that allows Oklahoma hunters and gun collectors to purchase guns in other states without violating the law.

Before it was signed into law, Oklahoma only allowed residents to purchase shotguns or rifles from properly licensed dealers in a bordering state. House Bill 1865 allows those purchases to be made from any state.

Many states amended laws allowing long gun purchases in all states after amendments to the Gun Control Act in 1986. But, Oklahoma was one of few who hadn't.

"It’s past time we change the language to reflect the federal amendment passed more than 20 years ago,” said the bill's author, Representative Jeff Hickman of Fairview. "Oklahomans have the right to legally purchase rifles or shotguns as much as any other American and this bill corrects that inequity."

The bill was passed unanimously in the House and 45 to 1 in the Senate before being sent to Governor Henry's desk.

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