Full question:
What is the legal definition of Dangerous Ordinance? Is a bow and arrow used for deer hunting considered to be a dangerous ordinance?
- Category: Courts
- Subcategory: Legal Definitions
- Date:
- State: Ohio
Answer:
In Ohio, the term “dangerous ordnance” is defined as:
- Any automatic or sawed-off firearm, zip-gun, or ballistic knife;
- Any explosive or incendiary device;
- Various high explosives, such as nitroglycerin and TNT;
- Military firearms and their ammunition, including rocket launchers and grenades;
- Firearm mufflers or silencers;
- Parts intended to convert a device into dangerous ordnance.
However, certain items are excluded from this definition:
- Firearms designed for sporting purposes, unless they are automatic or sawed-off;
- Older cannons that are designed for black powder;
- Inoperable or inert dangerous ordnance kept as trophies or curios;
- Devices exempted under the Gun Control Act of 1968.
Therefore, a bow and arrow used for deer hunting is not classified as dangerous ordnance under Ohio law.
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