UPDATE!! Discount Drug Mart: There will be no corporate policy on signs

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Discount Drug Mart, an Ohio-owned and operated discount chain in northeast Ohio, has made the decision to post discriminatory signs against CHL-holders. Discount Drug Mart has over 50 stores in NE Ohio.

Decisions to discriminate against law-abiding customers offer yet another reason why Walgreens has recorded 29 consecutive years of record sales and earnings. Walgreens has indicated to OFCC that they will not post discriminatory signs banning law-abiding citizens with concealed handguns from their 141 Ohio stores, citing a wealth of experience from their stores in other states which proves that legally-armed citizens pose no problems to retailers.

The next time you hear about "local" apothecaries whining about national pharmacy stores putting them out of business, ask yourself if they respected their customers as little as Discount Drug Mart now is.

Discount Drug Mart claims they take comments and suggestions from their customers "very seriously".

March 24, 2004
Toledo Blade

West Toledo resident Barb Korn grinned yesterday as she picked up a silver Smith & Wesson revolver - holding it with both hands and aiming it.

"I like this," she said, staring down the gun's sights.

Ms. Korn, 60, was among nearly 25 people taking a 12-hour class at Cleland's Outdoor World on Airport Highway. The training is required in order to carry a firearm under Ohio's new concealed weapons law.

"I was mugged previously, and I want to be able to defend myself," she said. "I will feel safer."

The law, which goes into effect April 8, requires sheriffs to approve a concealed-handgun license if the applicant completes 10 hours of classroom training and two hours of live-fire training, pays a fee, and passes an exam. Lucas County Sheriff James Telb predicted that a couple thousand Lucas County residents would seek a permit.

In nearby Berkey, Toledo Trap & Skeet has had trouble keeping pace with the demand for the training.

"All sorts of people have been taking the class - old ladies, guys, people who handle a lot of money - all sorts of people," said Jason Sarnham, the store's manager. "People have mostly been interested in small-caliber pistols - something that is easy to carry and hide."

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