I live right across the river in Northern Ky. I spend a great deal of time Dining and shopping in Cinci, and ball games and parks as well. Most of my Co-Workers live in Cinci and surrounding areas, like Milford and Loveland and so on.
They all have an immediate aversion to open carry. Most of them are of the opinion that people are not allowed to carry a gun at all without CCW and expensive, extensive, training and certification. Even 2 guys I work with have CCW and won't open carry because they said they have past experience with having the police called on them for open carry and that the Cinci police officers even hassled them about OC while having a CCW permit.
"Concealed carry" means concealed is what they were told. So, Unlike Northern Ky where I have had police officers walk up to me in grocery stores and gas stations and say things like "I'm always glad to see someone exercising their rights", I think Cinci is still just old fashioned enough that the majority populace believes only policemen should be carrying fire arms at all, let alone in public.
And I have to admit I'm intimidated enough by the prospect of losing one of my pistols, and spending a few hours in lock up that I don't open carry in Cinci either. I remember my first year of college at UC. I had just moved to Clifton from Erlanger and I drove to Krogers in Clifton at 11pm to buy some groceries. A Cinci cop flashed his lights, took me out of my car and kept me handcuffed and sitting on the parking lot next to his bumper for 1 hour and 30 minutes, asking me the same 5 questions over and over between laughing and talking to his buddy who pulled up in another car.
#1. What are you doing out here?
#2. You have shoes on, I thought hillbilly's hated shoes, do you want to take them off so you can be comfortable.
#3. Do you know where you are? This is a Si-Tee. It's where smart people live, did you know you were in the Si-Tee.
#4. If I search your car, am I going to find drugs, or your sisters panties??? Which one? Cause it has to be one of those two.
#5. If I let you go do you promise to leave my city and never come back???
I love the city. But I've never liked the police department. The Cincinnati Police Department is 80% of the reason I don't live there. The Cinci public schools are the other 20%.