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Great info and summary Jumping Frog, that's exactly the kind of reply I was looking for. Without living in a state or visiting it regularly it can be difficult to know how some of the laws are interpreted and enforced. Obviously I want to always follow the law but you darn near have to be a lawyer anymore. Thanks

I'm not one for leaving Texas much but I will be visiting family in Ohio next month. I know we now have reciprocity with Ohio and after reading the Ohio CCW handbook I have a fair understanding of the differences in law.

The biggest difference appears to be signage, in that any gunbuster sign on the door of a business is sufficient to keep me out. I have also found the "forbidden carry zones" which aren't of great concern to me since the only one that I might visit is the Ohio State University.

• Police stations
• Sheriffs’ offices
• Highway Patrol posts
• Premises controlled by BCI
• Correctional institutions or other detention facilities
• Airport terminals or airplanes
• Facilities for the care of mentally ill persons
• Courthouses or buildings in which a courtroom is located
• Universities, unless locked in a motor vehicle or in the process
of being locked in a motor vehicle
• Places of worship, unless the place of worship permits otherwise
• Child day-care centers
• Licensed Class D liquor permit premises, if you are consuming
beer or intoxicating liquor or are under the influence. If you are
not consuming, and not under the influence, you may carry
unless there is a conspicuous sign prohibiting carry.
Possession of a concealed firearm is allowed in a retail
store with a D-6 or D-8 permit as long as the concealed
carry license holder is not consuming liquor. Class D
permits are generally issued to an establishment that sells
alcohol for consumption on the premises. In any event, do
not consume beer or intoxicating liquor before carrying
a concealed handgun into a licensed premises or while
on the premises.
• Government facilities that are not used primarily as a shelter,
restroom, parking facility for motor vehicles, or rest facility
and are not a courthouse or a building or structure in which a
courtroom is located.
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• School safety zones
A “school safety zone” includes a school, school building,
school premises, school activity, and school bus. For
purposes of this statute, a school includes everything up to
the property boundary.

I'll be with family on private property the vast majority of the time but would love to hear from anyone who has any tips or recommendations about carrying in Ohio. This will be my fist time leaving Texas in over a decade, and I was a minor back then.