Updates to CHL Statistics

Statistics were just published for the second quarter of 2006. I thought I'd post an update for the sake of completeness and in case Nick wanted to break his silence on the facts I presented in response to his claim that the wrong people are getting CHLs.

Originally published here.

The office of the Ohio Attorney General, Jim Petro, has recently released statistics for the number of Concealed Handgun Licenses that were issued, suspended, and revoked during the second quarter of 2006. True to form, the demand continues to be consistent. Also consistent is the fact that CHL holders are overwhelmingly law-abiding. This fact is proven again and again by the very low number of licenses that have been suspended or revoked.

Let's take a look at the numbers for this past quarter:

5489 Licenses were Issued
87 Licenses were Suspended
27 Licenses were Revoked

Adding these numbers to previous tallies gathered since the law took effect in April of 2004 brings the current totals to:

79,019 Total Licenses have been Issued
478 Total Licenses have been Suspended
244 Total Licenses have been Revoked

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The emotional and illogical cries of anti-gun advocates continue to flood Ohio's media outlets, town hall meetings, and living rooms. It's a shame when actual statistics get in the way of a good, factless rant. Perhaps someday those fighting against our overwhelmingly successful CCW laws will take the time to research its undoubted effectiveness.

Ohioans For Concealed Carry applauds the 5500 individuals that chose to become legally equipped to protect themselves and their families over the last three months and looks forward to the continued growth of our community.