SB 1159 went into effect yesterday.
What it does specifically is to remove the words "dagger, bowie knife, dirk knife, sword cane," from 21 O.S. 2011, Section 1272. This removes all references to knives from that statute.
What this specific deletion does, is displays legislative intent to specifically exclude all knives from the list of Unlawful Carry items.
As such it would be hard for a DA to attempt to prosecute for Illegal Carry of those specific items as "other offensive weapons" when they were specifically targeted for removal from the statute.
What it does specifically is to remove the words "dagger, bowie knife, dirk knife, sword cane," from 21 O.S. 2011, Section 1272. This removes all references to knives from that statute.
What this specific deletion does, is displays legislative intent to specifically exclude all knives from the list of Unlawful Carry items.
As such it would be hard for a DA to attempt to prosecute for Illegal Carry of those specific items as "other offensive weapons" when they were specifically targeted for removal from the statute.