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54.9.03 GENERAL OFFENSES CODE 122 (d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of carrying concealed weapons, a misdemeanor of the first degree, if the offender has not previously been convicted of a violation of this section, Ohio R. C. 2923.12 or of any offense of violence, or if the weapon involved is not a firearm and the violation of this section is committed at premises for which a D permit has been issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4303, or if the weapon involved is not a firearm which is either loaded or for which the offender has ammunition ready.at hand, or.if the weapon involved is not a dangerous ordnance, or if the offense is not committed aboard an aircraft, nor with purpose to carry a concealed weapon aboard an aircraft, regardless of the weapon involved. (ORC 2923.12) 549.03 USING WEAPONS WHILE INTOXICATED. (a) No person, while under the influence of alcohol or any drug of abuse, shall carry or use any firearm or dangerous ordnance. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of using weapons while intoxicated, a mis- demeanor of the first degree. (ORC 2923.15) 549.04 IMPROPERLY HANDLING FIREARMS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE . (a) No person shall knowingly discharge a firearm while in or on a motor vehicle. (b) No person shall knowingly transport or have a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle, in such manner that the firearm is accessible to the operator or any passenger without leaving the vehicle. (c) No person shall knowingly transport or have a firearm in a motor vehicle, unless it is unloaded, and is carried in one of the following ways o (1) In a closed package, box or case; (2) In a compartment which can be reached only by leaving the vehicle; (3) In plain sight and secured in a rack or holder made for the purpose; (4) In plain sight with the action open or the weapon stripped, . or, if the firearm is of a type on which the action will not stay open or which cannot easily be stripped, in plain sight. (d) This section does not apply to officers, agents or employees of this or any other state or the United States, or to law enforcement officers, authorized to carry or have loaded or accessible firearms in motor vehicles, and acting within the scope of their duties. (e) The affirmative defenses contained in Section 549.02(e)(1) and (2) are affirmative defenses to a charge under subsection (b) or (c) hereof. (f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle. Violation of subsection (a) or (b) hereof is a misdemeanor of the first degree. Violation of subsection (c) hereof is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (g) As used in this section, "unloaded" means, with respect to a firearm employing a percussion cap, flintlock or other obsolete ignition system, when the weapon is uncapped, or when the priming charge is removed from the pan. (ORC 2923.16) 1988 Replacement