Ohio open carry rules?

[SimplyChad]

Im planning a trip to ohio in the next month or so when I get stateside. Does anyone here actually have a list of all the place open carry isnt allowed or any weird laws. Im from Tx and carry in NM alot with my TZ CHL. So open carry is kinda weird to me.

 

[Kevin Rohrer]

Open carry is perfectly legal in Ohio, except where No Firearms signs are posted. However, you will get some strange looks.

 

[rtroha]

If you don't have a license recognized by Ohio then you cannot have a loaded handgun in a motor vehicle. You will also need to unload all your magazines which fit that gun prior to entering your vehicle because of Ohio's crazy definition of "unloaded".

(5) “Unloaded” means any of the following:

(a) No ammunition is in the firearm in question, and no ammunition is loaded into a magazine or speed loader that may be used with the firearm in question and that is located anywhere within the vehicle in question, without regard to where ammunition otherwise is located within the vehicle in question. For the purposes of division (K)(5)(a) of this section, ammunition held in stripper-clips or in en-bloc clips is not considered ammunition that is loaded into a magazine or speed loader.

Another issue for those without a recognized license is any bar, restaurant or even grocery store with a class D liquor license in which people are consuming alcohol is off-limits. A person with a recognized license can enter those establishments as long as he/she doesn't consume.

 

[foghornl]

Open carry is legal, but some members of the constabulary don't seem to know that, particularly in big cities...Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toldeo, Dayton...

 

[SimplyChad]

Ok thank you gentlemen, so smaller towns I shouldnt be hassled too much?

 

[MFDoom]

FWIW when I took my Ohio CCW classes at my local police station, the training officer informed us that if we open carry and hey get a MWAG call they will at least have to have a conversation. As always be smart, careful, and all that...

 

[mgkdrgn]

If you plan on "open carry", also plan on being "jacked up", even if it's legal. If you are the least little bit belligerent or "questioning authority" while "jacked up", be prepared to get charged with "something", even if it gets dropped later.

IMHO, open carry, while legal in some places, is an open invitation for a confrontation.

Is it right? No.

Is it reality? Yes.

 

[Deanimator]

If you plan on "open carry", also plan on being "jacked up", even if it's legal. If you are the least little bit belligerent or "questioning authority" while "jacked up", be prepared to get charged with "something", even if it gets dropped later.

That is why you ALWAYS carry and use a voice recorder of some sort WHENEVER carrying, openly OR concealed.

Don't let a pack of lies have the presumption of truth by default.

 

[rajb123]

Check this list of open carry states:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_carry_in_the_United_States

 

[Collects]

The anti-gunners in Ohio are alive and well. They will happily call law enforcement with a hysterical "Man With A Gun" complaint.

Some cops are also anti-gun, not particularly familiar with nuances of the law, and will arrest somebody for OC for allegedly inciting panic, disturbing the peace, or some such loosey-goosey catch-all crime.

While the police officer may have acted illegally, you may still get the privilege of seeing the inside of a jail, meeting, hiring and paying a lawyer, observing first-hand the application of criminal procedure rules in a courtroom, and you still may risk getting a conviction.

IMHO, OC in Ohio (and many other places) is an extremely bad idea in any populated area. In the remote woods, where nobody will see your handgun, no problem.

Why would you voluntarily subject yourself to those risks?

Get a concealed carry permit, learn the laws, and carry your handgun legally and concealed.

While I am an attorney, I am NOT YOUR ATTORNEY.

 

[SimplyChad]

Well if i had the time to get the permit before my trip I would. I have a texas chl. But well no dice in ohio.

 

[glockgod]

I carry concealed even when in the woods or fishing-don't need the hassle from a LEO-'specially the "crick dicks".

 

[Mainsail]

I carry concealed even when in the woods or fishing-don't need the hassle from a LEO...

Washington was no different a few years back. Not so much now because we carried openly in spite of the harassment. I know one open carry person with a lot more money in the bank because of just such harassment.

 

[Kevin Rohrer]

The anti-gunners in Ohio are alive and well. They will happily call law enforcement with a hysterical "Man With A Gun" complaint.

We get these all the time from "city folk" who move to the country and don't understand they need to conform to our way of doing things, not the other way around.