(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 misdemeanor of the first degree.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.15
Using weapons while intoxicated
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Cultrona v. Nationwide Life Insurance (2013)
Most recently applied in Cultrona v. Nationwide Life Insurance (March 2013)
Effective: January 1, 1974; Latest Legislation: House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.