The number of Ohio residents renewing concealed carry licenses in 2021 set a new record.

County sheriffs issued 94,298 new handgun licenses in 2021–slightly fewer than the number issued the year before, according to an annual report on concealed carry by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.

However, the number of licenses renewed was 50 percent higher than the 2020 total.

It went from 72,340 during 2020 …