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The Stark County Sheriff's Office says it is keeping both its concealed-carry licensing centers open, despite Ohio's new permitless carry gun law.
The law (Ohio Revised Code [O.R.C.] 2923.12, et seq.) allows persons 21 and older to receive a concealed handgun license provided that they receive a minimum of 8 hours of handgun training (6 hours of classroom instruction and 2 hours of range time) from a certified instructor, demonstrate competency with a handgun through written and shooting ...
The Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act limits where an unlicensed person may carry; carry of a weapon, openly or concealed, within 1,000 feet (300 m) of a school zone is prohibited, with exceptions granted in the federal law to holders of valid state-issued weapons permits (state laws may reassert the illegality of school zone carry by license ...
Valentina Dyshko, a Ukrainian woman with limited English capability, filed suit alleging that she was the victim of a strip search by male officers at the Stark County Jail. She had turned herself to Stark County Family Court in response to a misdemeanor warrant; the charge, having to do with home-schooling of her children, was later dismissed ...
Ohio adopted a new statewide law enforcement accreditation program, and the Stark County Sheriff's Office is one of the first agencies to utilize it.
About 284,000 people got a new concealed carry permit during the same time period, and about 94,000 got their licenses renewed. Brannan said maybe it was a good sign that people on both sides of ...
Unlike Vermont, it kept its licensing scheme in place so that residents could apply for permits for reciprocity purposes with states that require a residential carry permit. Concealed carrying of firearms remained illegal for anyone prohibited from possessing firearms under federal or state law, but any non-prohibited person no longer required ...
Dec. 15—COLUMBUS — The Ohio House of Representatives passed this week House Bill 272, legislation that will give local governments the permissive authority to expand concealed carry access.