Cleveland County

docachna said:

If I am not mistaken, the Sheriff's office is funded through the County Commissioners.

If I were still living in Cleveland County, I would be putting myself on the agenda of the next commissioners' meeting, asking loudly where exactly Joe Lester gets off using tax dollars to discourage merchants from permitting me to exercise my Second Amendment rights within their stores in the county, and worse still, for NO VALID REASON.

There is not one single study out there that supports the contention that businesses which prohibit concealed or open carry of legally possessed firearms are safer. NOT ONE. I challenge anyone to prove otherwise. Joe Lester can bleat all he wants about "keeping our families safe" and other such nonsense, but he simply can't support it.

I strongly suspect that if enough people express their displeasure to the county government, a quiet conversation with the High Sheriff will result in all of his Criminal Protection Zone signs that are still up quietly disappearing. The pols don't want to be on the wrong side of this issue, and they are at present. He's causing them grief that they simply don't need. I suspect that if you all keep pressing, the signs will ALL come down sooner rather than later.

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gprod55 said:

Need to add that Absentee Shawnee Tobacco Shop and Gas Station on Hwy 9, no guns allowed. Pecan Valley Junction Stop and Shop Gas Station off Harrah Newalla Rd, no guns allowed. Main entrance to Thunderbird Lake State Park off Hwy 9, entrance sign says no guns allowed. Dollar General Store off Hwy 9 in little Axe was posted no guns allowed. Since all of these places of bussiness are located in Cleveland Co. they have the sheriffs sign posted. Country Boy Grocery store and gas station off Hwy 9 allows open carry with no problems.

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