Open Carry help quick! Ohio
07-07-2009, 06:33 PM
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Open Carry help quick! Ohio
I've had someone ask me a question that I do not fully now the answer to. Hopefully someone here can help.
As I understand it, open carry of a firearm is legal in ohio. There is no law against it. But a law enforcement friend is trying to tell me otherwise. Any help?? or links to back it up? I searched for a long time
As I understand it, open carry of a firearm is legal in ohio. There is no law against it. But a law enforcement friend is trying to tell me otherwise. Any help?? or links to back it up? I searched for a long time
07-07-2009, 07:51 PM
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RE: Open Carry help quick! Ohio
Doing a quick search on the internet... everything I read states that it is legal to open carry in Ohio with out a permit but you must be licensed to open carry in a vehicle. You must also be licensed to conceal carry in Ohio and there is no legal definition of concealed. Should you be carrying openly and momentarily conceal your firearm you could be cited, detained, etc... etc... and it is left up to the judges to define on a case by case basis of what concealed is if you do so with out a permit to do so.
07-07-2009, 08:11 PM
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RE: Open Carry help quick! Ohio
I would never ask a police officer about any laws. You just might get arrested and put in the slammer because you took advice from an uninformed police officer. I find that far too many of them don't have a clue about the laws they are suppose to be enforcing.
This thread is a perfect example.
This thread is a perfect example.
07-08-2009, 08:47 AM
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RE: Open Carry help quick! Ohio
ORIGINAL: ndncreek
call your local police dept. they will know for sure
call your local police dept. they will know for sure
It is each individual's responsibility to know the law, you will be told in court, but even the police trusted to enforce it often do not know!!!
07-09-2009, 05:41 AM
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Re: RE: Open Carry help quick! Ohio
Here is a link to a CCW website also you can check with the NRA. From what I read you can carrry open but you can't have it loaded in a car without a permit. For $55 on a 5 year permit why not just do it?
http://apps.carryconcealed.net/legal...state-laws.php
http://apps.carryconcealed.net/legal...state-laws.php
07-10-2009, 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Bocajnala
I've had someone ask me a question that I do not fully now the answer to. Hopefully someone here can help.
As I understand it, open carry of a firearm is legal in ohio. There is no law against it. But a law enforcement friend is trying to tell me otherwise. Any help?? or links to back it up? I searched for a long time
As I understand it, open carry of a firearm is legal in ohio. There is no law against it. But a law enforcement friend is trying to tell me otherwise. Any help?? or links to back it up? I searched for a long time
Any gun owner who is not a member of the NRA is not doing his/her duty to protect the Second Amendment.
It appears that open carry requires no permit.
But to carry concealed requires a permit/license.
Last edited by eldeguello; 07-11-2009 at 06:25 AM.
07-10-2009, 02:51 PM
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