I just want to know if I would be allowed to carry at all, under 21. I looked around and couldn't find a very clear answer. I plan to go into the academy right after high school (as far as I understand, you can do that but correct me if I'm wrong) and I want to know whether I'm allowed to purchase and carry a handgun under 21 if I have gone through everything I need to to become an official officer. If you have an answer as to if I can or can not, please leave the corresponding law code as to why I can or can't.
First, just because you have successfully completed BLET [or Ohio’s equivalence] does not extend relief from, 478.99 Certain prohibited sales or deliveries.
(b) Sales or deliveries to under-aged persons.
...to any individual who the importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than 21 years of age,....
ATF 5300.4 page 51.
Second, just because you successfully completed BLET does not grant LE authority since you have not been sworn in after being hired by an LE agency!
Third, your query about carry is incomplete, do you mean open or concealed?
Open, yes, that is until you get in your vehicle then you need an Ohio conceal permit or secure the firearm, unloaded in your vehicle.
Concealed NO! You must be 21. Further reading:
1.
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov...ations/Concealed-Carry-Laws-Manual-(PDF).aspx
2.
https://www.buckeyefirearms.org/ohio-ccw-information-center
3. Handgunlaw.us
Oh, BTW, welcome to the nation’s premier OC forum!