How Many People in Cuyahoga County Have a Concealed Carry License?
The answer isn’t easy to find.
Do you know how many of your neighbors have a license to carry a concealed weapon? No? That’s because Ohio keeps those records private. The state releases a quarterly report of all the concealed carry licenses issued, renewed and suspended by county, but that’s as far as the breakdown goes. Information by city or zip code is not available. Representatives from the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office and the Summit County Sheriff’s Office told Patch via email that the Ohio Revised Code allows journalists to view the list of license holders, but not to copy the information. The code defines the records as confidential. Journalists are the only individuals named in that portion of the law who are allowed to view the records and are defined as …
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James Thomas
2:00 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Rachel Abbey McCafferty, How much do you want to protect criminals? How well do you want them armed? If you publish who owns a gun don't you think that criminals won't read your article and pick on someone who doesn't? Don't you think that criminals who are looking to steal weapons might not find your list informative? Do you have any clue as to the unintended consequences of your desire to … more ›