{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1272","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1272","heading":"Unlawful carry","body":"UNLAWFUL CARRY\n\nA. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be\n\nunlawful for any person to carry upon or about his or her person, or\n\nin a purse or other container belonging to the person, any pistol,\n\nrevolver, shotgun or rifle whether loaded or unloaded or any\n\nblackjack, loaded cane, hand chain, metal knuckles, or any other\n\noffensive weapon, whether such weapon be concealed or unconcealed,\n\nexcept this section shall not prohibit:\n\n1. The proper use of guns and knives for self-defense, hunting,\n\nfishing, educational or recreational purposes;\n\n2. The carrying or use of weapons in a manner otherwise\n\npermitted by statute or authorized by the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act;\n\n3. The carrying, possession and use of any weapon by a peace\n\nofficer or other person authorized by law to carry a weapon in the\n\nperformance of official duties and in compliance with the rules of\n\nthe employing agency;\n\n4. The carrying or use of weapons in a courthouse by a district\n\njudge, associate district judge or special district judge within\n\nthis state, who is in possession of a valid handgun license issued\n\npursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act and\n\nwhose name appears on a list maintained by the Administrative\n\nDirector of the Courts;\n\n5. The carrying and use of firearms and other weapons provided\n\nin this subsection when used for the purpose of living history\n\nreenactment. For purposes of this paragraph, \"living history\n\nreenactment\" means depiction of historical characters, scenes,\n\nhistorical life or events for entertainment, education, or\n\nhistorical documentation through the wearing or use of period,\n\nhistorical, antique or vintage clothing, accessories, firearms,\n\nweapons, and other implements of the historical period; or\n\n6. The transporting by vehicle on a public roadway or the\n\ncarrying of a firearm, concealed or unconcealed, loaded or unloaded,\n\nby a person who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older or by a\n\nperson who is eighteen (18) years of age but not yet twenty-one (21)\n\nyears of age and the person is a member or veteran of the United\n\nStates Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or was discharged\n\nunder honorable conditions from the United States Armed Forces,\n\nReserves or National Guard, and the person is otherwise not\n\ndisqualified from the possession or purchase of a firearm under\n\nstate or federal law and is not carrying the firearm in furtherance\n\nof a crime.\n\nExcept as provided in subsection B of Section 1283 of this\n\ntitle, a person who has been convicted of any one of the following\n\noffenses in this state or a violation of the equivalent law of\n\nanother state:\n\na. assault and battery pursuant to the provisions of\n\nSection 644 of this title which caused serious\n\nphysical injury to the victim,\n\nb. aggravated assault and battery pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of Section 646 of this title,\n\nc. assault and battery that qualifies as domestic abuse\n\nas defined in Section 644 of this title,\n\nd. stalking pursuant to the provisions of Section 1173 of\n\nthis title,\n\ne. a violation of an order issued under the Protection\n\nfrom Domestic Abuse Act or a domestic abuse protection\n\norder issued by another state, or\n\nf. a violation relating to illegal drug use or possession\n\nunder the provisions of the Uniform Controlled\n\nDangerous Substances Act,\n\nshall be prohibited from carrying a firearm under the provisions of\n\nthis paragraph. Any person who carries a firearm in the manner\n\nprovided for in this paragraph shall be prohibited from carrying the\n\nfirearm into any of the places prohibited in subsection A of Section\n\n1277 of this title or any other place currently prohibited by law.\n\nNothing in this section shall modify or otherwise change where a\n\nperson may legally carry a firearm.\n\nB. Any person convicted of violating the foregoing provision\n\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in Section\n\n1276 of this title.\nying the\n\nfirearm into any of the places prohibited in subsection A of Section\n\n1277 of this title or any other place currently prohibited by law.\n\nNothing in this section shall modify or otherwise change where a\n\nperson may legally carry a firearm.\n\nB. Any person convicted of violating the foregoing provision\n\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in Section\n\n1276 of this title.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 2546. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 163, § 1; Laws 1969, c.\n\n311, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 1969; Laws 1993, c. 309, § 1, emerg.\n\neff. June 7, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 272, § 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Laws\n\n1996, c. 191, § 2, emerg. eff. May 16, 1996; Laws 2003, c. 465, § 1,\n\neff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2007, c. 128, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws\n\n2012, c. 259, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2013, c. 102, § 1, eff.\n\nNov. 1, 2013; Laws 2015, c. 197, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2016,\n\nc. 217, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2018, c. 68, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,\n\n2018; Laws 2019, c. 1, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2021, c. 292, §\n\n1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.\n\nNOTE: Laws 1993, c. 264, § 1 repealed by Laws 1994, c. 2, § 34,\n\nemerg. eff. March 2, 1994.","path":["OK Code","Title 21"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"4d359800b29880a554d946211ad36eeae0a46537287587da97071884617cc171","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1271.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1272.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}