I've lived in Ohio for all 62 years of my life. The 5 minute vs 5 hour Question is a legitimate question. If pulled over by the OHP, or any of the large city PD's, the whole CCW thing, if otherwise legal, is a non-issue! But there are a few Small town/speed traps, that will hold you long enough for you tags to expire or until they get you to get mad. Entertainment is hard to come by in the sticks!

Columbus writes almost $1.5 million in tickets and court fines a day, they don't have time to waste making stuff up! In the 70's we had a 5 day stretch of Blue Flu, and almost no tickets were written during a contract dispute (safety was never compromised), the lack of income almost bankrupted the city!

Ivan

BTW, There is no quota on tickets. The police can write you as many as they think you need! So keep your Big Mouth Shut! (That is a line from my 27 year veteran training sergeant F-I-L!)