[SW6906]

I'm confused. So you have a concealed weapons permit, but you're not allowed to carry a loaded gun in a car? WTF? Further, if it is "unloaded" and the magazine is next to it, it is not considered unloaded? WTF?

In my state, a concealed weapons permit means you can carry a loaded or unloaded gun in pretty much any condition everywhere but a school, courthouse or bar. Keep it simple.

[T-Bird45]

Agreed on the keep it simple as the carry restrictions you note are what I experience in my state. However, OH had significant challenges in passing CCW initially. Other posters noted the poison pills and the usual cast of suspects (FOP, etc.) up the thread. I don’t understand people that can’t simply look around at experiences in other states to clearly see that licensed carriers are not the problem and stop trying to make problems with dumb laws.

[KrisKrinkle]

“So you have a concealed weapons permit, but you're not allowed to carry a loaded gun in a car?”

INAL but as I understand: No, if you have a Concealed Handgun License you can carry your loaded gun in a car. If you do not have a Concealed Handgun License, then it is illegal to carry a loaded gun in a car.

“Further, if it is “unloaded” and the magazine is next to it, it is not considered unloaded?”

INAL but as I understand: Yep. Roughly speaking, if the gun is empty, no cartridges in the cylinder or chamber, none in the magazine in the gun, but there is a speed loader or magazine anywhere in the car that will work with the gun and has cartridges in it that are for the gun in question, the gun is considered to be loaded for purposes of the law.

[alchemist54]

My wife and I live in NW Cincinnati and just completed the CCW classes. We were informed that carrying a loaded gun concealed in a car is legal up till 2012 you had to have your gun in a locked glove box, center console, or in the trunk with ammunition separated. We were told law makers decided this was not logical as the purpose in CCW is immediate protection. You still have to inform a police officer you are armed if you are pulled over.The police trainers that taught our course were very pro 2nd amendment and said that in a crisis situation every second counts when force is needed to stop an attack.