May 15, 2004
Cleveland Plain Dealer

by Sam Fulwood III

Ohioans for Concealed Carry PAC is an organization of gun-toting activists who believe that well-dressed citizens should accessorize their wardrobes with loaded weapons.

A 9 mm pistol goes beautifully with camouflage fatigues, which are the rage nowadays. But what do you carry when you're strolling the boulevard or just having a bite at that popular greasy spoon?

Just a minute, pardner. Some restaurants, movies and other businesses are discriminating against people who carry guns - no matter how well they're dressed.

Yes, that's true. Apparently some businesses don't want people with guns rubbing elbows with their unarmed customers and employees. So they post signs asking everyone to leave their weapons elsewhere.

Even though the state last month began issuing permits for citizens to wear weapons under their clothes, a provision in the new law allows businesses to effectively outlaw guns in their establishments.