North Dakota
waiting period
handgun Restrictive
ND1040 — federal
Citation:
18 U.S.C.A. § 922(s)
Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless-“(A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...
Effective:
1994-02-28 Superseded:
1998-11-30
Ohio
background checks
handgun and long gun Restrictive
OH1037 — sales from dealer : federal
Citation:
18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)(1)
Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the Attorney General notifies licensees under section 103(d) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that the national instant criminal background check system is established, a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer shall not transfer a firearm to any other person who is not licensed under this chapter, unless- (A) before the completion of the...
Effective:
1998-11-30
Ohio
background checks
handgun Permissive
OH1035 — sales from dealer : federal
Citation:
Printz v. United States 521 U.S. 898 (1997)
The Supreme Court ruled that the interim provision of the Brady Act couldn't require sheriffs to perform background checks.
Effective:
1997-06-27 Superseded:
1998-11-30
Ohio
background checks
handgun Restrictive
OH1034 — sales from dealer : federal
Citation:
18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)
Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless- (A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...
Effective:
1994-02-28 Superseded:
1997-06-27
Ohio
carrying a concealed weapon (ccw)
handgun Permissive
OH1051 — shall issue (permit not required)
Citation:
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.111
(2) Regardless of whether the person has been issued a concealed handgun license, subject to the limitations specified in divisions (B)(3) and (C)(2) of this section, a person who is a qualifying adult may carry a concealed handgun that is not a restricted firearm anywhere in this state in which a person who has been issued a concealed handgun license may carry a concealed handgun.
Effective:
2022-06-13
Ohio
carrying a concealed weapon (ccw)
handgun Permissive
OH1004 — shall issue
Citation:
Ohio Rev. Code § 2923.124 et seq
§ 2923.125(D) (1) Except as provided in division (D)(3) of this section, within forty-five days after a sheriff's receipt of an applicant's completed application form for a concealed handgun license under this section, the supporting documentation, and, if not waived, the license fee, the sheriff shall make available through the law enforcement automated data system in accordance with division (H) of this section...
Effective:
2004-04-08 Superseded:
2022-06-13
Ohio
carrying a concealed weapon (ccw)
handgun Restrictive
OH1003 — prohibited
Citation:
Ohio Rev. Code § 2923.12(A)
(A) No person shall knowingly carry or have, concealed on his or her person or concealed ready at hand, any deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance. (B) This section does not apply to officers, agents, or employees of this or any other state or the United States, or to law enforcement officers, authorized to carry concealed weapons or dangerous ordnance, and acting within the scope of their duties.
Effective:
1974-01-01 Superseded:
2004-04-08
Ohio
castle doctrine
handgun and long gun Permissive
OH1050 — stand your ground
Citation:
OH Rev. Code § 2901.09
B) For purposes of any section of the Revised Code that sets forth a criminal offense, a person has no duty to retreat before using force in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of that person's residence if that person is in a place in which the person lawfully has a right to be.
Effective:
2021-04-06
Ohio
castle doctrine
handgun and long gun Permissive
OH1006 — expanded 1
Citation:
Oh. Rev. Code Ann. § 2901.09
For purposes of any section of the Revised Code that sets forth a criminal offense, a person who lawfully is in that person's residence has no duty to retreat before using force in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of that person's residence, and a person who lawfully is an occupant of that person's vehicle or who lawfully is an occupant in a vehicle owned by an immediate family member of the person has...
Effective:
2008-09-09 Superseded:
2021-04-06
Ohio
castle doctrine
handgun and long gun Permissive
OH1005 — traditional
Common Law Castle Doctrine
Effective:
1900-01-01 Superseded:
2008-09-09
Ohio
firearm removal at scene of domestic violence
handgun and long gun Restrictive
OH1042 — required
Citation:
O.R.C. § 2935.03(B)(3)(h)
A peace officer described in division (A) of this section responds to a report of an alleged incident of the offense of domestic violence or an alleged incident of the offense of violating a protection order and if the circumstances of the incident involved the use or threatened use of a deadly weapon or any person involved in the incident brandished a deadly weapon during or in relation to the incident, the deadly...
Effective:
1994-12-09
Ohio
firearm sales restrictions
handgun and long gun Restrictive
OH1052 — assault weapons ban - Federal
Citation:
Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110102
This subtitle may be cited as the “Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act”. SEC. 110102. RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.
Effective:
1994-09-13 Superseded:
2004-09-13
Ohio
firearm sales restrictions
handgun and long gun Restrictive
OH1054 — ban on high capacity magazines - federal
Citation:
Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110103
SEC. 110103. BAN OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. << 18 USCA § 922 >> (a) PROHIBITION.-Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 110102(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(w)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device.
Effective:
1994-09-13 Superseded:
2004-09-13
Ohio
firearms in college/university
handgun Restrictive
OH1044 — public and private : CCW not allowed
Citation:
R.C. § 2923.126(b)
A valid concealed handgun license does not authorize the licensee to carry a concealed handgun in any manner prohibited under division (B) of section 2923.12 of the Revised Code or in any manner prohibited under section 2923.16 of the Revised Code.
Effective:
2004-04-08
Ohio
local laws preempted by state
handgun and long gun Permissive
OH1046 — comprehensive
Citation:
O. R.C. § 9.68(A)
The individual right to keep and bear arms, being a fundamental individual right that predates the United States Constitution and Ohio Constitution, and being a constitutionally protected right in every part of Ohio, the general assembly finds the need to provide uniform laws throughout the state regulating the ownership, possession, purchase, other acquisition, transport, storage, carrying, sale, other transfer,...
Effective:
2007-03-14
Ohio
minimum age
long gun Restrictive
OH1055 — minimum age purchase - federal
Citation:
18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)
(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...
Effective:
1994-09-13
Ohio
minimum age
handgun Restrictive
OH1056 — minimum age purchase - federal
Citation:
35 U.S.C. § 922(x)(1),(5)
(x)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer to a person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a juvenile-- (A) a handgun; or (B) ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun. (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term “juvenile” means a person who is less than 18 years of age.
Effective:
1994-09-13
Ohio
minimum age
handgun Restrictive
OH1057 — minimum age possession - federal
Citation:
43 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)(c)(1)
(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...
Effective:
1994-09-13
Ohio
minimum age
long gun Restrictive
OH1012 — purchase and sale
Citation:
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.21; § 2923.211
§ 2923.21 "(A) NO PERSON SHALL: (1) SELL ANY FIREARM TO A PERSON UNDER AGE (1) SELL ANY FIREARM TO A PERSON UNDER AGE EIGHTEEN; (2) SELL ANY HANDGUN TO A PERSON UNDER AGE TWENTY-ONE; § 2923.211 "Underage purchase of firearm or handgun. ...
Effective:
1974-01-01
Ohio
minimum age
handgun Restrictive
OH1024 — purchase and sale
Citation:
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.21; § 2923.211
§ 2923.21 "(A) NO PERSON SHALL: (1) SELL ANY FIREARM TO A PERSON UNDER AGE (1) SELL ANY FIREARM TO A PERSON UNDER AGE EIGHTEEN; (2) SELL ANY HANDGUN TO A PERSON UNDER AGE TWENTY-ONE; § 2923.211 "Underage purchase of firearm or handgun. ...
Effective:
1974-01-01
Ohio
minimum age
long gun Restrictive
OH1011 — purchase and sale
Citation:
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.06 (1958)
2903.06 (12967). Sale of firearms to minors. No person shall sell, barter, furnish, or give to a minor under the age of seventeen years, an air gun, musket, rifle, shotgun, revolver, pistol, or other firearm, or ammunition therefor, or, being the owner or having charge or control thereof, knowingly permit it to be used by a minor under such age.
Effective:
1943-08-02 Superseded:
1974-01-01
Ohio
minimum age
handgun Restrictive
OH1023 — purchase and sale
Citation:
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.06 (1958)
2903.06 (12967). Sale of firearms to minors. No person shall sell, barter, furnish, or give to a minor under the age of seventeen years, an air gun, musket, rifle, shotgun, revolver, pistol, or other firearm, or ammunition therefor, or, being the owner or having charge or control thereof, knowingly permit it to be used by a minor under such age.
Effective:
1943-08-02 Superseded:
1974-01-01
Ohio
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
OH1058 — dvro ex parte : expanded
Citation:
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3113.31 (F)(2)
(C) A person may seek relief under this section on the person's own behalf, or any parent or adult household member may seek relief under this section on behalf of any other family or household member, by filing a petition with the court.
Effective:
2018-07-06
Ohio
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
OH1028 — dvro ex parte
Citation:
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3113.31 (F)(2)
(D)(1) If a person who files a petition pursuant to this section requests an ex parte order, the court shall hold an ex parte hearing on the same day that the petition is filed.
Effective:
2008-06-24
Ohio
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
OH1026 — mental health : adjudicated as mentally incompetent//incapacitated/disabled
Citation:
R.C. § 2923.13
No person shall knowingly acquire, have, carry, or use any firearm or dangerous ordnance, if any of the following apply: (5) has been adjudicated as a mental defective
Effective:
2004-04-08
Ohio
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
OH1027 — mental health : committed to mh facility
Citation:
R.C. § 2923.13
No person shall knowingly acquire, have, carry, or use any firearm or dangerous ordnance, if any of the following apply: (5) ...has been committed to a mental institution, has been found by a court to be a mentally ill person subject to hospitalization by court order, or is an involuntary patient other than one who is a patient only for purposes of observation.
Effective:
2004-04-08
Ohio
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
OH1025 — mental health : adjudicated as mentally incompetent//incapacitated/disabled
Citation:
R.C. § 2923.13
No person shall knowingly acquire, have, carry, or use any firearm or dangerous ordnance, if any of the following apply: (5) The person is under adjudication of mental incompetence
Effective:
1974-01-01 Superseded:
2004-04-08
Ohio
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
OH1048 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
O.R.C. § 2923.20(A)
No person shall do any of the following: (8) Knowingly fail to report to law enforcement authorities forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm or dangerous ordnance in the person's possession or under the person's control.
Effective:
1973-04-23
Oklahoma
background checks
handgun and long gun Restrictive
OK1036 — sales from dealer : federal
Citation:
18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)(1)
Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the Attorney General notifies licensees under section 103(d) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that the national instant criminal background check system is established, a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer shall not transfer a firearm to any other person who is not licensed under this chapter, unless- (A) before the completion of the...
Effective:
1998-11-30
Oklahoma
background checks
handgun Restrictive
OK1035 — sales from dealer : federal
Citation:
18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)
Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless- (A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...
Effective:
1994-02-28 Superseded:
1998-11-30
Oklahoma
carrying a concealed weapon (ccw)
handgun Permissive
OK1031 — shall issue (permit not required)
Citation:
Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 21, § 1272
The carrying of a firearm, concealed or unconcealed, loaded or unloaded, by a person who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older or by a person who is eighteen (18) years of age but not yet twenty-one (21) years of age and the person is a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or was discharged under honorable conditions from the United States Armed Forces, Reserves or...
Effective:
2019-11-01
Oklahoma
carrying a concealed weapon (ccw)
handgun Permissive
OK1004 — shall issue
Citation:
Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 21, § 1290.3
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is hereby authorized to license an eligible person to carry a concealed or unconcealed handgun as provided by the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act.1 The authority of the Bureau shall be limited to the provisions specifically provided in the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act.
Effective:
1996-01-01 Superseded:
2019-11-01
Oklahoma
carrying a concealed weapon (ccw)
handgun Restrictive
OK1003 — prohibited
Citation:
Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 21, § 1272
§ 1272. Carrying weapons-Exceptions. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry upon or about his person, or in his portfolio or purse, any pistol, revolver, dagger, bowie knife, dirk knife, switchblade knife, spring-type knife, sword cane, knife having a blade which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring, or other device in the handle of the knife, blackjack, loaded cane, billy, hand...
Effective:
1971-05-24 Superseded:
1996-01-01
Oklahoma
castle doctrine
handgun and long gun Permissive
OK1007 — stand your ground
Citation:
Okla. Stat. Ann. Tit. 21 § 1289.25(D)
A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force, if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible...
Effective:
2006-11-01
Oklahoma
castle doctrine
handgun and long gun Permissive
OK1005 — traditional
Citation:
Okla. Stat. Ann. Tit. 21 § 1289.25 (1987)
Any occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force, including but not limited to deadly force, against another person who has made an unlawful entry into that dwelling, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief that such other person might use any physical force, no matter how slight, against any occupant of the dwelling.
Effective:
1987-11-01 Superseded:
2006-11-01
Oklahoma
castle doctrine
handgun and long gun Permissive
OK1006 — traditional
Common Law Castle Doctrine
Effective:
1900-01-01 Superseded:
1987-11-01