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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 1976648" data-attributes="member: 42">It was pretty clearly illegal prior to the 70's.....excerpt from Pierce: (arrested and convicted for having a gun in his waistband, in view.  Conviction was affirmed)The defendant is prosecuted under section 1992, C.O.S. 1921, which provides as follows:"It shall be unlawful for any person in the state of Oklahoma to carry upon or about his person any pistol, revolver, bowie-knife, dirk-knife, loaded cane, billy, metal knuckles, except as in this article provided."Section 1994, C.O.S. 1921, provides:"Public officers while in the discharge of their duties or while going from their homes to their place of duty or returning therefrom shall be permitted to carry arms, but at no other time and under no other circumstances: Provided, however, that if any public officer be found carrying such arms while under the influence of intoxicating drinks, he shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this article as though he were a private person."Section 1995, C.O.S. 1921, provides:"Persons shall be permitted to carry shot-guns or rifles for the purpose of hunting, having them repaired, or for killing animals, or for the purpose of using the same in public muster or military drills, or while traveling or removing from one place to another and not otherwise."The defendant does not come within any of the exceptions mentioned in such statutes.</blockquote>