A new Ohio law signed into effect this week, not only gives property owners the right to shoot intruders, but it's also changing Ohio's concealed carry law.


Local authorities have dealt with concealed carry since 2004 and believe this could clarify a lot of questions still associated with the law.

Already the bill has done away with the issue of carrying a gun in a locked glove box.


Colonel Bryan Hoover from the Muskingum County Sheriff's Department explains other changes, " It also permits guns to be carried in retail establishments that sell liquor, as long as the licensee isn't consuming. It permits concealed carry in a school zone, when picking a child or dropping a child off."


The Sheriff's Department will now also honor concealed carry permits to those who've had their records expunged, where in the past they would've been denied.



Meanwhile, the Castle Doctrine, portion of the bill gives the home owner the right to shoot an intruder, without repercussions, which raises an argument over whether or not this will lead to false claims of self defense in a shooting incident.


"It all boils down to the investigation, what are the facts and circumstances. Will someone try to raise that defense, something tells me that after 30 years in law enforcement someone will try, but those situations are best flushed out in the court.

Closer to September the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office will post the new guidelines for applying or renewing a concealed carry permit on their website.