Attorney General announces Third Quarter 2006 CHL statistics
Attorney General Petro has released the concealed handgun license statistics for the third quarter of 2006. There were 3,514 regular licenses issued, and 18 temporary emergency licenses issued, bring the total to 82,728 Ohioans licensed to carry a concealed handgun.
While the anti-gunners still claim 82,000 is an “insignificant minority” of the population, anti-gun champion Barbra Sykes likely considers that a huge number.
If 24,423 people, (less than 30% of license holders) would have switched their vote from pro-gun Mary Taylor to the anti-self defense candidate, we would have a different State Auditor for the next four years. Hardly what we would call insignificant.
It’s interesting to note that Mary Taylor, a staunch pro-gun advocate, was the only Republican elected to statewide office in 2006. Winners on the Democratic ticket included self-defense friendly Richard Cordray, Marc Dann, and Governor-elect Ted Strickland. These winners all understand that a pro-gun stance does not simply make good sense; it’s also the best position to take politically.
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Like each of the two previous years, the third quarter numbers were a significant drop from the strong second quarter number, indicating that people likely have less time in July, August, and September to spend 12 hours for the required training.
As expected, even while the total number of license holders continues to grow, the number of suspensions is consistently low, still accounting for less than one percent of all licenses issued.
With significant improvement to Ohio’s Concealed carry laws already on Governor Taft’s desk, it is likely that we will continue to see strong demand for concealed handgun licenses next year.
Contrary to the anti-gunners cries before the passage of concealed carry, we never asked for the statistics regarding license suspensions to be hidden. We knew that the numbers would continue proving that allowing law abiding citizens to carry a gun to defend their life from violent criminals was good policy and would make Ohio a better place to live.
We are proud to bring you the quarterly statistics which once again proves that our law is working.
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