What area residents think of the new law,

On March 21 a new Ohio law takes effect allowing concealedcarry permit-holders to bring their handguns to work and store them inside their locked car in the company parking lot. We asked area residents what they think of the new law.

Judith Finley, Dayton

“I don’t think that’s good. We’ve had how many incidents across the United States of people bringing guns to work and unfortunately shooting up the place? I know unfortunately we have to have a concealed carry permit. It’s OK. I don’t have a problem with that. I have a problem that we have too many people that we work with and walking around in the community that are unbalanced.”

Carol Eason, Dayton

“On my job I’m responsible for the staff, the visitors, the inmates, the building and everything in between. So I’ve dealt with it all and like I said the laws for access need to be looked at just like the laws for being incarcerated ought to be looked at. I don’t have a problem with it at all (bringing gun to work locked in car). With what is going on in this state, let alone in the country and the state, people are unhappy generally. And the law needs to be changed.”

John Allen, Champaign County

“I think it’s a great idea. I think anybody should be able to protect their self at all times at all costs because you never know when somebody’s going to act stupid and you should be able to protect yourself. I don’t agree with carrying it into the work place because you’re there to work. You’re on somebody else’s property, that’s their belief. But in your vehicle, and your home, your property, yeah, I’m behind it 100 percent.”

Mary Carpenter, Fairfield

“I think that’s fine. If you go through the classes and you get your concealed carry license then you should be able to carry.”

Colin Shanahan, University of Dayton student from Buffalo, N.Y.

“I’ve always preferred more gun control to less gun control just in general because I feel a bit more safe. But I can understand their point of view as well. If you’ve got a gun for self-defense then you want to have it nearby. But I would personally be against it.”

Domenic Nicholas, University of Dayton student from Cleveland

“Being someone that’s usually been a proponent for gun control I’ve always seen it better to have a gun concealed in the home. It seems kind of crazy to me that we’re going to be bringing our guns to the workplace and leaving them in our car. It seems a little bit extreme to me.”

Anthony Hubbard, Dayton

“I think it’s going to backfire. You know people are full of fear these days. You’re looking at perspectives, and things like that they may not agree with reality and then you have these shootings going on. That’s what I see. So I disagree with it.”

Marlo Carr, Dayton

“I support concealed weapon permitting, a liberal form of that. But there are restrictions to everything. You can’t do what you want to do all the time. I hate to say it really but I’d almost fall on the business side of that. I think it is their property and if they don’t want to have guns on their property then they have just as much of a right to not have guns on their property as people have to carry the guns.”

Wally Mohler, Clayton

“I think it’s a great idea. I’m not sure how much good they’ll do locked up in the trunk of a car in case of an incident. But I think to expand the carry law is fine.”

Dana Silvey, Miami Twp.

“I think it’s a good idea. Well, an even better idea would be being able to have it in the building. I think we should be able to protect ourselves. And if you’re a law-abiding citizen with a permit I don’t see why not.”

Joan Lyons-Spon, Cincinnati

“I’m anti-gun big time. So when you want to go postal do you think you’ll have enough time to calm down to go get your gun and then you won’t shoot people? Nah. Come on people. Guns and folks and anger and mental illness just do not mix.”