Concealed-carry renewals in Ohio increase to record number

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio saw a record of nearly 100,000 renewals of concealed carry gun permits last year.The Columbus Dispatch reports renewals, which are required every five years to legally conceal a handgun, were nearly double the number of licenses renewed in 2017.Licenses overall have been renewed more than 400,000 times since the concealed-carry law was enacted in 2004. Not all of those licenses remain valid.The number of new permits declined 10 percent last year to 70,000.Just over 1,