Kirk Freeman
Grandmaster
and if you don't trust them with a loaded gun at a gun show why do you trust them at a bar, a bank, or McDonald's?
Because the promoter is not paying for premise liability insurance at a bar, the bank or Mickey D's.
This isn't a matter of public policy. This is all non-government action.
If you were a promoter and read about the gun show shootings all over the country and saw with your own eyes the behavior on display at gun shows, would you not run out and shop insurance policies?
Whatever made the show profitable, probably
Then to protect yourself against people shooting themselves or others (or in the case of some shows both) you would have an insurance policy. One of the provisions of the policy would likely be no loaded guns at the gun show.