The building at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds ARE NOT prohibited from weapons!!!!! What part of this do you NOT understand!!!!
Ever attend a Gun show there?? There are thousands and thousands of guns in there and probably a few million rounds. I guess you haven't.
You sound more and more like an anti gun rights person with every post you make!!!
You add nothing but stupid comments on here!!!
Government building ARE not exempt from the law. The law states and it's clear you haven't read it, it states "for the purpose of doing business with the government". When attending the State Fair, I AM NOT doing business with the Government. I am doing business with a private vender.
Also just to set you straight, they CAN carry at a sporting event at the Fair Grounds. The law states "professional sporting event", when your kids enter an animal for a sporting event at the fair grounds it is NOT professional event.
And you call yourself a firearms instructor, maybe you should have YOUR permit revoked!!!
Actually, it wouldn't be hard to enforce this "double standard" rule as you call it.
The law reads as follows:
Title 21 said:
A. It shall be unlawful for any person in possession of a valid handgun license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to carry any concealed or unconcealed 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;
Title 21 said:
A. As used in the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act:
1. "Concealed handgun" means a loaded or unloaded pistol, the presence of which is not openly discernible to the ordinary observation of a reasonable person;
2. "Unconcealed handgun" means a loaded or unloaded pistol carried upon the person in a belt holster or shoulder holster that is wholly or partially visible, or carried upon the person in a scabbard or case designed for carrying firearms that is wholly or partially visible; and
3. "Pistol" means any derringer, revolver or semiautomatic firearm which:
a. has an overall length of less than sixteen (16) inches,
b. is capable of discharging a projectile composed of any material which may reasonably be expected to be able to cause lethal injury,
c. is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand, and
d. uses either gunpowder, gas or any means of rocket propulsion to discharge the projectile.
So now that we see what the law actually says lets address your points:
1) Government buildings - The law says a governmental building space for the purpose of conducting business with the public. While you specifically are not doing business with the government, someone did business with the government to lease the space. Last I knew, you couldn't use those buildings for free. You can argue that the horse barn isn't there for doing business with the public, but again, someone has to lease it from the government and therefore business with the public has been done.
2) Gun shows at the fairgrounds - The law says you can't carry any concealed or unconcealed handgun into said government building, so all those rifles at gun shows are exempt. Now we look at the definition of concealed or unconcealed. This could technically get you into trouble very easily as even an unloaded handgun could cause you to violate the law if you have your permit on you. Again the law says, "...in possession of a handgun license...". Leave the license in your car and you can carry handguns in the show all day long without fear of violating the law. In order to arrest you for violating this law, an officer would have to have RAS you were violating the law in order to check and see if you had a license on you.
Since your quote about who is doing business with whom is wrong, I would suggest picking up a current copy of the SDA (
http://www.ok.gov/osbi/documents/SDA_Lawbook_NOV_2013.pdf) and reviewing what the law actually says before continuing to spread misinformation.
Aside from that, it really doesn't matter what you or I think the law means, it only matters what a judge thinks. Anyone who is an SDA instructor (and I am not) will always err on the side of caution when going over the law portion with a class.