Posted: 8/31/2007 9:14:45 PM EDT
| Ok not that I am going to do it but I was talking to a cop tonight that teaches CCW classes and he said that the way the law read now since they changed it this year. Open carry is now a felony anybody read it this way ???? |
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Good read... recent... opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum43/4243.html Does Ohio's CCW law impact Open Carry? Absolutely not. This legislation has never restricted or limited open carry, and based on the Ohio Supreme Court decision it is feasible that any effort to restrict open carry would be illegal. The Attorney General's office has stated as follows: Sir, There is no truth to the statement that having a concealed weapons license means you have forfeited the ability to carry openly. No one in the attorney general's office should have or would give such advice. Mark Gribben Director of Constituent Services Office of Attorney General Jim Petro |
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I open carried a Smith and Wesson 9mm on a job site 3 yrs ago. It was about 4-5 houses north of Denison Ave on W.63rd, in Cleveland, a real shitty neighborhood. Dopeheads and hookers were everywhere. We were doing some electrical service work over there. I was outside on a couple of occasions getting something from the truck, when a cop drove by. I waved at him, and he nodded in my direction, then kept on driving. Let's not forget, either, that carrying a firearm, in any fashion, on private property is legal. As long as you have permission from the owner. If it's YOUR property, then carry as you wish. I have been very tempted to push this by mowing my lawn with an AR across my back, or something, just to see if someone would call it in. But, alas, I have never been a trend setter. 
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Get a 1919 and mount it on the front of your lawn tractor and mow your yard 
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Open carry is legal in Ohio, unless restricted by local ordinance, more of a city thing than township or county. Though here's the catch: Law enforcement sees you do it and it's up to their discretion as to what to do. You can be charged with everything from disorderly conduct to menacing, to creating panic, even pointing of a firearm with the weapon in your holster. At least one cop testified to doing such in the Cinci area, IIRC. Much of this crap was used to justify the CCW law. |
Unless restricted by local ordinance? I believe preemption tossed that, along with city registrations, magazine bans, AW bans and the like. -- Mike |