http://www.handgunlaw.us/documents/Cond ... io_CCW.pdf
In reference to carrying firearms in a vehicle by licensed or unlicensed persons:
a)“Unloaded” means, with respect to a firearm other than a firearm described in division (K)(6) of
this section, that no ammunition is in the firearm in question, no magazine
or speed loader containing ammunition is inserted into the firearm in question , and one of the following applies:
(i) There is no ammunition in a magazine or speed loader
that is in the vehicle in question and that may be used with the firearm in question.
(ii) Any magazine or speed loader that contains ammunition and that may be used with the
firearm in question is stored in a compartment within the vehicle in question that cannot be accessed without leaving the vehicle or is stored in a container that provides complete and separate enclosure.
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-------------------------HB 495, which went into effect on March 27, 2013, made important changes to Ohio law concerning the transportation of firearms in a vehicle, whether one had a concealed carry license or not. Before the passage of HB 495, ammunition in a magazine or speed loader for a firearm in a vehicle was the same thing as having a loaded firearm, even if the magazine was in the glove compartment and the firearm was in the trunk. Individuals with a concealed carry license were exempted as far as handguns were concerned, but they still weren’t legally allowed to transport a rifle and loaded magazines for that rifle. The magazines had to be unloaded.
The use of a “container” is a sweeping change for individuals without a concealed carry license. The change for licensed individuals is that they are no longer limited to handguns only when it comes to transporting loaded magazines. They can now transport loaded rifle magazines along with their rifles as long as they follow the new requirements and restrictions outlined in 2923.16
(b) For the purposes of division (K)(5)(a)(ii) of this section, a “container that provides complete and
separate enclosure” includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
(i) A package, box, or case with multiple compartments, as long as the loaded magazine or
speed loader and the firearm in question either are in separate compartments within the
package, box, or case, or, if they are in the same compartment, the magazine or speed
loader is contained within a separate enclosure in that compartment that does not contain
the firearm and that closes using a snap, button, buckle, zipper, hook and loop closing
mechanism, or other fastener that must be opened to access the contents or the firearm is
contained within a separate enclosure of that nature in that compartment that does not
contain the magazine or speed loader;
(ii) A pocket or other enclosure on the person of the person in question that closes using a
snap, button, buckle, zipper, hook and loop closing mechanism, or other fastener that must
be opened to access the contents.
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The definition of container is very liberal. Basically the firearm and loaded magazines can be in the same bag as long as the separate compartments they’re in have their own closures. Simple partitions within a single bag would not qualify. Either the firearm or the magazines would have to be within a separate compartment that had its own closure mechanism.
