PARKERSBURG – The number of applications for permits to carry concealed weapons is way up this year, Wood County Sheriff Ken Merritt said. According to the sheriff’s office, in 2009 there were 1,056 ...

Hawaii County has come to an agreement with the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit who argued the county’s requirement he sign a waiver of liability for a background check as part of the concealed-carry ...

LANCASTER − Since 2022 when Gov. Mike DeWine signed constitutional carry into law, Ohio gun owners have not needed a concealed carry license from the sheriff's office to carry concealed. The law also ...

Gun owners who want a license to carry a concealed firearm in Pennsylvania would be able to apply at the nearest county sheriff's office, regardless of whether they live in that county, under ...

Gun owners need a concealed carry permit to legally drive through a school zone Most concealed carry applications in Fairfield County are from those renewing existing permits LANCASTER − Gov. Mike ...

BENTON, Mo. ­— Local sheriffs are among those in the state who are seeing a spike in applications for permits to carry concealed weapons. “Last year and this year, it really went up,” Scott County ...

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LANSING — There are significantly more people who want to carry concealed handguns in Michigan today than a decade ago. The demographics of who is buying firearms, including handguns, started to shift ...

What stands out in Colorado’s evolving concealed carry landscape is the growing emphasis on community. Modern training ...

CHICAGO — Illinois officials will begin accepting applications today from people who want to carry concealed weapons, but it could be months before anyone will be allowed to possess the firearms.

About two-dozen individuals were present but just one testified Thursday during a public hearing in Hilo about proposed changes in the Hawaii Police Department’s rules for issuing licenses for ...

A new Colorado law aimed at making it more difficult to obtain a concealed handgun permit spurred a triple-digit spike in applications in Larimer and Weld counties before going into effect. The law, ...