Wonder if there was anything special about 2009? Or Ohio?
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A record high number of concealed handgun permits issued were issued in the state in 2009.
Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray said the state's county sheriffs issued 56,691 licenses, which surpassed the previous record of 45,497 set in 2004 when the concealed handgun law first went into effect.
"If there's something to take away from these numbers, it is that more and more Ohioans are comfortable exercising the right to carry concealed handguns," said Cordray in a news release.
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