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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 such 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) Such 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 21 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 such 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 such dangerous ordnance anywhere in the State. The holder of a temporary permit may use such 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)(6) and (A)(7) 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.
(R.C. § 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 insure 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) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Recklessly sell, lend, give or furnish any firearm to any person prohibited by R.C. § 2923.13 or 2923.15, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, from acquiring or using any firearm, or recklessly sell, lend, give or furnish any dangerous ordnance to any person prohibited by R.C. § 2923.13, 2923.15 or 2923.17, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, from acquiring or using any dangerous ordnance;
(2) Possess any firearm or dangerous ordnance with purpose to dispose of it in violation of division (a)(1) of this section;
(3) Except as otherwise provided in division (b) of this section, knowingly solicit, persuade, encourage, or entice a federally licensed firearms dealer or private seller to transfer a firearm or ammunition to any person in a manner prohibited by state or federal law;
(4) Except as otherwise provided in division (b) of this section, with an intent to deceive, knowingly provide materially false information to a federally licensed firearms dealer or private seller;
(5) Except as otherwise provided in division (b) of this section, knowingly procure, solicit, persuade, encourage, or entice a person to act in violation of division (a)(3) or (a)(4) of this section;
(6) When transferring any dangerous ordnance to another, negligently fail to require the transferee to exhibit the identification, license or permit showing the transferee to be authorized to acquire dangerous ordnance pursuant to R.C. § 2923.17, or negligently fail to take a complete record of the transaction and forthwith forward a copy of the record to the Sheriff of the county or Safety Director or Police Chief of the municipality where the transaction takes place;
(7) Knowingly fail to report to law enforcement authorities forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm or dangerous ordnance in the person’s possession and under his or her control.
(b) Divisions (a)(3), (a)(4), and (a)(5) of this section do not apply to any of the following:
(1) A law enforcement officer who is acting within the scope of the officer’s duties;
(2) A person who is acting in accordance with directions given by a law enforcement officer described in division (b)(1) of this section.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful transactions in weapons. A violation of division (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), or (a)(5) of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law. A violation of division (a)(6) of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree. A violation of division (a)(7) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(d) As used in this section:
(1) AMMUNITION. Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 2305.401.
(2) FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER. Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 5502.63.
(3) MATERIALLY FALSE INFORMATION. Means information regarding the transfer of a firearm or ammunition that portrays an illegal transaction as legal or a legal transaction as illegal.
(4) PRIVATE SELLER. Means a person who sells, offers for sale, or transfers a firearm or ammunition and who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer.
(R.C. § 2923.20)
(a) No person under 18 years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a firearm.
(b) No person under 21 years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a handgun; provided, that this division does not apply to the purchase or attempted purchase of a handgun by a person 18 years of age or older and under 21 years of age, if either of the following applies:
(1) The person is a law enforcement officer and has received firearms training approved by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Council or equivalent firearms training.
(2) The person is an active or reserve member of the armed services of the United States or the Ohio National Guard, or was honorably discharged from military service in the active or reserve armed services of the United States or the Ohio National Guard, and the person has received firearms training from the armed services or the national guard or equivalent firearms training.
(c) Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of underage purchase of a firearm, a delinquent act that would be a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law if it could be committed by an adult. Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of underage purchase of a handgun, a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(ORC 2923.211)
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