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That is my understanding, yes.
Our Ohio laws are very, very strange. Our Constitution allows "The people have the right to bear arms for their defense and security;", and yet, it took years to get our congress to pass a most convoluted law allowing us to conceal carry. After almost four years, they are still changing it over and over again trying to get it right.
My wife and I took the CCW class, applied for and received our CCW license more than three years ago. (we have since reapplied and received our renewals). And I am more hesitant than ever to carry. Because the law allows carry prohibitions at will by store owners, it is scary to carry - we might break a law - as most of the "Concealed Weapon prohibition signs" are NEVER Posted at the door or entrance to the facility but somewhere within the shop/store. Our law states that owners who want to prohibit concealed carry"may post a sign in a conspicuous location that prohibits persons from carrying firearms or concealed handgun." It seems the idea of "a conspicuous location" is the slippery eel here. If I am in a store, shopping, and pass the bulletin board of the store where the general store license, Worker's Compensation instructions, minimum wage instructions and other instructions are posted, and suddenly see the "No Guns Allowed in this Store" sign - I usually beat feet, but not before I provide the store manager with a "no guns, no $$" card. Not that that does much good. That is usually like telling people that if B. Hussein Obama is elected POTUS, taxes will go up, government will get larger, and our right to bare arms (e.g., the Second Amendment) will end.
So, what does a serious citizen who has the right to carry openly, granted by the State Constitution do? If I carry into Kroger, and some bunny-lovin', tree-hugger sees my weapon, panics, calls the police, how do I explain to the not-so-knowledgable Officer of the Law, that I am within my Constitutional rights? Basically, I don't.
It's not a good thing - the laws of our state. Virginia is far and away more sophisticated in its understanding than Ohio --
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