CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signs open-carry gun bill into law. “Oklahoma is the 25th state with either ‘permissive open carry’ laws, which means no permit required, or ‘licensed open carry,’ which requires a permit. Oklahoma now joins Utah, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Hawaii and Massachusetts as a ‘licensed open carry’ state.”