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Ohio Gun Owners Push Obama Fear Factor, Hidden Handgun Permits Soar
27 February 2010
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio issued a record 56,691 concealed handgun licenses in 2009, shattering the previous one-year high of 45,497 set in 2004, according to the state attorney general's office.
That means Ohio is now approaching 200,000 concealed permits issued since 2004, when the state started handing out licenses to qualified people.
And those for and against tougher gun control laws agree the smoking gun for the 2009 spike in licenses is President Barack Obama, who... (GunPolicy.org)