| Mass Media Reporting Incorrect Information about SB184 Changes |
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| Written by Jeff Garvas | |
| Monday, 08 September 2008 | |
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Reports are coming in via email, phone, and forum postings about the incorrect information being repeated by media outlets regarding the changes to Ohio's CHL laws which go into effect tomorrow, September 9. The biggest mistake, such as is reported by NewsNet5.com is: Concealed weapons permit holders can now keep a gun hidden in a car as long as it is in a secure holster worn by the permit holder. This is flat out wrong. It has been legal for a CHL holder to carry a handgun concealed in a motor vehicle for some time now, and the implication that it is just now lawful to conceal a firearm is incorrect and misleading. What has changed is the transportation aspects of the law for firearms in general: *Motor Vehicle Transport* Unloaded firearms at least twenty-four inches in overall length as measured from the muzzle to the part of the stock furthest from the muzzle with a barrel *at least eighteen inches in length* do not need to be transported in a closed case or secured in a rack provided they are in plain sight with the action open or the weapon stripped (if both as possible). CHL holders can transport a loaded handgun in an unlocked (but closed) glove compartment or vehicle console. For details on what SB184 does and doesn't do, please feel free to read our previous review of the changes and pass that information along to any news outlet you see who gets it wrong. |