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(a) Upon application to the Sheriff of the county or Safety Director or Police Chief of the municipality where the applicant resides or has the applicant’s principal place of business, and upon payment of the fee specified in division (b) of this section, a license or temporary permit shall be issued to qualified applicants to acquire, possess, carry or use a dangerous ordnance for the following purposes:
(1) Contractors, wreckers, quarriers, mine operators and other persons regularly employing explosives in the course of a legitimate business, with respect to explosives and explosive devices acquired, possessed, carried or used in the course of the business.
(2) Farmers, with respect to explosives and explosive devices acquired, possessed, carried or used for agricultural purposes on lands farmed by them.
(3) Scientists, engineers and instructors, with respect to a dangerous ordnance acquired, possessed, carried or used in the course of bona fide research or instruction.
(4) Financial institutions and armored car company guards, with respect to automatic firearms lawfully acquired, possessed, carried or used by any such person while acting within the scope of the person’s duties.
(5) In the discretion of the issuing authority, any responsible person, with respect to a dangerous ordnance lawfully acquired, possessed, carried or used for a legitimate research, scientific, educational, industrial or other proper purpose.
(b) Application for a license or temporary permit under this section shall be in writing under oath to the Sheriff of the county or Safety Director or Police Chief of the municipality where the applicant resides or has the applicant’s principal place of business. The application shall be accompanied by an application fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) when the application is for a license, and an application fee of five dollars ($5.00) when the application is for a temporary permit. The fees shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund of the county or municipality. The application shall contain the following information:
(1) The name, age, address, occupation and business address of the applicant, if the applicant is a natural person, or the name, address and principal place of business of the applicant if the applicant is a corporation.
(2) A description of the dangerous ordnance for which a permit is requested.
(3) A description of the places where and the manner in which the dangerous ordnance is to be kept, carried and used.
(4) A statement of the purposes for which the dangerous ordnance is to be acquired, possessed, carried or used.
(5) Any other information as the issuing authority may require in giving effect to this section.
(c) Upon investigation, the issuing authority shall issue a license or temporary permit only if all of the following apply:
(1) The applicant is not otherwise prohibited by law from acquiring, having, carrying or using a dangerous ordnance.
(2) The applicant is twenty-one years of age or over, if the applicant is a natural person.
(3) It appears that the applicant has sufficient competence to safely acquire, possess, carry or use the dangerous ordnance, and that proper precautions will be taken to protect the security of the dangerous ordnance and ensure the safety of persons and property.
(4) It appears that the dangerous ordnance will be lawfully acquired, possessed, carried and used by the applicant for a legitimate purpose.
(d) The license or temporary permit shall identify the person to whom it is issued, identify the dangerous ordnance involved and state the purposes for which the license or temporary permit is issued, state the expiration date, if any, and list the restrictions on the acquisition, possession, carriage or use of the dangerous ordnance as the issuing authority considers advisable to protect the security of the dangerous ordnance and ensure the safety of persons and property.
(e) A temporary permit shall be issued for the casual use of explosives and explosive devices, and other consumable dangerous ordnance, and shall expire within 30 days of its issuance. A license shall be issued for the regular use of consumable dangerous ordnance, or for any non- consumable dangerous ordnance, which license need not specify an expiration date, but the issuing authority may specify such expiration date, not earlier than one year from the date of issuance, as it considers advisable in view of the nature of the dangerous ordnance and the purposes for which the license is issued.
(f) The dangerous ordnance specified in a license or temporary permit may be obtained by the holder anywhere in the state. Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2923.18(F), the holder of a license may use the dangerous ordnance anywhere in the state. The holder of a temporary permit may use the dangerous ordnance only within the territorial jurisdiction of the issuing authority.
(g) The issuing authority shall forward to the State Fire Marshal a copy of each license or temporary permit issued pursuant to this section, and a copy of each record of a transaction in a dangerous ordnance and of each report of a lost or stolen dangerous ordnance, given to the local law enforcement authority as required by R.C. § 2923.20(A)(7) and (A)(8) or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance. The State Fire Marshal will keep a permanent file of all licenses and temporary permits issued pursuant to this section, and of all records of transactions in, and losses or thefts of a dangerous ordnance forwarded by local law enforcement authorities pursuant to this section.
(ORC 2923.18)
(a) No person, in acquiring, possessing, carrying or using any dangerous ordnance, shall negligently fail to take proper precautions:
(1) To secure the dangerous ordnance against theft, or against its acquisition or use by any unauthorized or incompetent person.
(2) To ensure the safety of persons and property.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to a secure dangerous ordnance, a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(ORC 2923.19)
(a) Except as provided in divisions (c) and (d) of this section, no person shall discharge any air gun, rifle, shotgun, revolver, pistol or other firearm, or make use of any sling or arrow, within the corporate limits of the municipality.
(b) No person shall, intentionally and without malice, point or aim a firearm at or toward another or discharge a firearm so pointed or aimed.
(c) This section does not extend to cases in which firearms, slings or arrows are used in self-defense, in the discharge of official duty or in justifiable homicide.
(d) This section does not extend to cases in which BB guns and other air guns, or slings or arrows, are used in the confines of dwellings, provided the use is under adult supervision and is approved by the Chief of Police.
(e) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(a) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Without permission from the proper officials and subject to division (b)(1) of this section, discharge a firearm upon or over a cemetery or within 100 yards of a cemetery;
(2) Subject to division (b)(2) of this section, discharge of a firearm on a lawn, park, pleasure ground, orchard or other ground appurtenant to a schoolhouse, church or inhabited dwelling, the property of another or a charitable institution;
(3) Discharge a firearm upon or over a public road or highway.
(b) (1) Division (a)(1) of this section does not apply to a person who while on the person's own land, discharges a firearm.
(2) Division (a)(2) of this section does not apply to a person who owns any type of property described in that division and who, while on the person's own enclosure, discharges a firearm.
(c) Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises. A violation of division (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. A violation of division (a)(3) of this section shall be punished as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (c)(2) of this section, a violation of division (a)(3) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(2) If the violation created a substantial risk of physical harm to any person, caused serious physical harm to property, caused physical harm to any person, or caused serious physical harm to any person, a violation of division (a)(3) is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC 2923.162)
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