GlockIt
Regular Member
Is open carry allowed in the gun show?
Is open carry allowed in the gun show?
Sorry, no you are not. At the front door you will be asked to unload and zip tie your action at the door. The vendor sets the rules.
Voice your opinion if you wish.
If open carry is not allowed then how do all the people carry rifles on slings without cases?
They too are zip tied open. Carry all you want but will be told to open your chamber drop the mag and get zip tied.
All gun shows (that I've ever been too) have that rule (no loaded firearms). It is not an anti-gun rule, it is a safety rule. A gun show is basically one big show & tell event. That means people talking guns, fondling, pointing, putting fingers on triggers, etc.
Just carry concealed if you want to have a loaded gun (and keep it concealed).
I've never understood why gun owners put up with this crap. We make it a point to not patronize businesses that infringe on our right to carry, but then go to a gun show and allow them to disarm us? So Starbucks is more 2A friendly than a GUN show? Am I the only onw that sees a major problem with that? If all the gun owners took a stand and refused to go to gun shows with this policy I bet it would change real fast, but as long as people are willing to keep allowing them to do it I see no way it will get better. just my .02(not that anyone asked )
The reason they make you unload is because they DON'T KNOW YOU!
Gun shows attract a HUGE amount of morons. They like to take their loaded guns out of the holster to show people and try holsters.
IF stupid hurt or IF we could fix stupid in the future I'm sure they would change their policy about loaded guns but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
If a store asked you to do that upon entering and said it was a "safety rule" would you feel the same way?
Big difference between a gun show and a store. A very common activity at gun shows involves the physical handling of guns, which means that sooner or later someone is going to handle their 'loaded' weapon. A prime example (borrowed from above), would be trying out a holster, etc.
As a show promoter, I can definitely see why they have the rule. If you don't see the point, that is fine.
And no, it would not be ok for a store (other than a gun store - for the same reason mentioned above) to cite a 'safety rule'. I'll spend my money somewhere else in that case.
Does meijer know me when I walk in the door? Meijer attracts a huge amount of morons too i'm sure, but they don't ask everyone to disarm just because they don't know them and they might be stupid. Isn't it the same thing?
As long as people are willing to disarm they will continue the policy I'm sure, but if gun owners united and stood up to them it would be gone really fast. Hard to have a gun show if all your gun loving customers are refusing to go because of your policy. jmo
Unfortunately ever so often stupid gun owners prove them right at gun shows.if they feel gun owners are too stupid to not handle a loaded weapon in a safe manner than that's their problem.
So, similar to gun stores that allow loaded CC and OC????The reason they make you unload is because they DON'T KNOW YOU!
Gun shows attract a HUGE amount of morons. They like to take their loaded guns out of the holster to show people and try holsters.
IF stupid hurt or IF we could fix stupid in the future I'm sure they would change their policy about loaded guns but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
Does meijer know me when I walk in the door? Meijer attracts a huge amount of morons too i'm sure, but they don't ask everyone to disarm just because they don't know them and they might be stupid. Isn't it the same thing?
As long as people are willing to disarm they will continue the policy I'm sure, but if gun owners united and stood up to them it would be gone really fast. Hard to have a gun show if all your gun loving customers are refusing to go because of your policy. jmo