Carry Permit Limitations

January 11, 2016

Sec. 2923.126. (B). Prohibited Places.
Under this section, individuals are not allowed to carry their firearms on the following places even if there is a valid carry permit:
a. Law enforcement station
b. Offices of the county sheriff
c. Highway patrol station
d. Premises operated by BCI
e. Correctional and detention facilities
f. Airport terminals
g. Mental hospitals and facilities
h. Courthouses and courtrooms
i. Universities
j. Church and places of worship
k. Day care centers
l. Establishments serving intoxicating liquor if the individual intends to consume alcohol
m. Government facilities except for restrooms and parking lots
n. School safety zones which include the school and its buildings, school bus, and other facilities used by the students. Carrying of firearm in school properties is allowed if an individual has a concealed carry permit, but he or she is not allowed to enter the buildings.
o. Capitol buildings and grounds unless there is a written permission from the authority

“Capitol grounds” refer to the capitol, senate building and atrium connector. This includes the capitol’s properties.

Sec. 2923.126(C). Private employers are allowed to restrict the possession of firearms on their properties.

Sec. 2923.16. Individuals should not be prohibited from carrying, storing or leaving their firearms in vehicles in parking lots of the state capitol building if they do not violate the division (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) of this section.

105.41. Possession of a firearm in a vehicle that is parked in the state underground parking garage is allowed if the individual does not violate section 2923.16. of the Revised Code.

Sec. 2923.126. (C)(3)(a). An individual who violates a posted prohibition but the premises is a parking lot or any other facility where a vehicle can be parked, the individual is not guilty of Criminal Trespass. However, he may be subjected to a civil action for trespass.

(C)(3) (b). A tenant who is a permit holder or his guests shall not be prohibited by the landlord to lawfully possess firearms on his residential premises.

Transporting in Motor Vehicles
2923.16.
An individual who has been issued a permit or temporary emergency permit to carry a concealed firearm in Ohio or a carry permit issued by another state of which Ohio has entered into a reciprocity agreement, who is a passenger of a vehicle that is stopped by a police officer for a purpose defined in section 5503.34 of the Revised, shall be allowed to do any of the following:
a. Not to inform immediately a police officer or anyone who has the authority during a stop that he possesses a permit to carry a concealed firearm and that a firearm is carried in the vehicle.
b. Touch a loaded firearm in a vehicle with the hands or fingers when the law enforcement officer approaches and before he leaves, unless touching of the firearm is pursuant to and is according to the order of the law enforcement officer.
c. Fail to follow a lawful order of a police officer when the vehicle is stopped for a certain purpose.

Sec. 2923.16. (K). An “unloaded firearm” refers to a firearm that has no ammunition, or a magazine or speed loader with
ammunition inserted on it. Moreover, at least one of the following should apply:
a. The magazine or speed loader of the firearm does not have an ammunition.
b. A loaded magazine is placed in a separate compartment of the vehicle and is not readily accessible for the passengers.

A “container that provides complete and separate enclosure” refers to any of the following:
a. A box or case
b. A compartment that can be closed with a button, zipper, hook, buckle or fastener and needs to be opened to access what’s inside