Hall Of Fame

It seems the signs declaring "NO CONCEALED WEAPONS"  are coming down. The vast majority of Kentucky's retail stores are now open to people legally carrying concealed weapons.  As such, we simply cannot begin to list the multitude of businesses that deserve to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame.  Instead, we have decided to dedicate this page to the thousands of store owners and managers who have come to trust their fellow citizens with the simple tools of self-defense.

Most likely, the news headlines prompted a great deal of political correctness when the law was first enacted and now store managers have decided to quietly remove the signs since the spotlight has been turned toward some other “social disorder.”  It seems like the general population has a very short attention span, and if something isn't the news media's plight of the hour, it just isn't worth worrying about.  Maybe it’s because the first substantial report on Kentucky’s concealed carry initiative, published the fall of 2000, was very positive.  It's really not too much of a stretch to assume that some people just needed proof that KY hadn't reverted to the frontier days with frequent gun fights between newly armed citizens.

Whatever the reason, we need to thank store owners and managers for relegating their restrictive policies and signs to the history heap and opening their doors to us.  But we also need to politely remind those few businesses that continue to provide victim rich environments that they are losing our money to their competitors as a matter of fact.  We recommend that before making that trip across town to make a purchase, call the store and ask if concealed carry is prohibited inside the store.  Likewise, always ask when making price or availability inquiries.  If they say yes, ask if they will waive the policy (especially if you are making a large purchase), and if not, tell them you will go someplace else to spend your money.

If you find a business that continues to post against concealed carry, let us know as soon as possible and we'll see if we can convince them to remove the prohibition.  Please keep in mind though, that businesses open to the public are much more open-minded than those without a walk-in clientele. 

Just like all of the businesses that never posted against concealed carry in the first place, businesses that have since dropped their restriction deserve our praise AND, by all means, our support as consumers.  True Hall Of Famers they are, ALL of them!