JettaKnight, Thats one of the best posts I've read in a long time. WELL PUT!
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JettaKnight, Thats one of the best posts I've read in a long time. WELL PUT!
You can't hide from the fact that a gun show is a venue where many, many guns are coonfingered. Add to that the desire of Bubba to show off his slick 1911 he just got engraved (with the text "Panty Remover") and then snuck into the show, loaded, and probability for ND increases dramatically. JoeBob assumes Bubba gave him unloaded gun to play with, because, hey, no loaded guns allowed, right?
Now, if we go to dinner at Crapplebees and you start coonfingerin' your gun, expect to get *****slapped.
Plus, if a rogue baddy if retarded enough to make a move that requires he be stopped with deadly force (i.e. SD shooting) What makes you think Bubba is the right guy to make the shot in that crowded venue? No, of course not, but you're so much more prepared than Bubba...
EDIT: This the same Barbara Streisand reasoning that people use when test'ing while driving. "I can do it because I'm safer than everyone else" or "I can do it because this is Faceborg and not TXT msgs". The fact is, these rules are put into place because of common sense safety and not some liberal conspiracy to get all of us gun owners herded into a build like defenseless sheep.
I agree, many guns are handles at shows. And if you're going to a show to try out holsters or check out other wares, those items should be monitored, however, if a person is carrying their personal protection piece, CC or OC, with no intention of unholstering it, why should they have to be disadvantaged?
Amazing how many here think they are above the rules and regulations. Wonder how they handle themselves on the road.
Oh well, I realize they consider themselves better than the rest.
not better than anyone i just won't go in to a building full gun unarmed....
And in doing so you are placing yourself above the rules, which may in fact in time affect us all with changes in the law.
Do you feel the same about the rules of the road?
my safety trumps all at gun shows.....
Pretty arrogant. But there are those out there.
As stated, you place yourself above all others. At least thats the feedback you're leaving here.
Pretty arrogant. But there are those out there.
As stated, you place yourself above all others. At least thats the feedback you're leaving here.
He is NO different that guys that carry everywhere else that posts "no gun/no firearms" signs. At least he's consistent with his belief.
Not true.
A restaurant / office / bank post those signs out of fear and a fallacy to it will prevent violence.
A gun show has those signs because of a knowledge of their clientel and a desire for safety from ND's, not in an effort to prevent violence.
If you do choose to carry at a gun show because your desire for control and personal protection trumps all, then be discrete and don't brag about it on INGO, please.
And that's my only point.... you are no safer at a gun show than you are anywhere else.
So does this make you believe you should also carry at the airport, post office, or any other federal building or hospital, and county court house?
Did some more searching and now have found that (NO GUN) signage actually means little if anything at all other than being able to ask one to leave if they discover you do have a firearm on your person, loaded or not..
So this changes my whole discussion/thinking on this matter.
And that's my only point.... you are no safer at a gun show than you are anywhere else.