A group seeking to suspend and potentially undo a new permitless carry law collected 37,057 signatures, more than 20,000 signatures short of the nearly 60,000 signatures required to put a referendum to a statewide vote.

The Oklahoma Attorney General's office reported the final signature count to the state Supreme Court on Thursday because a challenge to the referendum petition seeking to suspend the law allowing most Oklahomans to carry a gun without a permit is still pending.

Oklahoma Solicitor General Mithun Mansinghani called for the court to dismiss the challenge brought by a Second Amendment group.

"This case is moot and the petition should be dismissed" due to an insufficient number of signatures, he said. The Secretary of State's office counted the signatures this week.