Are you getting tired of seeing only "no gun" signs around Ohio? They do nothing but create victim zones and tell criminals, "Hey, come on in! Everyone here is totally helpless!"

Really bright, huh?

Well, now there's an alternative sign created by one of our volunteers. This pro-CCW sign tells criminals that maybe they should move on. And it informs anyone entering the building that it's a much safer place to do business.

This is a PDF that you can download and print. (If you can't open a PDF, download Adobe Reader free.) Ask CCW-friendly businesses to post this sign near the entrances in plain sight.

For best results, print this sign in COLOR. The high resolution version will print better, but it's a large file (over 1MB). If you have a slow Internet connection, download the smaller file.

Download high-resolution pro-CCW sign
Download low-resolution pro-CCW sign

Feel free to post a link to this story or bookmark it at your favorite social site such as Digg or StumbleUpon. We'd love to see thousands of these signs all over Ohio. So get the word out.

March 19, 2008
National Public Radio

After deadly shootings at schools in Illinois and Virginia, 12 states are considering legislation to allow guns on college campuses. Stephen Feltoon, a director for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC), is part of a movement that says college students should have the same gun ownership rights as others.

Feltoon says he purchased his first gun for recreation. "Now I own it for defense," he says. "I can take a firearm anywhere that's not a college campus, a liquor establishment, or any business that posts a 'no gun' sign. When am I carrying it? That's the beauty of conceal and carry. You'll never know until I need it."

He says SCCC started a day after the Virginia Tech shootings and that when he first learned of the group, he signed on immediately. "I believed that my right to self-defense was being infringed on college campuses," he says. "College campuses are vulnerable and I didn't want to be defenseless."

Feltoon says Virginia Tech is home to the SCCC's largest group of conceal and carry advocates. As for the SCCC's total enrollment, Feltoon says it has doubled in the last month, bringing the total to 22,000 members just one year after its founding.

"The Illinois shooting made people realize college campuses aren't as safe as administrators would have them believe," Feltoon says, explaining the recent jump in members.

Click here for the entire NPR story, and for a link to a 7 minute 44 second audio report.