Actually, it's MUCH more INTERESTING than that!

The antis, including Voinovich and the OSHP fought legal concealed carry tooth and nail. Then came an Ohio Supreme Court decision (as I recall) that said that there was no need for concealed carry, because OPEN carry was protected by the Ohio Constitution. To the horror of anti-concealed carry fanatics who pushed this line of "reasoning", people actually began carrying openly. Rather than have pretty much anybody open carry WITHOUT any kind of credential, concealed carry was passed, despite the opposition of the OSHP. But the decision remains, reinforced by interpretation of the Attorney General's office.

The anti-gunners in the Republican AND Democrat parties shot themselves in BOTH feet. The gun control movement in Ohio has been circling the bowl ever since.