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I am driving along outside of Dayton, Ohio and pull into a shopping complex and at every Stop sign it is posted no concealed weapons. This is before you are even in the parking lot of a place with 7 or 8 stores and a couple food places. I quess I should have thrown my pistol out the window right then !!!!
I just had to share,thought that was insane.
 
Think the anti's are not successful? They know that a direct assault would not be successful, so they take the millions of ant-bites to get you.

Only solution: boycott this "businesses" and let them know why.
 
I'm sure we'll go through the same thing in Wisconsin once we pass it.

I'm hoping that we in WI will be a "weak sign state" where if you get made, all they can do is ask you to leave, and it's misdemeanor treaspass if you're a bull-headed idiot and refuse. Of course we have to win the fall elections here first.
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I would save letter writing and boycotting for whoever the Ohio concealed carry groups are focusing on. If you pick every store you see, you'll look like the lone nut pestering them. If you add your weight to wherever the groups are actively campaigning, you're opinions and effort will matter more, IMO.

The one exception is Wal-Mart. Official company policy is to follow the law in the state, and not post otherwise. Calls to Corp HQ in Arkansas have gotten anti-ccw signs in rouge Wal-Mart stores pulled down quite quickly.

Ohio is still a recent state, and you've still got some growing pains to fix the holes in your law, like the lack of state-wide preemption, and the rediculous open car-carry provisions that are downright unsafe.

Eventualy, signs will fade and wear out, and not be replaced as everyone forgets that CCW is a "big deal", and life goes on as usual.
 
I lived in NC when "shall issue" took effect there (around 1995). At first you saw a lot of signs, but gradually they went away as people realized the streets weren't ankle deep in blood. After a while the signs look plain stupid to all but the most rabid anti-gunner.

I'm hoping your experience is the same.
 
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I wonder if any anti groups have ever gone and dishonestly posted signs where the business didn't necessarily want them. Anyone ever heard of this happening?
 
My CCL instructor told this story:

He has a friend who owns a restaurant. One day he noticed the "no handguns" sign on the door. He told his friend, "If something happens to me while I'm in here, I'm suing you for every penny you have and every penny your business insurance covers you for and then I'll sue you for every penny you'll ever make, in a civil court." The restaurant owner asked him why and he said, "because you have taken away my ability to defend myself."

The restaurant owner took the sign off the front door.

;)
 
I am not too far from Dayton myself and all the signs posted, along with the state mandated "no carry" zones, it's a real pain to carry in OH. I certainly hope that things relax a bit once the law has been in effect for a while. :(
 
Actually, I am in a minority. I *LIKE* Texas's sign law.

For those of you that don't know, basically, for a sign to have the legal force of law, it must meet exacting criteria. It must have exact words, be at least a size, and have letters on a contrasting background.

To give you an idea, in the DFW area where I live, I've only found one place so far, a movie theater, where I ended up leaving because it was posted.

Anyplace else posted with any other kind of sign, you can safely ignore, and not worry about legal concequences.
 
Yes Nitrogen, but if you don't notice a sign, it's a felony. In MO, the sign must be a certain size, on EVERY entrance to a building, and even if you see it and go in anyway, it's "not a crime" and you can only be asked to leave.
 
Naked, the same type of law applies here in Texas. In the town of Grapevine near DFW Airport, there is the Grapevine Mills Mall. All the mall enterances have the "30.06" sign required by Texas law. But, none of the stores that have outside entrances have the signs. TECHNICALLY, you could enter and leave through Bed, Bath, and Beyond, which has no sign, cruise the mall, and leave the same way you came in. Now what? Violation? The adjoining movie theater does not have the 30.06 posting.

In Texas, anti-businesses and anti-cities put up the 30.06 signs in their buildings, but state law, which governs all counties and cities, made specific the acceptable uses of the signs. A lot of places had to remove the signs, since they were not allowed to supersceed state law. Now, it is easier (except in some places in Houston, where you really need to carry 24/7) to carry in general. I wish some of the hospitals has a "gun check counter", since I don't worry about being in the hospital armed; it's in the parking lot where you need to have a heater.:what:
 
One step at a time, people. Get the Shall Issue laws passed. Get the Concealed Carry laws passed. Then, work the store owners and their silly signs.

There is no greater irony in the annals of legality than the Texas law being named 30.06!
 
In the town of Grapevine near DFW Airport, there is the Grapevine Mills Mall. All the mall enterances have the "30.06" sign required by Texas law. But, none of the stores that have outside entrances have the signs. TECHNICALLY, you could enter and leave through Bed, Bath, and Beyond, which has no sign, cruise the mall, and leave the same way you came in.
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Same thing with the St. Louis Mills Mall. I find myself usually entering through BB&B or through Circuit City because, um, it's more convenient to closer parking. Yes, that's it.
 
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