SB 184 Castle and Amendment official summary, what It does for us

[KnightOfTheOlde]

SB 184 Castle and Amendment official summary, what It does for us

What changes will SB184 make to Ohio law? How do they apply to the average hunter, target shooter, and concealed carry license holder?

The law does not go into effect for three months, (exact date will be posted when it is finalized) but we have received many requests for a list of what this bill does. To that end, here is a summary of the changes in SB184.

For all law-abiding citizens (Not just gun owners)

Go to the Following page for the summary and see why each thing was needed.

www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/5730

[DOG33]

Thank you so much!
This clears up lots of questions I had myself. I appreciate you sharing with us.
G

[Catalina]

► Definition of a "loaded" gun.

SB184 will eliminate all the vague "ready at hand" language that has been bastardized in our courts and provide a simple way you can be sure you can legally transport your firearm. Simply put, the gun must be unloaded. An unloaded gun has no bullet in the chamber or cylinder. You may not have any loaded speed loaders or magazines for the gun in question anywhere in the motor vehicle. There are no longer any rules about where the gun or the ammo must be, or their relation to each other.

Assume no Ohio CHL for these silly driving to the range scenarios:

1) I have a loaded Glock magazine in the trunk underneath the spare tire at the bottom of the wheel well and the assembled Glock frame & slide are locked in the glove box the gun is "loaded" and I am in violation?

2) I have 17 rounds of 9mm ammo rolling around on the passenger seat next to an empty Glock magazine next to the assembled Glock frame & slide I am OK?

[Brian Dover]

Catalina, you have it pegged correctly. Before this, Ohio had a completely vague defintion of 'loaded', now it is lousy, but in a much clearer fashion.:upeyes:

This is 'taking yet another small bite of the elephant' kind of thing; we got mostly good stuff from SB184, and I suspect we can fix this bad part down the road.