Constitutional carry: Burden on gun owners to know law

LIMA — Law-abiding Ohioans will no longer need to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun come June 13.

But Ohio’s much-anticipated Constitutional carry law shifts the burden of knowing who is legally permitted to carry a concealed firearm to the individual, which could expose those who previously would have failed a background check to prosecution for carrying a weapon under disability, a felony.

“It’s up to you to make sure you’re not carrying that gun illegally,” Allen County Sheriff Matthew Treglia told the Lima Rotary Club on Monday.