7om5hipp
Regular Member
Howdy folks. I was wondering if anyone here has visited the St. Louis Zoo and carried. Do they check you as you come in or can you cc while there?
Howdy folks. I was wondering if anyone here has visited the St. Louis Zoo and carried. Do they check you as you come in or can you cc while there?
Call the zoo and ask let us know what they say.
Gotta love the lib mentality - St. Louis zoo is a world class attraction that draws people nation wide. Many of those people are going to be carrying. St. Louis Zoo would rather you have your gun stolen from your car in Forest Park and out on the street than in your holster where it belongs. :banghead:I was just at the STL Zoo about a week ago. There are signs posted prohibiting firearms and knives.
Never, ever ask ahead of time. It gives them time to think they ought to say "No". Go, and be polite and have at least your digital voice recorder going. Leave if they ask/tell you to.
Find out later if preemption is supposed to be in play and if so find the right people (not the zoo administration) to complain to if preemption was violated.
stay safe.
I guess I just see things differently IF they think they ought to say "No". Then let them say NO up front to my phone call. I definitely do not want to waste my time energy and money going to a place that does not want my firearm with me carrying it that's their loss ill take my money else or i would respect their rules and not carry either way on a family outing wife and grand kids i would not want it dicked up by a confrontation about me carrying my firearm because i was too stupid to know my business ahead of time. it would be different if i am out and about and run across an issue while OC'in but plan a trip somewhere like the Zoo I must do my due diligence just the way i do business. I dont like surprises if I can avoid them.
Unfortunately, the signs are already there.It may be what you think is best for you, but don't you see that if they say "No" and post signs, because of your call, you have ruined it for everyone else that might CC there. Many people may be carrying in that zoo now without notice or concern. Is it that you just don't care about anything except your own situation? If the zoo administration has not take the time, forethought or effort required to consider the situation, it must not be important to them. If its not important to them just carry and let everyone else carry, without bringing it to their attention.
In case anyone missed it, my friend did finally post here on OCDO: http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/s...No-EMPTY-Gun-Holsters-Allowed-In-St-Louis-Zoo!Unfortunately, the signs are already there.
In the past day or so a friend of mine was threatened with arrest if he didn't remove himself from the Zoo property. His "crime"? Wearing an **empty** holster.
I'll see if I can get him to post about it here, but no promises!
It may be what you think is best for you, but don't you see that if they say "No" and post signs, because of your call, you have ruined it for everyone else that might CC there. Many people may be carrying in that zoo now without notice or concern. Is it that you just don't care about anything except your own situation? If the zoo administration has not take the time, forethought or effort required to consider the situation, it must not be important to them. If its not important to them just carry and let everyone else carry, without bringing it to their attention.