COLUMBUS, Ohio—The number of conceal-carry licenses issued in Ohio plummeted last year, thanks to a new state law to no longer require a permit or training to carry a concealed handgun in the state.

Gun owners haven’t been required to take training or get licenses to carry concealed fire arms in Ohio for two years but thousands of Ohioans still do. Since June 2022 when the law eliminating some ...

Ohio issued fewer concealed handgun permits last year, in part due to a change in the law that allows gun owners to carry their weapon without a permit. According to a report from the Attorney General ...

LANCASTER − Since 2022 when Gov. Mike DeWine signed constitutional carry into law, Ohio gun owners have not needed a concealed carry license from the sheriff's office to carry concealed. The law also ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—The number of concealed-carry permits issued in Ohio plummeted to an all-time record low in 2023, a predictable trend in the first full year when the state no longer required a permit ...

There were fewer concealed carry permits issues by Ohio's 88 county sheriffs' departments in 2024 – which may not be surprising, since Ohio no longer requires a permit to carry a concealed weapon. But ...