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**Aguila Blanca** · September 27, 2010, 01:45 AM

I need to try again to tweak my state legislators about lawful carry in my state. Back a few years, when Ohio was still fighting to get a concealed carry law enacted, there was some discussion about a precedent-setting case before the Ohio Supreme Court a few (?) years prior in which the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that open carry was legal without a permit because concealed carry was prohibited by statute, and the Ohio state constitution guaranteed a right to keep and bear arms. Ergo, if you have a right to bear arms and you can't bear them concealed, then the only option left is open carry.

My state's constitution also guarantees a RKBA, but the legislature doesn't appear to understand that. I'd like to be able to cite the Ohio case as an example -- if I could find it.

Can anyone help?

September 27, 2010, 01:45 AM	#1
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 18,457	Ohio Precedent? I need to try again to tweak my state legislators about lawful carry in my state. Back a few years, when Ohio was still fighting to get a concealed carry law enacted, there was some discussion about a precedent-setting case before the Ohio Supreme Court a few (?) years prior in which the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that open carry was legal without a permit because concealed carry was prohibited by statute, and the Ohio state constitution guaranteed a right to keep and bear arms. Ergo, if you have a right to bear arms and you can't bear them concealed, then the only option left is open carry. My state's constitution also guarantees a RKBA, but the legislature doesn't appear to understand that. I'd like to be able to cite the Ohio case as an example -- if I could find it. Can anyone help?