MISDEMEANOR POINTING A FIREARM It shall be unlawful for any person to point any firearm or any other deadly weapon whether loaded or not, at any other person or persons. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in Section 1280 of this title. The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons acting in self-defense or to home or business owners in defense of their private property, whether or not they possess a valid handgun license pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. R.L. 1910, § 2553. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 272, § 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Laws 2013, c. 171, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2025, c. 261, § 1, emerg. eff. May 14, 2025.
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cases, 1954–2012 · leading case:
Tidmore v. State, 2004 OK CR 26 (Okla. Crim. App. 2004).
Tidmore v. State, 2004 OK CR 26 (Okla. Crim. App. 2004).
“2d 1032, 1036 , the evidence was that Tidmore deliberately pointed a loaded gun at two persons, intending to threaten them (either because he did not realize they were police officers or because he was responding to the officers' presence in his home). For this reason, Tidmore's…”
Koonce v. State, 696 P.2d 501 (Okla. Crim. App. 1985).
“11), Pointing a Weapon at Another (21 O.S.1981, § 1279), or Carrying or Using a Firearm While Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor (21 O.”
Ward v. State, 628 P.2d 376 (Okla. Crim. App. 1981).
“He bases this contention on the fact that prosecutors in Oklahoma are given the discretion to charge a defendant with either a felony or a misdemeanor for the offense of pointing a weapon.”
Davis v. State, 885 P.2d 665 (Okla. Crim. App. 1994).
“OPINION LANE, Judge: EzeMel Lenor Davis, Appellant, was tried by jury for the crimes of Feloniously Pointing a Weapon (21 O.S.1981, § 1279) and Murder in the First Degree (21 O.”
Reynolds v. State, 617 P.2d 1357 (Okla. Crim. App. 1979).
“In Miller , the misdemeanor committed by the defendant causing the homicide was pointing a gun, 21 O.S.1971, § 1279. In this case, the appellant was engaged in the misdemeanor of reckless conduct under the Oklahoma Firearms Act, 21 O.”
Parker v. State, 273 P.2d 778 (Okla. Crim. App. 1954).
“The instructions in question followed the language of the statute which merely reads, “It shall be unlawful for any person to point any pistol or any other deadly weapon whether loaded or not, at any other person or persons either in anger or otherwise.”
Dunford v. State, 702 P.2d 1051 (Okla. Crim. App. 1985).
“The appellant also urges that an instruction on Manslaughter in the First Degree by Misdemeanor-Manslaughter was justified with Pointing a Gun, in violation of Title 21 O.S.1981, § 1279, as the underlying misdemeanor.”
In re M. D. B., 617 P.2d 234 (Okla. Crim. App. 1980).
“JF-79-1215), accusing him of pointing a pistol at another person, an act that is prohibited by 21 O.S.1971, § 1279. The arresting officer, at whom the pistol was pointed, testified that there was a live round in the chamber, but that he did not disassemble the pistol to…”
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