This weekend there is a gun show and a beading show (for the wife) at the fairgrounds. Can we carry concealed at these events? Thanks.
Title 21 Section 1277 said:A. It shall be unlawful for any person in possession of a valid concealed handgun license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to carry any concealed handgun into any of the following places:
1. Any structure, building, or office space which is owned or leased by a city, town, county, state, or federal governmental authority for the purpose of conducting business with the public;
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5. Any sports arena during a professional sporting event;
6. Any place where pari-mutuel wagering is authorized by law; and
7. Any other place specifically prohibited by law.
B. For purposes of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 of subsection A of this section, the prohibited place does not include and specifically excludes the following property:
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3. Any property adjacent to a structure, building, or office space in which concealed weapons are prohibited by the provisions of this section; and
4. Any property designated by a city, town, county, or state, governmental authority as a park, recreational area, or fairgrounds; provided, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize any entry by a person in possession of a concealed handgun into any structure, building, or office space which is specifically prohibited by the provisions of subsection A of this section.
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The fairgrounds are legal. Period. They are explicitly mentioned as not restricted. The fair buildings are not prohibited by the "to do business with the public" clause, as the government (any of them) do not do business directly with the public in those buildings. Those buildings are leased (rented) from the government to allow private business to be done with the public. Wherever it is you go to rent table space from the government, that would be doing business with the government. The fairgrounds are fair game. I don't see any confusion there.
The stadium may be off limits due to the professional sporting / parimutuel wagering clauses though, but I have never been in there anyways.
What about Disney on Ice at the Fairgrounds? I know my reading of this but would like other opinions as well.
Shouldn't it be legal and illegal?
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