Pro-gun volunteers have achieved a great deal of success with helping business owners understand that the safest course of action is to remove their discriminatory signs and allow Ohio’s Concealed Handgun License law to work.
In the first year after passage of the law, at least 15 major chains and well over 200 other business locations have removed their signs and opened their doors to Ohio Concealed Handgun License-holders.
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THE FOLLOWING STORES HAVE REMOVED DISCRIMINATORY SIGNS BANNING CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSE-HOLDERS
ACE Hardware, Washington Court House
Acme Markets #8, Akron
Acme Markets #10, Cuyahoga Falls
Aldi, Boardman
Alltel Wireless, Defiance
Amherst Party Shop, Amherst
Anderson’s General Store, Columbus
Andres O’Neil & Lowe, Wauseon
Arby’s, Canfield
Arby’s, Poland
Arby’s, 650 Boardman-Poland Rd., Youngstown
Arthur Treacher, 12585 Rockside Rd, Garfield Heights
Basset IGA Market, Port Clinton
Beachwood Place Mall, Beachwood
Beavercreek Restaurant, Beavercreek
Beechwold ACE Hardware, Columbus
Bellbrook Art & Frame, Bellbrook
Bellbrook Marathon, Bellbrook
Best Buy, Brooklyn
Best Buy, Dublin
Best Buy, Findlay
Best Buy, Mentor
Best Buy, North Olmstead
Best Buy, Parma
Best Buy, Reynoldsburg
Biggs Eastgate, Cincinnati
Black River Historical Society, Lorain
Bob Boyd Dodge and Ford, Lancaster
Bob Evans, Hillsboro
Bob Townsend Ford Inc., Colerain Ave., Cincinnati
Book Nook, Warren
Boston Market, all Ohio restaurants
BP Gas Mart, Fairborn
Burger King, Kettering
Buehler’s, Medina
C & E Appliance & Service, The Plains
C & E Small Engine Repair, The Plains
C & E Stores, Inc., The Plains
C & E True Value Hardware, The Plains
Carter Lumber Co., all Ohio stores
Carter Plumbing, Electric and Heating, Van Wert
Cassano’s Pizza & Subs, Miamisburg
Centsibles, The Plains
Charles Chevrolet, Garretsville
Cigarette Express, Boardman
Cinemark At Valley View, Valley View
Circuit City, 7349 Northcliff, Brooklyn
Circuit City, 4056 Morse Road, Columbus
Classic Auto Campus, Mentor
Coal and Woodburner Shoppe, Toledo
Coffee Central, Chillicothe
Convenient Food Mart, Concord
Convenient Food Mart, Euclid
Convenient Food Mart, Lorain
Convenient Food Mart, Perry
Cornell’s IGA, Shelby
Cub Foods, Bellbrook
Cub Foods, Dayton
Cub Foods, Huber Heights
CVS Pharmacy, South Euclid
Dairy Mart, Wauseon
Dairy Queen, Coshocton
Dairy Queen, Parma
Dave Knapp Ford, Greenville
Dayton Mall, Dayton
Deacon’s Chrysler, Mayfield Village
Denny’s, Middleburg Heights
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Akron
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Boardman
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Dayton
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Mason
Do-Cut True Value, Canfield
Donato’s Pizza, all Ohio locations
Donnell Ford, Youngstown
Don Wood Automotive Group, Athens & Logan
Don Wood Polaris Motorcycles and ATVs, Athens
Dover Flea Market, Dover
Discount Drug Mart, all Ohio stores
DSW Shoes, N.Canton
Duke & Duchess BP – all Ohio Locations
Duke Truck Stop, Mt., Gilead
Easton Towne Center, Columbus
Eastwood Mall, Niles
Eikenberry’s SuperValue, Greenville
Faslube, West Broad St., Columbus
Fastenal Co., Wauseon
Festival Foods, all Ohio stores
First Choice Haircutters, 5109 E. Main St., Columbus
First Clermont Bank, all Ohio locations
Fligner’s Supermarket, Lorain
Flowerama, Streetsboro
Frisch’s Inc., Cincinnati – all Ohio locations
Fruth Pharmacy, Pomeroy
Ft. Knox National Bank, all Ohio branches
Ft. Steubenville Mall, Ft. Steubenville
Fulmer Foods, New Carlisle
Fulmer Foods IGA, Xenia
Fussnecker Sweeper Sales & Service, Kettering
Georgio’s Oven Fresh Pizza, Madison
Giant Eagle, Springfield Twp., Akron
Giant Eagle, Bainbridge
Giant Eagle, Chardon
Giant Eagle, Conneaut
Giant Eagle, Madison
Giant Eagle, Middlefield
Giant Eagle, Sheffield
Giant Eagle, Wadsworth
Giant Eagle, Warren
Glockner Chevrolet-Oldsmobile-Cadillac, Portsmith
Glockner Oil, Piketon
Glockner Toyota-Honda, Portsmouth
Golden Corral, Zanesville
Golden Nuggets, Dayton
Golden Nuggets, Kettering
Goody’s Family Clothing, Defiance
Green Leaf Restaurant, Wooster
Greenes Hardware & Industrial Supply, Cleveland
Gregg’s Pharmacy, Bluffton
Gribble’s IGA Foodliner, Loudonville
Half Price Books, Columbus
Handyman ACE Hardware, Centerville
Handyman ACE Hardware, N. Main St., Dayton
Handyman ACE Hardware, Wilmington Ave., Dayton
Handyman ACE Hardware, Fairborn
Handyman ACE Hardware, Miamisburg
Handyman ACE Hardware, Springfield
Handyman ACE Hardware, Xenia
Hawkins Market, Ashland
Heinen’s Fine Foods Grocery, Bay Village
Henry Bierce Co., Tallmadge
Hidy Honda, Beavercreek
Hittle Pontiac-Buick-GMC-Cadillac, Greenville
Home Depot, Beavercreek/Fairborn
Home Depot, Hamilton
Home Depot, Mason
Home Depot, Springfield
Hong Kong Buffet, Columbus
Huffman’s Market, Columbus
Jack’s Aquarium & Pets, all Ohio stores
JCPenney, Greeneville
K-Mart, Howland
King’s Family Restaurant, Wintersville
King’s Toyota, Cincinnati
Kinko’s, North Olmsted
Koneta Rubber, Wapakoneta
Knapp Ford, Napoleon
Knoxville Carry Out, Toronto
Kroger, stores in Cincinnati/Dayton area
Kroger, Galloway
Kroger, Marietta
Kroger Springfield
Kroger, Tiffin
Kroger, 4533 Monroe St., Toledo
Lakewood Steel, Birmingham
Lane & North Star Shell, Upper Arlington
Lazarus Department Stores, Cincinnati
Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken Shell, Middletown
Lima Bargain Center, Lima
Long John Silver, 5370 Ridge Road, Cincinnati
Loveland Car Wash and Lube, Loveland
Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, St. Clairsville
Mall at Fairfield Commons, Beavercreek
Marathon Fuel Mart, Sidney
Market Basket, Newark
Market Basket, Port Clinton
Marks Discount Drugstore, Austintown
Marshall Ford, Mayfield
Mary M’s Restaurant, Warren
McDonald’s, Bolivar
McDonald’s, Cadiz
McDonald’s, Coshocton
McDonald’s, Dover
McDonald’s, Millersburg
McDonald’s, Newcomerstown
McDonald’s, New Philadelphia
McDonald’s, Strasburg
McDonald’s, Sugarcreek
McDonald’s, Uhrichsville
McMaken Market, Brookville
MicroCenter, all Ohio stores
Michael’s Arts and Crafts, Columbus
Mike Castrucci Chevrolet, Milford
Mike Castrucci Ford, Milford
Miller Bros. Grocery, Lodi
Mohican Duke Service Station & Subs, Loudonville
Montgomery Insurance, Xenia
Morey’s Bookstore, Findlay
Morgan Pharmacy, Newcomerstown
Mr. D’s, Brookfield
Mr. Hero, 7488 Mentor Ave, Mentor
N&R&G Recycling, Napoleon
Norris AutoMall, all northeast Ohio dealerships
Norris Motorsports, Medina
Northland VW, Norwood
Northtowne Mall, Defiance
Office Depot, Marion
Office Max, Chardon Road, Willoughby Hills
Office Max, Shaker Heights
Olympia Candies, Strongsville
Only Diamonds, N. Canton
Original Mattress Factory, Fairfield
Pearl Vision Center, Medina
Peoples Bank, Caldwell
Perkins Family Restaurants, all Ohio stores
Perry Park News, Ashtabula
Pet Supplies Plus, Alliance
Pet Supplies Plus, Kettering
Pet Supplies Plus, Steubenville
Ponderosa, Athens
Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati – all Ohio locations
Quality Auto Group, Madison
Quarry Market, Columbus
Quick Check/Subway, Shreve
Quizno’s, Vandalia
R&R Sanitation, Kent
Radio Shack, Carrollton
Radio Shack, Eastgate Shopping Plaza, Lima
Radio Shack, West 116th & Lorain, Cleveland
Red Ferris Chevrolet, Wooster
Rent-A-Center, Lorain
Rider’s Hobby, Toledo
River Valley Mall, Lancaster
Rocky Shoe and Boot Outlet, Nelsonville
Rod’s Donut Shop, Uhrichsville
Roman Cycle, Austintown
Ron Marhoffer Chevrolet, Stow
SAA bright.net Inc., Defiance
Sam’s Club, Brooklyn
Sam’s Club, Fairlawn
Sam’s Club, Mentor
Sam’s Club, Sheffield
Sambino’s Pizza, Elyria
Sardinia Auto Parts, Sardinia
Saturn of Dayton North, Huber Heights
Shaker IGA, Olmsted Falls
Sharefax Credit Union, Batavia
Shell Fuel Mart, Celina
Shell 4 Star Food Mart, 2720 St. Johns Rd., Lima
Shell Courtview, Wauseon
Smith Oil Company, all Ohio locations
Smoker Friendly, Calcutta
Skyline Chili, Brooklyn
Skyline Chili, Hilliard
Southern Park Mall, Boardman
Sparkle Market, Lisbon
Sparkle Market, Salem
Sparkle Market, Youngstown
Speedway, Salem
Speedway, Wilmington
Speedway, Zanesville
Speedy Print, Cambridge
Spitzer Chrysler – Jeep, Lakewood
Springboro IGA, Springboro
Sprint Store, Athens
Staker’s Drugs, Portsmouth/Wheelersburg
Star Flicks Entertainment Center, Chagrin Falls
Sterling Convenience Store, Bluffton
Sterling Food Store, Archbold
Sterling Food Store, Napoleon
Steve Rogers Ford, Waterville
Studio E Music Inc., The Plains
Subway, Court St., Athens
Subway, Canal Winchester
Super K-Mart, Niles
Sunrise Gas & Convenience, Norwalk
Taco Bell, Athens
True Value Hardware (Plain Olde Hardware), Canton
Twin City Chamber of Commerce, Uhrichsville
Union Eye Care, Akron
University Mall, Athens
US Bank, Sheffield
Valley View Food Mart, Warren
Vi’s Restaurant, Windham
Victory Honda, Sandusky
Vitale’s Morrow Super Valu, Morrow
Waffle House, Lima
Wal-Mart, Elyria
Wal-Mart, Fairlawn
Wal-Mart, Mentor
Wal-Mart, Montgomery
Wal-Mart, Morse Rd., Columbus
Wal-Mart, New Philadelphia
Wal-Mart, Strongsville
Wal-Mart, West Union
Wal-Mart, Xenia
Waterbeds N Stuff, 815 S. Hamilton Rd., Whitehall
Wendell Ford, Waynesburg
Wendy’s, Lucasville
Wendy’s, Perrysburg
Western Reserve Hardware, Madison
West Gate Ford, Youngstown
Westgate Mall, Fairview Park
Veterinary-Diagnostic Lab, Worthington
White House Chicken, Wadsworth
Woodcraft, Bedford
Woodcraft, Hilliard
Worthington Square Apartments, Cleveland
Xenia Rental Solutions, Xenia
THE FOLLOWING CITIES HAVE EITHER OVERTURNED, OR REVERSED PLANS TO PASS, ORDINANCES RESTRICTING CONCEALED CARRY, WHICH ARE ILLEGAL UNDER SECTION 9 OF HOUSE BILL 12.
Cities/ Villages:
Arcanum
Ashtabula
Bryan
Campbell
Chardon
Cleveland
Columbus
Dover
Fairborn
Fremont
Hamilton
Lorain
Loveland
Macedonia
Madiera
Marion
Mayfield
Newark
Newcomerstown
New Boston
New Philadelphia
Norwood
Salem City Parks
Swanton
Twinsburg City Parks
Warren
Westerville Parks & Recreation
Wilmington
Willoughby
Townships/ Counties:
Clinton
Cuyahoga
Ashland Co. Fairgrounds
Greene Co. Fairgrounds
Hamilton Co. Park District
Hilliar Twp., Knox County
Jackson Township Park, Canton
Lake Co. Metroparks
Lorain Co. Metroparks
Mahoning Co. Fairgrounds
Sandusky Co. Fairgrounds
Summit Co.
Wayne Co. Fairgrounds
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